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Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez1, Amelia Sánchez-Galindo, Cecilia M Fernández-Llamazares

  • 1Pharmacy Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain (Drs Manrique-Rodríguez, Fernández-Llamazares, Echarri-Martínez, and Sanjurjo-Sáez); Paediatric Intensive Care Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain (Ms Rodríguez-Gómez); and Paediatric Intensive Care Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain (Drs Sánchez-Galindo, López-Herce, and Carrillo-Álvarez). Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez, PharmD, PhD, is a Clinical Hospital Pharmacist, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Amelia Sánchez-Galindo, MD, is an Intensive Care Pediatrician, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Cecilia M. Fernández-Llamazares, PharmD, PhD, is a Clinical Hospital Pharmacist, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Jesús López-Herce, MD, PhD, is an Intensive Care Pediatrician, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Milagrosa Rodríguez-Gómez is Chief Nurse, Pediatric lntensive Care Unit, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Lara Echarri-Martínez, PharmD, is a Clinical Hospital Pharmacist, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Ángel Carrillo-Álvarez, MD, PhD, is Director of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain. María Sanjurjo-Sáez, PharmD, is Director of Pharmacy Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

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