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. 2014 Oct;81(4):257.e1-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2014.02.023. Epub 2014 May 22.

[Pediamécum: one year of experience]

[Article in Spanish]
R Piñeiro Pérez  1 , C Martínez Fernández-Llamazares  2 , C Calvo Rey  2 , A P Piñeiro Pérez  3 , E A Criado Vega  2 , J Bravo Acuña  2 , L Cabrera García  2 , M J Mellado Peña  2
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[Pediamécum: one year of experience]

[Article in Spanish]
R Piñeiro Pérez et al. An Pediatr (Barc). 2014 Oct.
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Abstract

In 2011, the Spanish Association of Pediatrics decided to support the most ambitious project of its newly created Committee for Medicinal Products: Pediamécum. This is the first free on-line database with information on medicinal products for pediatric use in Spain. The web page http://pediamecum.es/ started on December 17 December 2012. One year later, Pediamécum includes 580 registered drugs. The website achieved more than one million page views by the end of 2013. Because of the first anniversary of Pediamécum, a survey was performed to request the feeling of users. Four hundred eighty-three responses were obtained. Ninety-five percent believed that it is easy to navigate through the web, and 74% said that their doubts about the use of medicines in children were always resolved. The overall rating of Pediamécum is 7.5/10. The aims of Pediamécum are being accomplished; which is reflected essentially due to it becoming a useful tool for all professionals who care for children in their daily clinical practice.

Keywords: Bases de datos; Children; Databases; Drugs; Encuestas; Medicamentos; Niños; Pediamécum; Surveys.

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