Objective:Evidence suggests that medication errors have a higher incidence in children and infants than in adults. At present, there is limited local data that investigates the drug prescription trends in pediatric populations. This study aims at understanding drug utilization patterns in pediatric patients at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Oman.Materials and Methods:A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient pediatric clinics and inpatient pediatric wards at SQUH, a tertiary care hospital attached to the Sultan Qaboos University Medical College, Oman.Results:The average number of drugs per prescription was 2.3 ± 1.5, and it was almost similar in all age groups and in both males and females. About 16% of the study group received antibiotics. Paracetamol was the most prescribed drug in the patients (13%). Respiratory system drugs were the most prescribed class of drugs (22%) and salbutamol was the most prescribed drug in this class.Conclusions:This study will help in assessing rational usage and cost control of various medications used in the pediatric setting.

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chronic GVHD occurred in 37.5% of evaluable patients. Four patients relapsed and died, 3 / 4 who were not in chronic phase at the time of transplant. No patient died of treatmentrelated mortality. 71% of patients transplanted in second chronic phase remained in molecular remission at the last follow-up. After a median follow-up of 22 months median PFS had not been reached; 6 patients (60%) are alive, 5 are in complete molecular remission and one with low level PCR positivity (Figure 1). Conclusion: Our results suggest that HaploSCT can produce durable complete remissions with minimal toxicity for patients with advanced CML, and that treatment outcomes are comparable with matched transplantation as recently reported by us in abstract format by Ahmed et al. Larger studies, with longer follow-up and comparison to other donor sources are needed to better assess this approach.