ABSTRACT

The treatment of children with medicinal products is an important scientific area. It is recognized that many medicines that are used extensively in pediatric patients are either unlicensed or off-label. This textbook will help pediatric health professionals effectively treat children with the most appropriate medicine with minimal side effects.

chapter |83 pages

Drug evaluation in children

chapter 1.5|7 pages

Ethical issues

chapter |132 pages

Paediatric clinical pharmacology

chapter 2.6|16 pages

Pharmacogenetics

chapter 2.7|13 pages

Therapeutic drug monitoring

chapter 2.8|9 pages

Drug toxicity and pharmacovigilance

chapter 2.9|16 pages

Poisoning in childhood

chapter |88 pages

Drugs in pregnancy and lactation

chapter 4.9|10 pages

Medication and breast feeding

chapter |99 pages

Medicines in neonates

chapter 5.3|10 pages

Neonatal RDS-surfactant

chapter |73 pages

Infections

chapter 6.2|5 pages

Urinary tract infections

chapter 6.3|11 pages

Bacterial meningitis

chapter 6.4|11 pages

Antivirals

chapter 6.7|5 pages

Immunisations and drug therapy

chapter |91 pages

Critical care, neurology and analgesia

chapter 7.1|6 pages

Nitric oxide

chapter 7.3|6 pages

Muscle relaxants

chapter 7.4|6 pages

Sedation

chapter 7.5|16 pages

Epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs

chapter 7.6|7 pages

Sedatives

chapter 7.7|23 pages

Opioid analgesic drugs

chapter 7.8|7 pages

Non-opioid analgesics

chapter 7.9|7 pages

Paracetamol

chapter |72 pages

Immunosuppressants, rheumatic and gastrointestinal topics

Clinical section (A)

chapter |91 pages

Respiratory, endocrine, cardiac, and renal topics

Clinical section (B)

chapter 9.1|8 pages

Asthma

chapter 9.2|8 pages

Cystic fibrosis

chapter 9.4|10 pages

Heart failure

chapter 9.5|17 pages

Diuretics

chapter 9.6|10 pages

Enuresis