Prescribing Medicines for Children

Charlotte Barker, Mark Turner, Mike Sharland (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2019
Pharmaceutical Press (Verlag)
978-0-85711-135-7 (ISBN)

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Prescribing for children is a particularly challenging discipline due to specific issues of drug absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion. The aim of this book is to improve understanding in all aspects of paediatric prescribing, from the development of suitable drugs through to their practical administration.

Section 1: Basic Clinical PharmacologyGeneral Principles of Clinical PharmacologyDrug AbsorptionDrug Distribution - from neonate to adolescentDrug Metabolism - adaptation over ageDrug Excretion - liver and renal maturationPharmacokinetics - from neonate to adolescentPharmacodynamics - based on practical examplesPharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomicsPrescribing in Liver DiseasePrescribing in Renal DiseaseAdverse Drug Reactions - Types A-ESection 2: Medicines for ChildrenTherapeutic indexDrug discovery - animal and preclinical studiesFormulations for childrenUnderstanding clinical trialsPharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiologyEuropean paediatric regulationsUS pediatric regulationsThe role of the pharmaceutical industry in developing new medicines for childrenNeonatal drug developmentOptimal prescribing in the resource poor settingEvidence based prescribingImproving training in clinical prescribingSection 3: Specific Clinical Prescribing AreasGastrointestinal systemCardiovascular systemRespiratory systemCentral nervous systemInfections and vaccinesEndocrinologyRenal diseaseHaemato-oncology and immunodeficiencyMalnutritionMusculoskeletal diseaseEye and ENT diseaseDermatologySection 4: Developing Good PracticeImproving practical prescribingSetting priorities lists for researchGRIP and the new training initiativesHarmonising international prescribingAppendicesKey references, websites, bibliography and future readingUseful reference tables such as Surface Area and other prescribing aids

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.7.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie ► PTA / PKA
ISBN-10	0-85711-135-3 / 0857111353
ISBN-13	978-0-85711-135-7 / 9780857111357
Zustand	Neuware