Neonatal and pediatric pharmacology therapeutic principles in practice

• Other Authors: Yaffe, Sumner J. 1923- (Editor), Aranda, Jacob V. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2005
• Edition: Third Edition
• Subjects: Drug Therapy; Child; Infant; Pharmaceutical Preparations > administration & dosage
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Written by experts at the forefront of current research and clinical practice, this volume provides evidence-based guidelines for safe, effective, and rational drug therapy in newborns, children, and adolescents. Coverage includes specific recommendations for all major drug classes and diseases, a d...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and historical perspectives / Sumner J. Yaffe and Jacob V. Aranda
• Clinical pharmacokinetics in infants and children / Edmund V. Capparelli
• Drug action and therapy in the infant and child / Ralph E. Kauffman
• Drug metabolism and disposition in infants and children / Anders Rane
• Pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacoproteomics / J. Steven Leeder
• Compliance with pediatric medication regimens / Hakan Ergun and Daniel A.C. Frattarelli
• Clinical trials involving children: history, rationale, and technical considerations / Steven Hirschfeld
• Ethics of drug research in pediatric populations / Sanford N. Cohen and Bruce L. Russell
• Therapeutic drug monitoring / Alexander A. Vinks and Philip D. Walson
• Drug formulations / Milap C. Nahata
• Developmental toxicology / Donald R. Mattison and John F. Young
• Placental transfer of drugs / Rada Boskovic and Gideon Koren
• Principles of neonatal pharmacology / Jeffrey L. Blumer and Michael D. Reed
• Perinatal origins of adult defects in drug metabolism / Bernard H. Shapiro
• Renal function and excretion of drugs in the newborn / John N. van den Anker
• The excretion of drugs and chemicals in human milk / Cheston M. Berlin, Jr.
• Drugs for hyperbilirubinemia / David K. Stevenson ... [et al.]
• Drugs and lung development / Alan H. Jobe
• Pharmacologic treatment of neonatal apnea / Jose M. Lopez and Jacob V. Aranda
• Drugs and perinatal brain injury / Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos, Agustin Legido, and Om Prakash Mishra
• Antiretroviral pharmacology in pregnant women and newborns / Mark Mirochnick
• Therapeutic applications in pediatric intensive care / Mary Lieh-Lai and Ashok Sarnaik
• Drug therapy in the pediatric emergency department / Shannon F. Manzi and Michael W. Shannon
• Drug therapy in the adolescent / Ian M. Paul and Richard L. Levine
• Topical medications / Fasahat H. Hamzavi and George J. Murakawa
• Ophthalmologic drugs in infants and children / John D. Roarty
• Sulfonamides / Chokechai Rongkavilit ... [et al.]
• Penicillins, beta-lactamase inhibitors, cephalopsporins and other beta-lactams / Sumathi Nambiar and William J. Rodriguez
• Aminoglycosides and glycopeptides / Matthijs de Hoog and John N. van den Anker
• Macrolides, chloramphenicol, and tetracyclines / Basim I. Asmar and Nahed M. Abdel-Haq
• Anthelminthic drugs in children / George C.F. Hsieh, Vincent C. Fan, and Peter J. Hotez
• Antituberculosis drugs / Alexander O. Tuazon
• Antifungal agents / William J. Steinbach and John R. Perfect
• Antiviral drugs / Charles G. Prober and David W. Kimberlin
• Anticonvulsants / Victoria Tutag Lehr, Harry T. Chugani, and Jacob V. Aranda
• Psychopharmacology in children and adolescents / Julio Licinio
• Antihistamines / Sanaa A. Mahmoud and Sami L. Bahna
• Antiasthmatics / Glenn J. Whelan, Joseph D. Spahn, and Stanley J. Szefler
• Antipyretics / John T. Wilson and Margaret Ann Springer
• Cardiovascular drugs / Eli Zalzstein and Rafael Gorodischer
• Diuretics / Jean-Pierre Guignard
• Clinical pharmacology of antineoplastic drugs / Stacey L. Berg and David G. Poplack
• Immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory drugs / Nenna R. Gupta ... [et al.]
• Analgesic agents / Sinno H.P. Simons, Brian J. Anderson, and Dick Tibboel
• Local anesthetics for infants and children / Santhanam Suresh and Charles J. Coté
• Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs / Sylvain Chemtob
• Antihypertensive agents / Thomas C. Wells and Mohammed Ilyas
• Gastrointestinal drugs / Laura P. James ... [et al.]
• Glucocorticoids / Evangelia Charmandari, Tomoshige Kino, and George P. Chrousos
• Insulin and diabetes mellitus / Tania S. Burgert and William Tamborlane
• Thyroid hormones / Delbert A. Fisher
• Growth hormone / Harvey J. Guyda
• Hematologic agents / Alfred A. Alvarez, Darlene A. Calhoun, and Robert D. Christensen
• Nutrient Supplements / Mary Frances Picciano, Carolyn S. Chung, and Paul M. Coates
• Childhood vaccines / David W. Scheifele
• Epidemiology of adverse drug effects / Louis Vernacchio and Allen A. Mitchell
• Medication errors / George H. Lambert, Marc G. Sturgill, and Diane D. Cousins
• Pediatric poisonings and antidotes / Suzanne R. White
• Use of herbal products in children: risks and unproven benefits / Wayne R. Snodgrass
• Neonatal abstinence syndromes / Loretta Finnegan and Stephen R. Kandall
• Drug formulary for the newborn / Marianne Lulic-Botica, Kevin Biglin, and Jacob V. Aranda
• Pediatric Drug Formulary / Shannon F. Manzi, Alana Arnold, and Al Patterson.