Sean Ainsworth

Neonatal Formulary

Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Neonatal Formulary advises on the safe use of medications in the pregnant or breastfeeding woman and her baby. It covers the period from conception through pregnancy and beyond with effects of administration of medicines to both mother and baby.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 8th edition
• Seitenzahl: 992
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 171mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 1746g
• ISBN-13: 9780198840787
• ISBN-10: 0198840780
• Artikelnr.: 58773651

Autorenporträt

Sean Ainsworth is a Consultant Neonatologist whose training in the North East of England first brought him into contact with the early editions of the Neonatal Formulary. He became involved in the writing of the book during the writing of the 3rd edition published in 2000. He took over the editing from Edmund Hey and Sam Richmond in 2014 with the 7th edition (published in 2014) with the aim to keep the publication true to its original aims. He now works as a Consultant Neonatologist in Kirkcaldy in Fife.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Drug prescribing and drug administration
Terms, symbols, abbreviations, and units
Drug storage and administration
Drugs and the law
The care and use of intravascular lines
Minimising intravenous infusion and drug hazards
Excipients in Neonatal Medicinal Products
Patient Safety Initiatives
Writing a hospital prescription
Adverse reactions and overtreatment
Renal Failure
Body weight and surface area
Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on medications
Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and appropriate dosing
Part 2: Drug monographs
Part 3: Maternal medication and its effect on the baby
Introduction
Further reading
Maternal medication and the baby