Neonatal Formulary : Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life (Paperback, 7th Edition)

Introduction viii

Important advisory statement xi

Further reading xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Part 1: Drug prescribing and drug administration 1

Terms, symbols, abbreviations and units 3

Drug storage and administration 5

Drugs and the body 12

Drugs and the law 14

The care and use of intravascular lines 17

Minimising IV infusion and other drug hazards 24

Patient safety initiatives 27

Writing a hospital prescription 30

Adverse reactions and overtreatment 33

Maternal drug abuse 36

Renal failure 39

Body weight and surface area 42

Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on medications 44

Useful websites 48

Part 2: Drug monographs 55

Part 3: Maternal medication and its effect on the baby 555

Introduction 556

Further reading 558

Maternal medication and the baby 560

Index 608