A guide to the dosing and usage of medications in children. Drug monographs include related information on drugs, brand names, synonyms, therapeutic category, whether a generic version is available, use, pregnancy risk factor, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, drug interactions, food interactions, stability, mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, usual dosage, administration, monitoring parameters, additional information, dosage forms, administration, monitoring parameters, reference range, test interactions, patient information, nursing implications, extemporaneous preparations, and references. Appendix contains sections on cardiology, comparative drug charts, conversion tables, cytochrome P450 and drug metabolism, dermatology, endocrinology, fluids, electrolytes, & nutrition, growth & development, hematology and oncology, hotline numbers, infectious diseases and immunology, laboratory normals, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonary, threapeutic drug monitoring, and toxicology.

Structured to be a companion to the recently published Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, the Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine is dedicated to pediatric hematology-oncology and transfusion medicine, a field which remains ambiguous and which has generated few comprehensive texts. This book stands alone as one of the few texts that addresses transfusion issues specific to pediatric medicine. Written in an eminently readable style, this authoritative handbook is a requirement for any pediatric physician or caregiver. - Neonatal and fetal immune response and in utero development issues - Blood compatability and pre-transfusion testing issues specific to pediatric and neonatal transfusion - Therapeutic apheresis including red blood cell exchange and prophylactic chronic erythrocytapheresis for sickle cell patients - Also includes a section that concentrates on the consent, quality and legal issues of blood transfusion and donation

Updated and expanded for its Second Edition, this handbook is an accessible guide to the diagnosis and treatment of urologic disorders in infants, children, and adolescents. It covers the full range of pediatric urologic problems in an easy-to-use outline format with numerous illustrations and tables. This edition includes new chapters on laparoscopy in pediatric urology, sports recommendations for children with solitary kidneys and other genitourinary anomalies, preparing pediatric patients for anesthesia, and treatment of urinary incontinence and constipation. A new appendix covers online pediatric urology recommendations. The updated Pediatric Urology Database chapter provides a quick reference on important medication issues.