Pediatric pharmacotherapy
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Pediatric pharmacotherapy
(Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 261)
Springer, c2020
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume provides readers with the most updated scientific information on the efficacy and safety of medicines for children and adolescents. The book enriches the understanding of pediatric pharmacotherapy for health professionals, regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies and learned societies. It contains important information on the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs. It summarizes the latest investigations on the effects of pharmacological treatments in relation to and dependent on age, gender, fat mass and disease status. Therefore and importantly, this volume reviews the latest data on how pharmacotherapy has to be adjusted and personalized in regards to stages of development and during the pediatric lifespan from neonate through adolescence. In addition, the topic of rare diseases and special challenges for pharmacotherapy will be included and will provide readers with the necessary knowledge to handle complex diseases and treatment strategies especially in relation to pharmacotherapy of rare and orphan diseases.
Table of Contents
- Anti-epileptic drugs in pediatrics.- Current and new therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.- Lysosomal diseases.- Mitochondriopathies.- Endocrinology thyroid, pituitary, growth stimulant, growth reduction.- Bone disease - bisphosphonates.- Diabetes type 1 and 3 (insulin
- sulfonylurea
- others).- Diabetes type 2 (metformin etc.).- Dermatology - part 1 urticaria, atopic dermatitis.- Dermatology part 2, ichtyosis, psoriasis.- Cardiovascular part 1- catcholamines, inotropic.- Cardiovascular part 2 - antiarhythmica, anti hypertensives.- Nephrology - dialysis.- How to use drugs in obese children and adolescents.- Haematology - CSFs, erythropoietin.- Antiretroviral/HIV.- Clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics to better understand physiological changes during pregnancy and neonatal life.- Antihelminth treatment.- Inflammatory bowel disease.- Constipation
- laxatives.- Psychiatric diseases in children and adolescents.- Oncology - cell reducing agents part 1, part 2, part 3.- Immunosuppressants - organ transplantation.- Bone marrow/stem cell transplantation.- Narcotic sparing approaches and the shift towards paracetamol in neonatal intensive care.- Disorders of puberty: pharmacotherapeutic strategies for management.
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