Full Description
Dr. Aranda is an top expert in the area of pharmacology in the pediatric population. His issue has knowledgeable authors presenting clinical reviews on a wide variety of topics, from "hot areas " of drug therapy to drug abuse in children as well as current areas of debate in neonatal drug therapy. Articles are devoted to the following topics: New and Current Drug Therapies For Asthma In Children; Psychopharmacology Of Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents; Designer Drug Abuse in School Children; Dietary Supplements in Children; Anticoagulant Therapies in Children; New Antimicrobials for Gram-Positive Infections in Children; Probiotics in Newborns And Children; Anticonvulsant Therapies in Newborns and Children; Immunomodulator Drug Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Children; Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Newborns and Children; Metformin Use in Pre-Diabetic Children and Adolescents; Problems in Drug Dosing of Obese Children; Inhaled Drugs and Systemic Steroids for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Antifungal Drugs in Newborns and Children; Antiviral Drugs In Newborns and Children; and Development of Drug Therapies for Newborns and Children. Readers will come away with the latest clinical information to help inform them when diagnosing and prescribing for children.
Contents
Pediatric Clinics of North America
Pediatric Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Preface: Evolution of Pharmacotherapeutics and Pharmacotoxidromes in Newborns and Children: Progress and Challenges
Development of Drug Therapies for Newborns and Children: The Scientific and Regulatory Imperatives
Approaching Current and New Drug Therapies for Pediatric Asthma
Psychopharmacology of Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents
New Psychoactive Substances in Pediatric Patients
Dietary Supplements in Children
Anticoagulation Therapies in Children
Probiotics in Newborns and Children
Drug Treatment of Seizures and Epilepsy in Newborns and Children
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: History and Future Directions
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Newborns and Infants
Metformin Use in Children and Adolescents with Prediabetes
Inhaled Drugs and Systemic Corticosteroids for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
New Antimicrobial Agents for the Treatment of Staphylococcal Infections in Children
Antifungal Drugs in Newborns and Children
Antiviral Drugs in Newborns and Children
Drug Dosing in Obese Children: Challenges and Evidence-Based Strategies
