Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

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 societi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kiess, Wieland (Editor), Schwab, Matthias (Editor), van den Anker, Johannes (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 03344nmm a2200301 u 4500
001 EB001899062
003 EBX01000000000000001061971
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 200810 ||| eng
020 |a 9783030504946 
100 1 |a Kiess, Wieland  |e [editor] 
245 0 0 |a Pediatric Pharmacotherapy  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c edited by Wieland Kiess, Matthias Schwab, Johannes van den Anker 
250 |a 1st ed. 2020 
260 |a Cham  |b Springer International Publishing  |c 2020, 2020 
300 |a VIII, 538 p. 1 illus  |b online resource 
505 0 |a 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 
653 |a Pharmacology 
653 |a Pediatrics 
700 1 |a Schwab, Matthias  |e [editor] 
700 1 |a van den Anker, Johannes  |e [editor] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
490 0 |a Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-3-030-50494-6 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50494-6?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 615 
520 |a 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