Neonatal Formulary : Drug use in pregnancy and the first year of life

Neonatal Formulary provides comprehensive guidance on the safe use of the drugs prescribed for neonates.It also provides guidance on safe use of maternal medications during pregnancy, labour, delivery, and during lactation.As well as many drugs encountered during the first year of an infant's life. Part 1 focuses on drug storage, licensing, and prescribing.It also explains why neonatal drug metabolism differs from other age groups.Patient safety initiatives, excipients, and therapies that affect drug metabolism are also covered. Part 2 covers over 250 drugs, vaccines, breast milk fortifiers, and specialist formula milks used in neonatal care.This new edition contains several new drugs and vaccines.Each chapter has been extensively reviewed and updated with new information that has come to light, such as using smaller syringes for infusions of short half-life drugs and nationally agreed standardised concentrations for infusions. Part 3 discusses over 700 additional drugs and groups of d