Paediatrics pharmacodynamics

Figure 6.1 Paediatric study decision tree. PK, pharmacokinetics PD, pharmacodynamics.

This new textbook, not least because it deals with the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs and formulations in children of different ages, also provides a timely discussion of pharmacogenomics and addresses the real problem of medication errors in paediatric practice, often caused by the need to manipulate adult dose forms to deliver drugs to very young people. There are many challenges in the formulation of established, new and orphan drugs for use in paediatric... 

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