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British National Formulary for Children 2008 (Paperback, Revised edition)
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British National Formulary for Children 2008 (Paperback, Revised edition)
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This book if a leading source of paediatric drug
information.Compiled with the advice of clinical experts, this book
provides essential information for all healthcare professionals
involved in the prescribing, dispensing, monitoring &
administration of medicines to children. It encourages the safe,
effective and appropriate use of medicines in the management of
childhood conditions.Updated in print every twelve months, the BNFC
reflects current best practice, as well as legal and professional
guidelines relating to the use of medicines.The BNF is also
available online as part of Medicines Complete, on PDA and on also
CD-ROM for intranets.70 per cent of healthcare professionals have
become more aware of suitable medicines & treatments as a
result of using BNFC.Whereas the 'standard' BNF deals with the use
of medicines for individuals of all ages, BNFC is able to focus
specifically on the use of medicines in children. This is important
because children respond to ill health and drug treatment in a
different way to adults. BNFC deals with the drug management of
childhood conditions more extensively. Infantile spasms, acute
asthma, pulmonary hypertension, congenital metabolic disorders, and
paediatric emergencies are just a few examples of this. BNFC covers
the drug treatment of rare childhood diseases such as type 2
diabetes whose incidence is increasing. BNFC provides more
information on unlicensed use of medicines ranging from fluoxetine
for childhood depression to levamisole for nephrotic syndrome. BNFC
includes more guidance on specialist paediatric interventions,
ranging from caffeine for neonatal apnoea to intravenous ibuprofen
for closure of ductus arteriosus.BNFC includes details of those
medicines that are used in children in a different way to adults.
While nitrazepam may be used for infantile spasms in children, it
is used as a hypnotic in adults. Administering medicines to
children is a challenge in itself and so BNFC provides more
practical advice on this. BNFC provides more space for clearer and
more comprehensive presentation of paediatric doses including
neonatal doses and makes special reference to the cautions,
contra-indications, side-effects, and drug interactions of
medicines used in children. BNFC includes algorithms for acute
paediatric life support and nomograms for calculating body surface
area. BNFC includes details of unlicensed medicines that can be
imported, manufactured by 'special-order', or prepared
extemporaneously. BNFC provides information on the drug management
of conditions that are relevant to children. Parkinson's disease
and dementia, for example, are dealt with by the BNF.
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