Pediatric Drug Doses

This book is not meant to be an alternative to time-tested exhaustive textbooks on drug doses, but meant to be a concise companion for all health professionals dealing with pediatric population on day-to-day basis because it is humanly not possible to remember the wide range of medications currently used in pediatrics. In this edition, existing drugs are updated and expanded, a few drugs are omitted, and many more drugs and useful tables are added. In this edition, the advice of several readers and their suggestions have been incorporated.

Key Features :

• Useful and handy book.
• Suitable for instant reference for dosing information in children.
• Presents drug information in a consistent and user-friendly format.
• Covers indications, generic names, brand names, usual doses, modes of administration, uses in combination, etc., of various drugs being used for children.
• Besides drug dosages also includes information about feeding tubes, Foley catheter, endotracheal tube, oxygen masks and fluid resuscitation formula for burn patients, ventilator settings, etc.
• Serves as a practical convenient guide for all levels of health professionals dealing with pediatric population.
• General guidelines for how to administer drugs in children and immunization in children is also given.