Evidence-Based Neonatal Pharmacotherapy, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Author | : Alan R. Spitzer |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2012-03-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781455743032 |
ISBN-13 | : 1455743038 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Dr. Spitzer has created an issue devoted to the evidence-based pharmacologic care of the neonate. The issue opens with an important article on A Quality Improvement Approach to Modifying Medication Use in the NICU. The expert authors he has secured have contributed articles in the areas of therapeutic drug monitoring, off-label use of medications in the NICU, antenatal and post-natal corticosteroids, antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals, as well as bronchodilators and nitric oxide. Other articles also present evidence-based use of oxygen, dopamine, anesthetics and analgesics, and erythropoetin.