Paediatric Drug Handling

Children form a large percentage of the patient population, but few medicines have been designed and tested specifically for paediatric use. Written for new pharmaceutical scientists, this book will aim to give a background in paediatric pharmacy and a comprehensive introduction to children's medication.
This important new textbook:

* deals with the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs and formulations in children of different ages
* has a timely discussion of pharmacogenomics
* addresses the real problem of medication errors in paediatric practice
* discusses the challenges in the formulation of established, new and orphan drugs for use in paediatric practice
* includes a survey of the regulatory processes for paediatric medicines throughout the world
* covers the ethics of clinical trials in children and trial design in the case of rare diseases where patient numbers will be limited
Written by international experts in the field, this introductory text is an excellent resource for postgraduate students in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Contents:

1. Updates of Paediatric Regulations Around the World

2. Paediatric Formulations in Practice

3. Paediatric Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

4. Pharmacogenomics Considerations in Paediatric Drug Handling

5. Clinical Trials in Children

6. Medication Errors in Paediatric Patients
Noch immer sind Arzneimittel, die speziell für Kinder konzipiert und entwickelt wurden, Mangelware. Hier erfährt man alles über Pharmakokinetik und Pharmakodynamik von Arzneistoffen und Rezepturen für Kinder unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen:

* Pharmakogenomik
* Medikationsfehler in der pädiatrischen Praxis
* Verwendung bewährter und neuer Arzneimittel sowie Orphan Drugs in der pädiatrischen Praxis
* regulatorische Abläufe bei Kinderarzneimitteln
* Ethik klinischer Versuche an Kindern
* Studiendesign bei seltenen Erkrankungen