|  This
book provides a background to paediatric pharmacy as well as a comprehensive
review of issues related to children’s medication.
Written by experts in different fields, the book covers important areas
such as pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics.
They
also cover formulations for children, risk management in paediatric
drug therapy and international regulations relating to clinical trials
and
the use of medicines in children.
The chapters progress in a way that allows the reader to work their
way from current problems encountered on the ward through to more strategic
issues.
The text is well supported with photographs and diagrams and it also
makes good use of flowcharts to illustrate important messages.
The book provides a balanced view of the issues and problems faced by
both the health care sector and the pharmaceutical industry in getting
paediatric
products licensed.
This is an important resource for pharmaceutical scientists as well as
pharmacists working in the field of paediatrics or medicines information,
or those with a specific interest in risk management or clinical governance.
Although this book does not cover all issues related to the field of
pharmaceutical management in paediatrics, it does make for an interesting
starting point
at an extremely reasonable price.
Simon Keady
(lead divisional pharmacist, women and children's services, at University
College of London Foundation Hospitals NHS Trust) |
The
Pharmaceutical Journal