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Medicines and Pharmacy

Key Resources for Paediatrics

Medicines Information

A selection of Medicines databases related to paediatrics. For a list of general medicines databases, see Databases & Journals.

AMH Children's Dosing Companion Australian Medicines Handbook - Dosing form birth to 18 years
BNF for Children UK-based resource. Includes premature neonate dosing.
Paediatric Injectable Medicines Handbook Guidelines for preparing and administering parenteral medicine in children.
Paediatric Renal Dosing Dosage guidelines for paediatric renal patients

Tools

Royal Children's Hospital Emergency Drug Dose Calculator This system is designed to be a readily available guide to acceptable physiological variables, endotracheal tube sizes and positions, and to doses of drugs and other therapies. It is not a recipe - it is important that you think carefully if "standard" doses of drugs are appropriate for any individual patient.

Books

Prescriber's Guide - Children and Adolescents by Stephen M. Stahl
ISBN: 9781108561402
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
Yaffe and Aranda's Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology by Jacob V. Aranda
ISBN: 9781975112486
Publication Date: 2021-01-13

Case Studies: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology (Volume 4) - Children & Adolescents
Jeremy R. Strawn & Stephen M. Stahl (2024)
Medications in Pediatrics: A Compendium of AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policies
American Academy of Pediatrics (2020)
Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple
John H. O'Neal, Mary C. Talaga & Bret Moore (2021)
Thinking about Prescribing: The Psychology of Psychopharmacology with Diverse Youths and Families
Shashank V. Joshi & Andrés Martin

Related Guides

These NSLHD subject guides may also contain information of interest.

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