Medicines management in children and young people: pharmacokinetics, drug calculations and off-label drug use

Medicines management in children and young people

Pharmacokinetics vary according to the patient’s age and stage of development. Outline the different age ranges in children and young people for optimal medicines management, and explain why the excretion of metabolic waste from medicines differs in neonates and infants compared with older children and adults
22/04/2024

This quiz is based on the article Medicines management in children and young people: pharmacokinetics, drug calculations and off-label drug use (Nursing Children and Young People, April 2024)

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