RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Practical pharmacokinetics: what do you really need to know?
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 37
OP 43
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304555
VO 100
IS 1
A1 E S Starkey
A1 H M Sammons
YR 2015
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/1/37.abstract
AB Having some understanding of pharmacokinetics is important for all clinicians when prescribing medications. Key elements to effective and safe prescribing include making sure that we don't underdose a medication making it ineffective, but also do not overprescribe a treatment known to cause toxic effects. In paediatrics, there are significant physiological and developmental differences that add to the challenges of safe prescribing. This article aims to provide the clinician with some basic paediatric pharmacokinetic principles with clinical examples to aid their prescribing skills.