Thomas E. Young
Published: 2000
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NeoFax serves as a standard drag dosage reference for all who work in neonatal units because it includes dosage information very specific to neonate care. The unique author team of a doctor and pharmacist make this useful to doctors, nurses and pharmacists for prescribing, administering and preparing medicine for neonates. -- Includes dosages for many drags that are commonly used off-label. -- Numerous drags have been added to this edition (amphotericin B lipid complex, cefoxitin, fosphenytonin, lamivudine, nevirapine, Vitamin A, Curosurf, Infrasurf, and Similac Human Milk Fortifier) and thirty-six references have been updated in 2000. -- Dose and administration, uses, monitoring, pharmacology, adverse effects/precautions, special considerations/preparations, selected references, and date of last update are included for each entry. -- Antibiotic dosing charts are designed to reflect renal and drug elimination are correlated with Postmenstrual Age (consistent with American Academy of Pediatrics).