Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life, 6th Edition

Important advisory statement.

Further reading.

Part 1 Drug prescribing and drug administration.

Terms, symbols, abbreviations and units.

Drug storage and administration.

Drugs and the body.

Drugs and the law.

Care and use of intravascular lines.

Minimising IV infusion and drug hazards.

Writing a hospital prescription.

Adverse reactions and overtreatment.

Maternal drug abuse.

Renal failure.

Body weight and surface area.

Useful website addresses.

Part 2 Drug monographs.

Part 3 Maternal medication and its effect on the baby.

Introduction.

Further reading.

Maternal medication and the baby.

Index (including synonyms and abbreviations).