prescribing in childrenbritish national formulary (BNF)dosagepharmacokineticsroutes of drug administrationSummary This chapter contains sections titled: General issues Dosage PharmacokineticsOliver Jones MA (Oxon) DM FRCSNandan Gautam MA (Oxon) MRCP
individual drugs for children and adolescents in the Tayside Region of Scotland (less than 16 years of age; population approximately 70 000) over a 10-year period, and to compare trends in prescribing rates for the most commonly prescribed drugs categorised by BNF classification and stratified ...
In the context of nurse prescribing, this includes explaining what the prescription in for; how to take the medication; how long it takes to work and what the possible side effects may be. The nurse also referred to the BNF as reference when making this decision, which is an example of ...
In each PCA report, all data relating to drugs categorized under the BNF section name, ‘treatment of glaucoma’, were extracted. The data for each glaucoma preparation was grouped by medicine name and drug class. We then analysed the annual number of items dispensed and the net ingredient cos...
Prescribing Errors in Hospitals 839 Table 6 Predictors of error severity: multivariable multinomial logistic models Factor Odds of being a potentially Odds of being a potentially significant rather than a serious rather than a minor error minor error Patient age Decades Therapeutic drug group (BNF ...
The article presents views and insights of "BNF for Children" author George Rylance on prescribing for children. Rylance contends that the only calculations of dose that should be performed by doctors generally are multiplying the weight-related doses. Antibiotics are unlikely to produce significant ...
Aim To create a paediatric formulary that incorporates standardised guidelines and enables consistent prescribing for children across all legacy sites of the largest teaching NHS trust in the UK.FarrahRoyalKhanRoyalSarahRoyalGarrettRoyalPriyaRoyalPatel...
The article presents views and insights of "BNF for Children" author George Rylance on prescribing for children. Rylance contends that the only calculations of dose that should be performed by doctors generally are multiplying the weight-related doses. Antibiotics are unlikely to produce significant ...
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodBritish National Formulary for Children (BNF-C) 2011-2012, p.793. Pharmaceutical Press, London.Eyers S, Fingleton J, Eastwood A, Perrin K, Beasley R. British National Formulary for Children: the risk of inappropriate paracetamol prescribing. Arch Dis Child 2012; ...
Most (75.5%) reported that the Lexi Comp's Drug Information Handbook was the source that they most frequently used for druginformation when prescribing for in children.The BNF and the BNFc (British National Formulary for children) were found to be the most sources that contain sufficient ...