Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Neonatal Formulary 7: Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Important advisory statement; Further reading; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Drug prescribing and drug administration; Terms, symbols, abbreviations and units; Drug storage and administration; Drugs and the body; Drugs and the law; Licensing; Prescribing; The care and use of intravascular lines; Line care; Use of lines; Compatible and incompatible fluids; References; Minimising IV infusion and other drug hazards; Ten golden rules; If something does go wrong; Patient safety initiatives.

BackgroundGentamicin bundle; Constant concentration variable rate and 'smart pumps'; Tall man lettering; References; Writing a hospital prescription; Adverse reactions and overtreatment; Adverse reactions; Overtreatment; Maternal drug abuse; Renal failure; Body weight and surface area; Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on medications; Background; Useful websites; American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); British Association of Perinatal Medicine; British National Formulary; Clinical Evidence; The Cochrane Library; Communicable disease centres; Contact a Family; Contraception.

Controlled clinical trialsDrug abuse; Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed); Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service; Drug use during pregnancy; First Steps Nutrition Trust; Genetic disease; History of controlled trials; HIV and AIDS; Immunisation; Immunisation (Nation Immunisation Schedules); Malaria; Medicines compendium; Medicines for Children; Medicine use during lactation; Midwifery Digest; Motherisk program; National and International Associations for Neonatal Nurses; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group; Neonatology on the Web.

Renal failureRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative; Teratogens; This book; Travel advice; US Food and Drug Administration; World Health Organisation; Part 2 Drug monographs; Part 3 Maternal medication and its effect on the baby; Introduction; Further reading; Reference texts on drug use during pregnancy and lactation; Further information; Maternal medication and the baby; Index: Including synonyms and abbreviations.

Neonatal Formulary is a unique publication that provides comprehensive guidance on the safe use of all the drugs prescribed during pregnancy and commonly given to babies during labour, delivery, and the first year of life. This new edition provides improved and detailed coverage of the many drugs that are given to women during pregnancy and during lactation where the baby's welfare must be borne in mind as well as that of the mother. Thus the whole ''pregnancy through to parenthood'' journey is treated as a continuous event with information about drug use and the effects of drugs at all stag.