Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy and the First Year of Life

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 stages of the development from fetus to infant. Containing far more detail than is available in the British National Formulary for Children and with a companion website featuring updates related to specific drugs and dosing, Neonatal Formulary is an essential guide for neonatologists, neonatal nurses, hospital pharmacists, obstetric staff, advanced nurse practitioners and for all health care professionals caring for pregnant women and their infants in the first year of life.

Introduction Important advisory statement Further reading Acknowledgements About the Website Part 1 Drug prescribing and drug administration Terms, symbols, abbreviations, and units Drug storage and administration Drugs and the body Drugs and the law The care and use of intravascular lines Minimising IV infusion and drug hazards Patient Safety Initiatives Writing a hospital prescription Adverse reactions and overtreatment Maternal drug abuse Renal Failure Body weight and surface area Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on medications Useful websites 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)