Handbook of Pediatric Cardiovascular Drugs

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Munoz, Ricardo (Editor), Schmitt, Carol G. (Editor), Roth, Stephen J. (Editor), Cruz, Eduardo da (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Cardiology.; Nursing.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

The treatment of pediatric patients with congenital or acquired cardiac disease remains an important challenge for physicians in charge of these patients. The challenge to practitioners is complex given that most drugs used in this field are either unlicensed or off-label and that the patient popula...

Table of Contents:

• Cardiac Physiology Review
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Applications in Pediatric Practice
• Inotropic and Vasoactive Drugs
• Vasodilators
• Diuretic Medications
• ?-Blockers
• Antiarrhythmic Medications
• Immunosuppressive Agents in Pediatric Heart Transplantation
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Drug Clearance
• Pharmacological Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
• Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics, and Antiplatelets
• Sedative Hypnotic and Anesthetic Agents: Their Effect on the Heart
• Drug Therapy for Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipidemia
• Medication Errors in Children.