Pediatric Oncologic Pharmacy A Complete Guide to Practice /

• Main Author: Schmidt, Carolina Witchmichen Penteado (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pediatrics.; Oncology .; Hematology.; Pharmacy.; Oncology.; Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance.

There are few publications about chemotherapy in children, and none of them is a book aimed at pharmacists. Pediatric Oncology Pharmacy is an area where more and more specific knowledge is required in daily practice. Pharmacists who work in pediatric oncology area do not have a book directed at them...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Diseases in pediatric hemato/ oncology area and treatments
• 3. Diseases in rheumatology and their treatment with chemotherapy
• 4. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of chemotherapy in children - The used drugs
• 5. Physical-chemical compatibility of drugs used in chemotherapy for children
• 6. Drug Interactions involving chemotherapy for children
• 7. Prescription analysis
• 8. Handling pediatric chemotherapy
• 9. Handling pediatric intrathecal drugs
• 10. Handling pediatric extemporaneous oral solutions with chemotherapy
• 11. Administration of a pediatric oncology pharmacy: from the purchase of the drugs to the dispensation
• 12. Chemotherapy for pediatric stem cell transplantation
• 13. Biosafety for pharmacists and technical team in pediatric chemotherapy area
• 14. Supportive therapy for pediatric patients receiving treatment with chemotherapy
• 15. Pediatric clinical pharmacy involving chemotherapy
• 16. Pediatric pharmaceutical care involving chemotherapy
• 17. Appendix
• 18. Reference.