Drug Therapy and Interactions in Pediatric Oncology A Pocket Guide /

• Main Authors: Penteado Schmidt, Carolina Witchmichen (Author), de Menezes, Fabiana Gatti (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Medicine.; Cancer research.; Hematology.; Oncology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance.; Cancer Research.

There are few publications about drug interactions in chemotherapy and even less about pediatric oncology treatment. For this reason, the present book is intended to offer guidelines about drug interactions for physicians, pharmacists and the other healthcare professionals involved in the chemothera...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The main diseases in pediatric oncohematology
• 3. The main protocols in pediatric oncohematology
• 4. Background on drug interactions
• 5. Food - drug interactions
• 6. Body surface
• 7. Carboplatin dosage calculation
• 8. Creatinine clearance estimate.