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For nearly three decades, pharmacists treating newborns through adolescents have relied on Pediatric Injectable Drugs (the Teddy Bear Book) for evidence-based recommendations you can't find anywhere else. Now, you can get this information in its most current and useful form. The ninth edition of this trusted resource features 220 updated and new monographs, each with the following: * Brand names * Safety information, including medication error potential, U.S .boxed warnings, and contraindications * Infusion related cautions * Age-specific dosing information (including maximum dosages and adjustments in organ dysfunction) * Additives * Suitable diluents * Maximum concentration * Preparation and delivery * IV push, intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion recommendations * Other routes of administration (including IV and IM guidelines compiled specifically for pediatric patients) * Comments by pharmacy professionals in the field Monographs in the ninth edition draw from more than 4,700 total references and have been studied by a minimum of five reviewers. As publishers of the only book focused exclusively on parenteral drugs for pediatrics, we take our responsibility toward children's health and safety as seriously as you do.

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Stephanie J. Phelps, PharmD, FCCP, BCPSDr. Phelps is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. She is also Vice-Chair of Professional Programs for the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. Certified by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties in Pharmacotherapy, Dr. Phelps is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). She is an active member of The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) and is editor of their official publication The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Emily B. Hak, PharmD, FCCP, BCPSDr. Hak is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and an Associated Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Dr. Hak is a fellow of the ACCP and Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certified in Nutrition Support and Pharmacotherapy. She is a member of the AQCCP, the PPAG, ASHP, the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).Catherine M. Crill, Pharm.D, BCPSDr. Crill is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. She is certified by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties in Pharmacotherapy and Nutrition Support and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, ACCP, ASHP, PPAG, ASPEN, and TPA.

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