Drug therapy for pediatrics
Bacteremia - a condition in which bacteria are recovered from blood cultures of a patient and
may or may not be associated with the disease
Child maturity of blood brain barrier - < 2 years have immature
Children body fat percentage - decreases between 1-5 years
Congested heart failure - heart can not pump the blood returning to the right side of the heart
or provide adequate circulation to meet the needs of the body
caused by congenital heart diseases
Croup - a viral infection that affects the larynx and the trachea
Diarrhea - most common problem in pediatrics
increase in frequency, fluidity, and volume of feces
caused by bacteria, viruses, protozoans, parasites
Distribution - based on body composition, fluid distribution, blood flow to tissues, special
membrane barriers, protein binding
Epiglottitis - an acute bacterial infection of the epiglottis (an appendage that closes the glottis
while food or drink is passing through the pharynx) and the surrounding areas, causing airway
obstruction
Epilepsy - characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures in which seizures are of primary
cerebral origin
, Absorption - gastric emptying is slower
influenced by gastric emptying and PH
Acute bacterial meningitis - Third generation cephalosporin (Vancomycin)
adolescence - 12- 18 years
Adult body water percentage - 50-60%
Affected risk for spasmodic croup - 6 months-6 years
peak age= 2 years
Apnea - the cessation of respiration for more than 20 seconds with or without cyanosis,
hypotonia, or bradycardia
Asthma - leading cause of chronic illness in children characterized as a chronic reversible
obstruction of the bronchial airways
leading cause= allergies, viral respiratory infections and airborne irritants
75-80% of children also have allergies
At risks for RSV - infants born before 36 weeks
infants with chronic lung disease
infants whom didn't receive sufficient antiviral substances from mothers
Eustachian tubes - tubes within the ear by which fluids drain
Bacteremia - a condition in which bacteria are recovered from blood cultures of a patient and
may or may not be associated with the disease
Child maturity of blood brain barrier - < 2 years have immature
Children body fat percentage - decreases between 1-5 years
Congested heart failure - heart can not pump the blood returning to the right side of the heart
or provide adequate circulation to meet the needs of the body
caused by congenital heart diseases
Croup - a viral infection that affects the larynx and the trachea
Diarrhea - most common problem in pediatrics
increase in frequency, fluidity, and volume of feces
caused by bacteria, viruses, protozoans, parasites
Distribution - based on body composition, fluid distribution, blood flow to tissues, special
membrane barriers, protein binding
Epiglottitis - an acute bacterial infection of the epiglottis (an appendage that closes the glottis
while food or drink is passing through the pharynx) and the surrounding areas, causing airway
obstruction
Epilepsy - characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures in which seizures are of primary
cerebral origin
, Absorption - gastric emptying is slower
influenced by gastric emptying and PH
Acute bacterial meningitis - Third generation cephalosporin (Vancomycin)
adolescence - 12- 18 years
Adult body water percentage - 50-60%
Affected risk for spasmodic croup - 6 months-6 years
peak age= 2 years
Apnea - the cessation of respiration for more than 20 seconds with or without cyanosis,
hypotonia, or bradycardia
Asthma - leading cause of chronic illness in children characterized as a chronic reversible
obstruction of the bronchial airways
leading cause= allergies, viral respiratory infections and airborne irritants
75-80% of children also have allergies
At risks for RSV - infants born before 36 weeks
infants with chronic lung disease
infants whom didn't receive sufficient antiviral substances from mothers
Eustachian tubes - tubes within the ear by which fluids drain
