CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST
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1). Drug sensitivity variation in the very young results largely from
Ans: Organ System Immaturity
2). What are the five stages of pediatrics
Ans: premature (less than 36wks), full-term (36-40wks), neonates(first 4 post-natal
wks), infants (5-52wks), children(1-12years), adolescents (12-16 years)
3). What considerations have to be made for the pharmacokinetics in children?
Ans: -organ immaturity
-delayed drug elimination
4). Gastric emptying time in infancy is both _____and _____
Ans: prolonged, and irregular
5). During the neonatal phase, intramuscular administration of medications is
Ans: slow and erratic
** by infancy, absorption becomes more rapid than in neonates and adults
6). During infancy transdermal absorption is
Ans: greater than in adolescence and adulthood (skin is thinner, more vascular)
**infants are at a greater risk for toxicity from topical drugs
7). Describe why there is more "free" concentrations of drug in infants verses adults,
intensifying the effects
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