Citation

McIntyre J, Choonara I. Biol. Neonate. 2004; 86(4): 218-221.

Affiliation

Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Derby, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Karger Publishers)

DOI

10.1159/000079656

PMID

15249753

Abstract

The incidence of adverse drug reactions in neonates is thought to be at least 10%. The physiology of the newborn infant is different to that of both paediatric patients and adults. This therefore predisposes to certain types of drug toxicity, which are described below. Medication errors are also a significant problem in the neonatal period due to the lack of appropriate formulations designed for neonates.

Language: en