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Pharmacology of a Critically Ill Child and Drug Dosing

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Pharmacology in critically ill children and drug dosing adjustment during renal replacement therapy is an important aspect. This practical chapter shall focus on factors affecting drug removal during renal replacement therapy followed by a practical approach to drug delivery in renal replacement therapy.

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  1. Pediatric Nephrology, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Joshua Zaritsky

  2. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Carl Gerdine

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  1. Kidney & Urology Institute, Medanta, The Medicity Kidney & Urology Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India

    Sidharth Kumar Sethi

  2. Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical center and Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH, USA

    Rupesh Raina

  3. Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Mignon McCulloch

  4. Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Timothy E. Bunchman

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Zaritsky, J., Gerdine, C. (2019). Pharmacology of a Critically Ill Child and Drug Dosing. In: Sethi, S., Raina, R., McCulloch, M., Bunchman, T. (eds) Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis: A Practical Handbook. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2276-1_6

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