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  • Chapter 3 - Prescribing for Children
  • from Part 2 - Prescribing for Patient Groups
  • Edited by Hugh Montgomery, Robert Shulman, Mayur Murali
  • Book: Surviving Prescribing
  • Published online: 08 June 2020
  • Print publication: 25 June 2020, pp 17-20
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    Summary

    When it comes to prescribing, children are not ‘little adults’, and indeed, the dose and frequencies of medicines can change throughout childhood. While highlighting some basic principles for prescribing in children, this chapter explores why some drugs are unlicensed in paediatric patients, provides top tips for avoiding dosing errors and discusses how to improve compliance with drug therapy in younger patients. Readers are also advised on how best to report adverse drug reactions.