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What’s in a drop? Optimizing strategies for administration of drugs in pediatrics

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Accurate administration of drugs is an essential part of pharmacotherapy in children. Small differences in the amount of drugs administered, might evoke different clinical effects. This is especially of concern in drugs with a narrow therapeutic index. Guided by a case that was observed in pediatrics, some practical recommendations for the administration of oral drops in children are described.

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We are grateful to Pauline Belin (University Claude Bernard, Lyon) for excellent assistance in the drop test.

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Ghent University Hospital, -1 K12, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Tiene Bauters, Barbara Claus & Hugo Robays

  2. Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Elsie Willems, Johan De Porre, Joris Verlooy & Yves Benoit

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Bauters, T., Claus, B., Willems, E. et al. What’s in a drop? Optimizing strategies for administration of drugs in pediatrics. Int J Clin Pharm 34, 679–681 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-012-9670-y

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