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Drugs and the newborn

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Caution and care are necessary in giving drugs to the newborn. On each occasion, the absolute necessity for the drug, whether or not its side effects in babies are known, the appropriateness of the dose for the baby’s weight and the frequency of administration must be questioned.

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  1. South-East Kent Health Authority, England

    R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Honorary Senior Teaching Fellow)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital, England

    R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Honorary Senior Teaching Fellow)

  3. Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    D. F. Hawkins BSc, PhD, DSc, MB, BS (Lond), MD (Mass), FRCOG, FACOG (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Therapeutics)

  4. University of London, England

    D. F. Hawkins BSc, PhD, DSc, MB, BS (Lond), MD (Mass), FRCOG, FACOG (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Therapeutics)

  5. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    L. Stern MD, FRCP(C) (Late Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics)

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  1. R. S. Ledward BSc (Manchester), MR Pharm. Soc., MB, ChB (L’pool), DA, DM (N’ham), LRCP, MRCS, MRSH, FRCS, FRCOG, DHMSA
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© 1991 R.S. Ledward, D.F. Hawkins and L. Stern

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Ledward, R.S., Hawkins, D.F., Stern, L. (1991). Drugs and the newborn. In: Drug Treatment in Obstetrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3296-9_12

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