The pharmacology and therapeutics of diuretics in the pediatric patient.
Selection of appropriate diuretic therapy in children is hampered by a lack of age-specific pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data, especially in premature neonates. Well-designed clinical trials in neonates, infants, and younger children are necessary prerequisites to safer and more efficacious diuretic therapy.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
D002648:Child; D004232:Diuretics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology
D004232:Diuretics