title: Minimising potential side-effects of medication at different ages.
abstract: When prescribing and administering drugs, it is important to consider the patient's developmental stage. As individuals pass from fetus to a neonate, through infancy to childhood, adolescence, maturity and old age, major changes in anatomy and physiology occur that are reflected in different abilities to handle and respond to drugs.
authors.affiliation: Homerton College, Cambridge.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010599:Pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations