Clearly written and well-illustrated, this clinical textbook covers issues inherent in the use of drug therapy on women when they are breastfeeding. It comprehensively reviews the adverse effects on lactation of the major classes of drugs and potential side effects. The authors are respected experts in the field who write for the obstetrics professional, including pediatricians and anesthesiologists, as well as obstetricians, nurses, and midwives. Following an informative introduction, the book's central chapters include infant exposure to drugs, risk-benefit analysis, medication effects on milk production, and a commentary on drug classes.
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relative infant dose, selected drug classes, observe for hypotension, maternal dose, milk concentrations, infant doses, infant exposure, breastfed infants, low oral bioavailability, milk levels, human lactation, milk volume, breastfeeding mothers, human breast milk, human milk, breastfeeding women, dose interval, breastfeeding infants, early postpartum, alveolar cells Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Breastfeeding has very significant benefits for both mothers and their infants (for a recent review see Howard and Lawrence). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relative infant dose, selected drug classes, observe for hypotension, maternal dose, milk concentrations, infant doses, infant exposure, breastfed infants, low oral bioavailability, milk levels, human lactation, milk volume, breastfeeding mothers, human breast milk, human milk, breastfeeding women, dose interval, breastfeeding infants, early postpartum, alveolar cells Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Clin Pharmacol, Obstet Gynecol, Clin Psychiatry, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Human Lact, New York, Pharmacol Exp Ther, Ther Drug Monit, Ann Pharmacother, Blackwell Science Publishers, Clin Nutr, Obstet Gynaecol, The Harriet Lane Handbook New!
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- Drugs and Human Lactation, Second Edition: A comprehensive guide to the content and consequences of drugs, micronutrients, radiopharmaceuticals and ... and occupational chemicals in human milk by A. Astrup-Jensen on 4 pages
- Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers by Johns Hopkins Hospital on page 33, page 80, and page 81
- Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers by Johns Hopkins Hospital on page 33, and page 80
- The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers by The Johns Hopkins Hospital on page 33, and page 80
- Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk by Gerald G Briggs on page 81
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- Medications and Mothers' Milk: A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology by Ph.D. Thomas W. Hale in Front Matter
- A Medication Guide for Breastfeeding Moms by Thomas W. Hale and Ghia McAfee on page 262
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