Body mass index, not weight, should be used to determine the amount of propofol administered to children, according to a study reported in Anesthesia & Analgesia. The study, which focused on measuring ...

Two new studies from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center show that computerizing ordering of chemotherapy and other types of intravenous drug infusions for children greatly reduces the risk of ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have used sophisticated pharmacologic modeling and simulation to translate preclinical findings into a successful phase I clinical trial of a ...

Results of a gold-standard study published November 2 in JAMA hold promise for reducing the length of antibiotic courses for pediatric patients with pneumonia. In CAP-IT, 814 children who were ...

Proper medication dosing for infants emphasized to ensure safety and efficacy Dose 2 Weight Syringe, a United States-based medical dispenser company, is spotlighting the importance of accurate infant ...