Pediatric bacterial conjunctivitis is caused by a number of potential bacterial species, which vary with patient age. Topical antibacterial agents are preferred for the treatment of uncomplicated ...

(HealthDay News) — The best way to measure liquid medications for children is in metric milliliters, according to a committee from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Accidental medication overdoses ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(3):283-284. Pediatric patients are not simply 'little adults'. This mantra can be echoed throughout the entire discipline of pediatric medicine, where differences ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past 5 years, several studies have been published describing how oral liquid drug dosing devices and ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- For the first time since they came on the market in the 1950s, children's liquid medicines containing acetaminophen would carry dosing instructions for children younger than 2, ...

Dosing errors are among the most common types of medication errors. 1–3 Errors by a factor of 10 (the administration of a dose 10 times or 1/10 as high as appropriate) are of particular concern. 4 ...