How Drugs Are Administered To Pediatric Patients

Explain how drugs are administered to pediatric patients and how these methods would differ in an adult patient.
According to Lippincott’s Nursing Center, the age related differences in drug disposition, metabolism, excretion, and pharmacodynamics effects, coupled with the special pharmacologic considerations of the ill child, could make the pediatric patient a pharmacotherapeutic challenge. Health care professionals must understand the differences between the pediatric patient and the adult patient. For example, a health care professional should not administer a dose of Advil to a child that is specified for an adult because it would be too potent for the child’s body to handle leading in an overdose. Anyone who has bought over-the-counter