A Paediatric Vade-mecum

abnormal acid acute antibiotics B-thalassaemia B'cidal babies bleeding blood sugar body weight calcium calculation of dosage calorie Cals carbohydrate cardiac cause cells cent cerebral child chloride clinical congenital cortisol cortisone cow's milk cyanosis dehydration dextrose diagnosis dialysis diarrhoea diet disease disorders DOSE Caution Drug Route Daily electrolyte excretion feeding fluid g/kg g/l dextrose gastric lavage give given glucose haemoglobin haemophilia heart failure hourly hydrocortisone hypocalcaemia hypoglycaemia infant infection infusion ingestion initial dose insulin intravenous lactose leukaemia liver loss lumbar puncture metabolic acidosis mg 10 mg mg 5 mg mg I.M. mg Tabs ml/kg mmol mmol/l mouth Neonatal normal occur oedema oliguria Oral Once osmolality oxygen patient penicillin phenytoin plasma poisoning potassium protein Remarks and Availability renal failure respiratory saline septicaemia serum Sickle-cell Sickle-cell disease sodium bicarbonate steroid stools symptoms Syrup therapy transfusion treatment tube units urinary urine usually ventricular vitamin vomiting