BNF for Children aims to provide prescribers,pharmacists and other healthcare professionals with sound up-to-date information on the use of medicines for treating children.

A joint publication of the British Medical Association, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group, BNFfor Children ('BNFC') is published under the authority of a Paediatric Formulary Committee.

BNF for Children presents essential practical information to help healthcare professionals prescribe, monitor, supply, and administer medicines for childhood disorders.

Covering neonates to adolescents, this single volume includes key clinical and pharmaceutical information, organised by the familiar BNF classification.

Working under the supervision of an expert paediatric formulary committee, BNF for Children has been developed with the assistance of an extensive network of paediatric advisers. Annual revisions will ensure that the work remains at the forefront of practice.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Editorial Staff

Paediatric Formulary Committee 2008-2009

How BNFfor Children is constructed

How to use BNFfor'Chiidren

Changes for this edition

Name changes

General guidance

Prescription writing

Supply of medicines

Emergency supply of medicines

Drug treatment in children

Prescribing in hepatic impairment

Prescribing in renal impairment

Prescribing in pregnancy

Prescribing in breast-feeding

Prescribing Controlled Drugs

Adverse reactions to drugs

Prescribing in palliative care

Prescribing in dental practice

Drugs and sport

Emergency treatment of poisoning

Notes on drugs and Preparations

  1: Gastro-intestinal system

  2: Cardiovascular system

  3: Respiratory system

  4: Central nervous system

  5: Infections

  6: Endocrine system

  7: Obstetrics, gvnaecology, and urinary-tract disorders

  8: Malignant disease and immunosuppression

  9: Nutrition and blood

 10: Musculoskeletaland joint diseases

 11: Eye

 12:  Ear, nose, and oropharynx

 13: Skin

 14: Immunological products and vaccines

 15: Anaesthesia

Appendixes and indices

Appendix 1: Interactions

Appendix 2: Borderline substances

Appendix 3: Cautionary and advisory labels for dispensed medicines

Appendix 4: Intravenous infusions for neohatal intensive care

Dental Practitioners' Formulary

Nurse Prescribers' Formulary

Non-medical prescribing

Index of manufacturers

Index

Medical emergencies in the community