When Prescribing Medications to Infants, It Is Important for the Provider

question 1

Multiple Choice

When prescribing medications to infants, it is important for the provider to consider which fact? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Breast-feeding infants are more likely to develop toxicity when the mother is taking lipid-soluble drugs.
• B) Immaturity of renal function in infancy causes infants to excrete drugs less efficiently.
• C) Infants have immature livers, which slows drug metabolism.
• D) Infants are more sensitive to medications that act on the central nervous system (CNS).
• E) Oral medications are contraindicated in infants.

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