When Administering Medications to Infants,it Is Important to Remember Which

question 9

Multiple Choice

When administering medications to infants,it is important to remember which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Breast-feeding infants are more likely to develop toxicity when given 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, because PO administration requires a cooperative patient.

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