Use the following practice questions to guide and check your learning 

Question #1

Pharmaco____________ is how the body effects a drug

Pharmaco____________ is how a drug effects the body

Question #2

What are the main tenants of pharmacokinetics?

A = ____________________________

D = ____________________________

M = ____________________________

E = _____________________________

Question #3

What are some of the ways that drug absorption differs in pediatric patients?

            Oral:

             IM:

             Topicals:

Question #4

What are some of the ways that drug distribution differs in pediatric patients?

Question #5

Drug metabolism is ______________ in pediatric patients relative to adult patients, partially due to differences in liver enzymes such as CYP450s

        a. increased

        b. decreased

        c. the same

        d. variable

Question #6

Important Elimination Equations 

      What is the name of the common equation used to estimate renal function in adults? ________________

                         Formula: ________________________________________________________________

      What is the name of the common equation used to estimate renal function in children? _________________

                         Formula: ________________________________________________________________