Pharmaceutical customisation for seriously ill children
Medicines for adults are usually dosed per kilogram of body weight. This approach fails for premature infants, young children or people with extreme obesity. There is customisation needed. This was the subject of Catherijne Knibbe’s lecture on “Predictable variation”. Knibbe was appointed extraordinary professor of Foundations of individual pharmacotherapy. Medicines for adults are usually dosed per kilogram of body weight. This approach fails for premature infants, young children or people with extreme obesity. There is customisation needed. This was the subject of Catherijne Knibbe’s lecture on “Predictable variation”. Knibbe was appointed extraordinary professor of Foundations of individual pharmacotherapy.
