BNF for Children 2011-2012

BNFC 2011–2012AcknowledgementsThe Paediatric Formulary Committee is grateful toindividuals and organisations that have provided adviceand information to the BNF for Children.The principal contributors for this edition were:I.H. Ahmed-Jushuf, M.N. Badminton, S. Bailey, T.G.Barrett, D.N. Bateman, G.D.L. Bates, H. Bedford, M.W.Beresford, R.M. Bingham, I.W. Booth, L. Brook, K.G.Brownlee, R.J. Buckley, M. Burch, I.F. Burgess, A. Cant,L.J. Carr, R. Carr, E.A. Chalmers, T.D. Cheetham, A.J.Cotgrove, J.B.S. Coulter, B.G. Craig, S.M. Creighton, J.H.Cross, A. Dhawan, P.N. Durrington, A. Durward, A.B.Edgar, J.A. Edge, D.A.C. Elliman, N.D. Embleton, P.J.Goadsby, P.W. Golightly, J. Gray, J.W. Gregory, P. Gringras,J.P. Harcourt, P.J. Helms, C. Hendriksz, R.F.Howard, R.G. Hull, H.R. Jenkins, S. Jones, B.A. Judd,C.J.H. Kelnar, P.T. Khaw, J.M.W. Kirk, P.J. Lee, T.H. Lee,S. Lewis-Jones, E.G.H. Lyall, A. MacDonald, D.J.Macrae, P.S. Malone, A.Y. Manzur, S.D. Marks, D.F.Marsh, A.G. Marson, K.A. Matyka, P.J. McKiernan,L.M. Melvin, E. Miller, R.E. Morton, C. Moss, P. Mulholland,C. Nelson-Piercy, J.M. Neuberger, K.K. Nischal,C.Y. Ng, L.P. Omerod, J.Y. Paton, G.A. Pearson, M.M.Ramsay, I.A.G. Roberts, J. Rogers, K.E. Rogstad, P.C.Rubin, J.W. Sander, N.J. Scolding, M.R. Sharland, N.J.Shaw, G.J. Shortland, O.F.W. Stumper, M.R.J. Sury, A.G.Sutcliffe, A. Sutherland, A.M. Szarewski, E.A. Taylor,A.H. Thomson, M.A. Thomson, J.A. Vale, J.O. Warner,D.A. Warrell, N.J.A. Webb, A.D. Weeks, R. Welbury, W.P.Whitehouse, C.E. Willoughby, C. Wren, A. Wright, M.M.Yaqoob, Z. Zaiwalla, and S.M. Zuberi.vThe BNF for Children has valuable access to the Martindaledata banks by courtesy of S. Sweetman and staff.J. E. Macintyre and staff provided valuable technicalassistance.C. Adetola, N. Bansal, J.J. Coleman, S. Foad, E.H.Glover, T. Hamp, A. Holmes, J. Humphreys, J.M.James, E. Laughton, H.M.N. Brady, R.M. Patel, J. Reynolds,and E.J. Tong provided considerable assistanceduring the production of this edition of BNF for Children.Xpage have provided assistance with typesetting developmentand related production processes.Members of the British Association of Dermatologists’Therapy & Guidelines Subcommittee, D.A. Buckley, L.C.Fuller, J. Hughes, S.E. Hulley, J. Lear, A.J. McDonagh, J.McLelland, N. Morar, I. Nasr, S. Punjabi, M.J. Tidman,S.E. Haveron (Secretariat), and M.F. Mohd Mustapa(Secretariat) have provided valuable advice.Members of the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention,R.H. Behrens, P.L. Chiodini, F. Genasi, L. Goodyer,A. Green, D. Hill, G. Kassianos, D.G. Lalloo, G.Pasvol, S. Patel, M. Powell, D.V. Shingadia, C.J.M.Whitty, M. Blaze (Secretariat), and V. Smith (Secretariat)have provided valuable advice.Members of the UK Ophthalmic Pharmacy Group havealso provided valuable advice.R. Suvarna and colleagues at the MHRA have providedvaluable assistance.Correspondents in the pharmaceutical industry haveprovided information on new products and commentedon products in the BNF for Children. NHS PrescriptionServices has supplied the prices of products in the BNFfor Children.Numerous doctors, pharmacists, nurses and others havesent comments and suggestions.