Here is the pocket guide to drug-dosing for patients with impaired renal function-in a revised and updated new edition! This new edition features brand-new guidance on pediatric dosing, making it the most complete resource of its kind. Details the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs in patients with renal failure, emphasizes those medications eliminated by the kidney as well as the importance of the patient's glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Also includes recommendations for supplemental drug dosing during renal replacement therapies, coverage of antimicrobial and antiviral agents.