Pediatric Injectable Drugs (The Teddy Bear Book)
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12th Ed.
©2025, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. All rights reserved.
Stephanie J. Phelps, BScPharm, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, FNAP, FPPAProfessor; Tracy M. Hagemann, PharmD, MS, FCCP, FPPA; Kelley R. Lee, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID
ISBN-13: 978-1-58528-718-5
eISBN-13: 978-1-58528-719-2
Nursing, Drug Information, Point of Care, Pediatrics, Pharmacy/Pharmacology
Additional Details
Named a Doody's Core Title in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023!
Pediatric Injectable Drugs, also known as “The Teddy Bear Book,” is one of ASHP's most recognized and trusted resources dedicated to providing guidance on the use of injectable medications in children.
For more than 25 years, pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other health professionals have relied on The Teddy Bear Book to provide the most comprehensive research-based information on administering injectable medications to children.
The 12th Edition features more than 4,000 references for 271 updated monographs (including over 40 monographs new to this edition) that cover the following areas:
- • Safety issues
- • Infusion-related cautions
- • Dosages and conditions requiring dosage adjustments
- • Contraindications and warnings
- • Adverse drug effects
- • Preparation and compatibility
- • Bolus, intermittent, and continuous IV administration
- • Monitoring
New Features Added to All Monographs:
- • Expanded monograph layout
- • Pronunciations
- • Enhanced safety information including ASHP’s Standardize 4 Safety concentration standards, and The KIDs List
- • AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification specific category identification
This is an invaluable resource for pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other health professionals who are responsible for recommending, prescribing, and/or administering injectable medications to children. A copy of this book should be available in every pediatric patient care unit. The authors are recognized experts in pediatric pharmacy who provide a book with the information necessary to administer parenteral medications to this fragile patient population.
Doody's Core Titles (DCT)
Essential Purchase Title (EPT)
Doody's Review
"As a pharmacist that worked in a pediatric hospital in patient pharmacy, the Teddy Bear Book was my best, most frequently used, reliable source of information. There were many times the book provided needed information from a source I could trust to be accurate, precise, organized, and easily retrievable. This book is an excellent source of information when it comes to dosing, preparing, admixing, and administration of parenteral pediatric medication. The material is well organized, and it is easy to find data when you need specific pieces of information."
-- Judith Klevan, B.A Biology B.S. Pharmacy (Einstein Medical Center) Doody's Review
"This edition contains 15 new monographs and updates to the information on medications previously reviewed with evidence-based recommendations from the primary literature. It also has improved formatting, making it even easier to locate information. The authors maintain a focus on the safe and effective use of medications. This is the gold standard for information on all aspects of intravenous medication administration in neonates, infants, children and adolescents."
-- Ina Calligaro, Pharm.D. (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Doody's Review - previous edition
"I have purchased every edition of this indispensable reference. It provides answers to questions that arise on a daily basis regarding the safe dosing and administration of parenteral medications to this vulnerable population. It should be on every pediatric patient care unit."
-- Ina Calligaro, Pharm.D. (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Doody's Review - previous edition
"This book is specific to concerns clinicians have when dealing with pediatric patients and it is alone in its class. This text is the only one that deals with the limited fluid amounts, maximum doses, and limited intravenous sites pediatric practitioners often face in their patients. This ninth edition is essential with the advent of frequent new research."
-- Kim Benner, BS, PharmD (Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy) Doody's Review previous edition
Score: 100/100
Specialty Score: 2.7 Health Sciences - Pharmacy
Stars: 5


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