Which of the following factors makes children more sensitive to medications and have an increased risk of adverse medication reactions as compared to adults?
a. Physiological differences exist between children and adults.
b. They have not been exposed to all the drugs that adults have.
c. Their intestinal tract is more sensitive to medications.
d. Caregivers do not tend to measure medicines correctly, thus often overmedicating the child.
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A Correct. Physiological differences between children and adults makes children more sensitive to medications and increases the risk of adverse medication reactions as compared to adults.
B Incorrect. Exposure to all the drugs that adults have does not make children more sensitive to medications and increase the risk of adverse medication reactions as compared to adults.
C Incorrect. Body fluid composition and differences in cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal and neurological system functioning are the primary differences making children more sensitive to medications and increase the risk of adverse medication reactions as compared to adults, not that their intestinal tract is more sensitive to medications.
D Incorrect. Over\-medication does not make children more sensitive to medications and increase the risk of adverse medication reactions as compared to adults.
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