Concerned parents of a child admitted with pneumonia ask many questions of the nurse. They ask the nurse what makes children so sensitive to medications. The nurse's best response would be that drug sensitivity in children is a result of
a. organ system immaturity.
b. organ system degeneration.
c. impaired drug metabolism.
d. increased binding of plasma proteins.
A
Drug sensitivity in children is a direct result of organ system immaturity.
Organ system degeneration is associated with drug sensitivity in the elderly, not in children.
Drug sensitivity is not a result of impaired drug metabolism.
Drug sensitivity is not a result of increased binding of plasma proteins.
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