When administering medications to infants,it is important to remember which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Breast-feeding infants are more likely to develop toxicity when given lipid-soluble drugs.
B) Immaturity of renal function in infancy causes infants to excrete drugs less efficiently.
C) Infants have immature livers, which slows drug metabolism.
D) Infants are more sensitive to medications that act on the central nervous system (CNS) .
E) Oral medications are contraindicated in infants, because PO administration requires a cooperative patient.
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