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. 2010 Mar 26;67(Suppl 1):5–16. doi: 10.1007/s00228-009-0782-9

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Schematic representation of the relationship between dose and concentration (pharmacokinetics, PK) and between concentration and a pharmacological (side) effect (pharmacodynamics, PD). Important covariates that may affect both the PK and/or PD are body weight, age, disease status (e.g. critically ill versus healthy children) and genetics