Hedges against a white fence. noun. The definition of a hedge is a boundary or fence formed by closely planted bushes or trees. An example of hedge is a line of bushes planted close together creating a border. Hedge is defined as something you do to minimize loss.
Drugs do not enter the breast milk directly from the motherâs blood. It enters the milk indirectly through the mothersâ breast tissue. During the first two weeks postpartum, medications may reach their highest concentration in the milk.
Transfer of drugs into breast milk is most commonly described quantitatively using the milk to plasma (M/P) concentration ratio. The accuracy of this value is improved if it is based on the area under the concentration-time curves (AUC) of the drug in maternal milk and plasma (M/P AUC).