Comparative Diagnostic Pharmacology

Comparative Diagnostic Pharmacology: Clinical and ResearchApplications in Living-System Models is the firstevidence-based reference text devoted exclusively to the subject ofapplying pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical agents as diagnosticprobes in clinical medicine and investigative research.This uniqueand groundbreaking book is a versatile guide for clinicians andresearchers interested in using pharmacologic agents to:
* * Diagnose disease
* Assess physiological processes
* Identify the appropriateness of a therapeutic agent
* Determine appropriate dosing for therapeutic use.
Extensively referenced and organized by major body systems,individual topics are listed in an evidence-based format accordingto specific disease processes or physiological processes ofinterest. Each entry also includes information on the mechanism ofaction, administration, and diagnostic interpretation.
Descriptions have been provided for the application ofdiagnostic pharmaceuticals to assess a wide spectrum of diseasesand physiological processes relevant to the fields of veterinaryand human medicine. Comparative Diagnostic Pharmacology isuseful not merely for pharmaceutical-oriented researchinvestigations, but it will also prove invaluable for themonitoring and evaluation of physiological responses and diseaseprocesses in animal models.