Pocket Prescriber 2011
4th Edition
Published on 25. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-4441-2187-2 (ISBN)
Description
Pocket Prescriber 2011 is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide. It contains all the 'must have' information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertips.
Key Features
- A-Z list of the 500 most commonly prescribed drugs with each entry containing the key prescribing information
- Focuses on safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects
- Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines
- Advice and reference information for complicated prescriptions
- Concise management summaries for the common medical emergencies
- Includes the new 2010 European Resuscitation Council algorithms
- Clinically useful reminders of basic pharmacology (e.g. receptor profiles)
Key Features
- A-Z list of the 500 most commonly prescribed drugs with each entry containing the key prescribing information
- Focuses on safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects
- Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines
- Advice and reference information for complicated prescriptions
- Concise management summaries for the common medical emergencies
- Includes the new 2010 European Resuscitation Council algorithms
- Clinically useful reminders of basic pharmacology (e.g. receptor profiles)
More details
Edition
4th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 102 mm
Weight
0 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-2187-2 (9781444121872)
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Timothy RJ Nicholson | Donald RJ Singer
Pocket Prescriber 2012
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Donald R. J. Singer | Ashan Gunarathne | Timothy R. J. Nicholson
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Persons
Timothy RJ Nicholson MBBS BSc MSc MRCP MRCPsych
Academic Clinical Lecturer, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Donald RJ Singer BMedBiol MD FRCP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
Academic Clinical Lecturer, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Donald RJ Singer BMedBiol MD FRCP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
Content
Common/useful drugs
Drug selection
Antibiotics
Hypertension management
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Antidepressants
How to prescribe
Insulin
Anticoagulants
Thrombolysis
Controlled drugs
Miscellaneous
Intravenous fluids
Steroids
Sedation/sleeping tablets
Benzodiazepines
Side effect profiles
Cytochrome P450
Medical Emergencies
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
Acute LVF
Accelerated hypertension
Atrial fibrillation
Acute asthma
COPD exacerbation
Pulmonary embolism
Acute upper GI haemorrhage
Sepsis (severe or septic shock)
Epilepsy
DKA
Honk
Glucose
Thyrotoxic crisis
Myxoedema coma
Addisonian crisis
Electrolyte disturbances
Overdoses
Reference information
Coma
Cognitive impairment
Useful formulae
Common laboratory reference values
Drug selection
Antibiotics
Hypertension management
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Antidepressants
How to prescribe
Insulin
Anticoagulants
Thrombolysis
Controlled drugs
Miscellaneous
Intravenous fluids
Steroids
Sedation/sleeping tablets
Benzodiazepines
Side effect profiles
Cytochrome P450
Medical Emergencies
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
Acute LVF
Accelerated hypertension
Atrial fibrillation
Acute asthma
COPD exacerbation
Pulmonary embolism
Acute upper GI haemorrhage
Sepsis (severe or septic shock)
Epilepsy
DKA
Honk
Glucose
Thyrotoxic crisis
Myxoedema coma
Addisonian crisis
Electrolyte disturbances
Overdoses
Reference information
Coma
Cognitive impairment
Useful formulae
Common laboratory reference values