Pocket Prescriber 2012
5th Edition
Published on 30. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4441-6316-2 (ISBN)
Description
Pocket Prescriber 2012 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
From reviews of the previous editions:
"A pocket book that is truly pocketable, every medical student and junior doctor should carry this book...If you're unsure about prescribing a drug, a quick glance at the relevant page in this book will tell you everything you need to know...I really cannot recommend Pocket Prescriber highly enough."
Oxford Medical School Gazette
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From reviews of the previous editions:
"A pocket book that is truly pocketable, every medical student and junior doctor should carry this book...If you're unsure about prescribing a drug, a quick glance at the relevant page in this book will tell you everything you need to know...I really cannot recommend Pocket Prescriber highly enough."
Oxford Medical School Gazette
Download to your mobile
Key prescribing on your phone
www.hoddereducation.com/healthsciences/digital/mobile-editions.aspx
More details
Edition
5th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
10 artworks
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 102 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-6316-2 (9781444163162)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Timothy Nicholson | Donald RJ Singer
Pocket Prescriber 2013
Book
06/2013
6th Edition
Hodder Education
€41.07
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Timothy RJ Nicholson | Donald RJ Singer
Pocket Prescriber 2011
Book
02/2011
4th Edition
Hodder Arnold
€38.59
Article exhausted; check for reprint
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
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
How to prescribe safely
Common/useful drugs
Drug selection
Antibiotics
Hypertension management
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Antidepresssants
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 scale
Cognitive impairment
Useful formulae
Common laboratory reference values
Common/useful drugs
Drug selection
Antibiotics
Hypertension management
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Antidepresssants
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 scale
Cognitive impairment
Useful formulae
Common laboratory reference values