Lecture Notes on Clinical Pharmacology
2nd Edition
Published on 8. August 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-0-632-01382-1 (ISBN)
Description
This member of the Lecture Notes series presents important principles of clinical pharmacology for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students by emphasizing current therapeutic practice. Important contemporary areas such as drug level monitoring, drugs in pregnancy and drugs in the elderly are discussed in the introductory chapters, and the rapidly growing sub-specialties such as oncology and anti-arrhythmic therapy are also covered.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
10 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-632-01382-1 (9780632013821)
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Content
Principles of clinical pharmacology; Influence of disease on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; Drugs at the extremes of age; Drugs in pregnant and breast-feeding women; Clinical pharmacokinetics: therapeutic drug monitoring; Cardiac arrhythmias; Heart failure and angina pectoris; High blood pressure: hypertension; Antimicrobial therapy; Drugs and respiratory disease; Drugs and rheumatic disease; Cytotoxic drugs and immunopharmacology; Corticosteroids; Oral contraceptives and other drugs that influence the reproductive system; Drugs and gastrointestinal disease; Drugs and the blood: coagulation and thrombosis; Anaesthesia and the relief of pain; Drugs and psychiatric disease; Drugs and neurological disease; Drugs and endocrine disease; Self poisoning; Use and misuse of common drugs; Development of new drugs; Adverse drug reactions; Drug prescriptions: legal and practical aspects; Compliance with drug therapy; Therapeutic decision making.