
Pocket Prescriber 2010
Hodder Arnold (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 27. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-340-98522-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Building on the success and popularity of previous editions, Pocket Prescriber 2009-10 has been fully updated to incorporate new drugs, to remove drugs no longer on the market and to reflect recent changes in dosages and prescribing practice.
It fills a niche by providing the most essential clinical pharmacology information that busy clinicians need at their fingertips - by focusing on the 500 key drugs that are most commonly prescribed, in an A to Z listing, the book avoids overwhelming the reader with information and remains user-friendly.
Information provided includes dosages, indications, contraindications, side-effects and interactions.
An important section of the book deals with commonly-encountered prescribing problems, selection issues where there are many similar drugs to choose from (such as antibiotics and antihypertensives), and guidance on coping with a wide variety of emergency situations (such as anaphylaxis and overdoses).
Principally aimed at junior doctors, the book is also an invaluable and accessible revision aid for medical students and a practical handbook for nurse and pharmacist prescribers.
If you have any comments on the print or PDA version of Pocket Prescriber, please contact pocket.prescriber@hodder.co.uk.
It fills a niche by providing the most essential clinical pharmacology information that busy clinicians need at their fingertips - by focusing on the 500 key drugs that are most commonly prescribed, in an A to Z listing, the book avoids overwhelming the reader with information and remains user-friendly.
Information provided includes dosages, indications, contraindications, side-effects and interactions.
An important section of the book deals with commonly-encountered prescribing problems, selection issues where there are many similar drugs to choose from (such as antibiotics and antihypertensives), and guidance on coping with a wide variety of emergency situations (such as anaphylaxis and overdoses).
Principally aimed at junior doctors, the book is also an invaluable and accessible revision aid for medical students and a practical handbook for nurse and pharmacist prescribers.
If you have any comments on the print or PDA version of Pocket Prescriber, please contact pocket.prescriber@hodder.co.uk.
Reviews / Votes
"Doctors are well aware that when prescribing medicines they must ensure that their prescribing is appropriate and responsible and in the patient's best interests. This book - the Pocket Prescriber, now also accessible in PDA form - is valued by thousands among senior medical students and junior doctors who need ready access to essential information and guidance in a compact form.""Pocket Prescriber also contains the most important reminder that doctors must not act beyond their knowledge or competence and should seek advice of senior colleagues whenever clinical circumstances require them to do so."
Professor Dame Carol Black, Past-President of the Royal College of Physicians
About the PDA version
"We are delighted that the Pocket Prescriber will also now be available in a portable electronic version. The new PDA version of the Pocket Prescriber is timely as increasing numbers of prescribers have access to hand-held devices suitable for use of electronic guides."
Tim Nicholson, Institute of Psychiatry, London (Author)
About the PDA version
"An easily updated PDA format is particular helpful for learning about prescribing, as clinical use of medicines is constantly evolving".
Donald Singer, Professor of Therapeutics at the University of Warwick (Author)
More details
Edition
3rd 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 colour line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 190 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-98522-9 (9780340985229)
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Persons
Timothy RJ Nicholson, Honorary SpR at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust; and Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Ashan Gunarathne - SpR in Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and
Birmingham NHS Trusts and Honorary Lecturer in Medicine, University of Birmingham and Warwick, UK
Donald RJ Singer - Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Ashan Gunarathne - SpR in Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and
Birmingham NHS Trusts and Honorary Lecturer in Medicine, University of Birmingham and Warwick, UK
Donald RJ Singer - Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
Author
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, UK
Institute of Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK
Content
How to use this book
How to prescribe safely
List of abbreviations
Common/useful drugs
Drug selection Antibiotics
Hypertension
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Depression
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
Stroke
Epilepsy
DKA
HONK
HONK
?Glucose
Thyrotoxic crisis
Myxoedema coma
Addisonian crisis
Electrolyte disturbances
Overdoses
Reference Information Coma: GCS
Cognitive impairment MTS / MMSE
Useful equations
Common laboratory reference values
How to prescribe safely
List of abbreviations
Common/useful drugs
Drug selection Antibiotics
Hypertension
Asthma
Analgesia
Palliative care
Antiemetics
Alcohol withdrawal
Depression
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
Stroke
Epilepsy
DKA
HONK
HONK
?Glucose
Thyrotoxic crisis
Myxoedema coma
Addisonian crisis
Electrolyte disturbances
Overdoses
Reference Information Coma: GCS
Cognitive impairment MTS / MMSE
Useful equations
Common laboratory reference values