The Hands-on Guide to Practical Prescribing
Published on 8. May 2008
192 pages
978-1-4051-4067-6 (ISBN)
Description
The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a concise,easy-to-use guide to the practical aspects of pharmacology forjunior doctors who are making the transition from studyingpharmacology to prescribing drugs for the first time.
This new addition to 'The hands-on guide' series brings togetherthe core pharmacological knowledge required by house officers,structured in a way to address the very hands-on, practical aspectsof prescribing. This book is not designed to replace the factualdrug information in the BNF, but to complement and build upon it,so that The hands-on guide to practical prescribing provides juniordoctors with a solid guide to prescribing in the clinicalsetting.
Beginning with the general principles of prescribing and basicsof writing a prescription form, the book guides you through topicssuch as using the BNF, drug interactions and monitoring toxicity,before moving on to cover both surgical and medical topics such aspreoperative and postoperative patients, prophylaxis, organ failureand diabetes.
The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a problem-basedbook that covers the common problems and questions a house officermight encounter, and will be an invaluable guide to life on thewards. The authors are specialist registrars in medicine andsurgery, have undertaken SHO and registrar posts in the majorspecialities and also write and teach regularly on clinicalpharmacology.
Reviews / Votes
"I am not aware of a similar book on the market and such a book (ifit is pocket-sized) will be invaluable to a newly qualified houseofficer." -- Specialist Registrar "The sample chapter on pain management is excellent - thorough,well structured and easy to understand and the algorithm is auseful summary." -- SHO "Clinical pharmacology is an area that is very poorly taught atmedical schools and in many cases not taught at all. Therefore itwould seem to make sense to have a book that addresses thesedeficiencies. [It] covers the most important areas as far as thehouse officer is concerned." -- PRHOMore details
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Persons
Oliver Jones is the author of The Hands-on Guide to Practical Prescribing, published by Wiley.
Nandan Gautam is the author of The Hands-on Guide to Practical Prescribing, published by Wiley.
Content
1 General introduction, 0.
2 Practical aspects of how to prescribe, 0.
3 How to use the British National Formulary (BNF) andMonthly Index of.
Medical Specialties (MIMS), 0.
4 Drug interactions, 0.
5 Monitoring of drugs, overdose and toxicity, 0.
6 Adverse drug reactions and allergies, 0.
7 Prescribing in children, 00.
8 Prescribing in the elderly, 00.
9 Conception, pregnancy and breast-feeding, 00.
10 Surgical patients: the preoperative stage, 00.
11 Intravenous fluids, 00.
12 Nutrition, 00.
13 Analgesia: management of acute pain, 00.
14 The acute surgical abdomen, 00.
15 Vascular surgical issues: ischaemia (acute, chronic andprevention), 00.
16 Breast problems, 00.
17 Urological problems: benign prostatic hypertrophy,incontinence and.
infections, 00.
18 Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis and the surgical patient,00.
19 Antibiotic prophylaxis, 00.
20 Bowel preparation, 00.
21 Wounds and abscesses, including dressings, 00.
22 Anticoagulation, 00.
23 Transfusion of blood products, 00.
24 The patient on steroids, the oral contraceptive pill orhormone replacement.
therapy, 00.
25 Prescribing in organ failure, 00.
26 Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, 00.
27 Hypertension, 00.
28 Cardiac arrythmias, 00.
29 Airways disease, 00.
30 Oxygen therapy, 00.
31 Musculoskeletal drugs, 00.
32 Movement disorders and epilepsy, 00.
33 Altered conscious level and stroke, 00.
34 Constipation, diarrhoea and bowel disease, 00.
35 Nausea and vomiting, 00.
36 Gastro-oesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease, 00.
37 Insomnia, nocturnal confusion and the aggressive patient,00.
38 Drug dependency syndromes, 00.
39 Palliative care and the management of chronic pain, 00.
40 Diabetes, 00
