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Pharmacology of the Critically Illby Gilbert Park; Maire Shelly; Ronald M. Jones; Alan R. Aitkenhead; Foë; Pierre x
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2001; US$ 84.95This book deals with how changes in organ function can affect the way the body handles drugs. Most books on this subject deal with how drug treatments affect organ function. This book approaches it from the other way round. The information in this book will allow safer prescribing of drugs to critically ill patients. This is a clinical governance issue. Quality of care and quality of drug prescribing is vital to patient safety. With clinical governance and since the Audit Commission report on Intensive Care in the UK, this is even more spotlighted. more...
Enzymes and Their Inhibitionby H. John Smith
CRC Press 2004; US$ 169.95They series focuses on an approach to developing drugs as medicine that involves inhibiting the activity of a target enzyme in the body or invading parasite, with a small molecular inhibitor. Scientists from North American and European universities and pharmaceutical companies explain the steps for designing and developing such inhibitors. They cov more...
Evidence-Based Management of Patients with Respiratory Failureby Andres Esteban; Antonio Anzueto; Deborah J. Cook
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 79.95Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and therapeutic studies, that was methodologically standardized, with authors assessing and classifying studies according to statutes of evidence-based medicine. It considers the epidemiology and outcome of mechanical ventilation; addresses ventilator modes and utility of pulmonary mechanics monitoring for treatment; analyzes physiologic effect and patient-outcomes of pulmonary recruitment and lung protective ventilation procedures; describes complications that can be present in these patients such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and useful methods... more...
Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practiceby Marie A. Chisholm-Burns; Barbara G. Wells; Terry Schwinghammer
McGraw-Hill 2007; US$ 135.00Easy-to-follow disorder-based organization that surveys the full range of organ system disorders treated in pharmacy practice; Knowledge-building boxed features within chapters, consisting of: Clinical Presentation & Diagnosis, Patient Encounters, and Patient Care and Monitoring Guidelines; A standardized chapter format; Laboratory values expressed in both conventional units and Systemé International (SI) units more...
Arzneiverordnungs-Report 2005by Dieter Paffrath; Ulrich Schwabe
Springer 2006; US$ 49.95Seit 1985 wird der deutsche Arzneimittelmarkt im Arzneiverordnungs-Report analysiert. Datengrundlage ist die Vollerfassung von 400 Millionen Rezepten für die Patienten der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Die Arzneimittelausgaben nahmen 2004 erstmals seit 12 Jahren um 2,5 Mrd. ? auf 21,7 Mrd. ? durch das GKV-Modernisierungsgesetz ab. Wesentliche Elemente der Kostensenkung waren der Ausschluss rezeptfreier Arzneimittel aus der vertragsärztlichen Versorgung, erhöhte Rabatte der Arzneimittelhersteller an die Krankenkassen, erhöhte Patientenzuzahlungen und die Einführung einer Praxisgebühr. Aktuelle Verordnungstrends werden an 3000 Arzneimitteln in 46 Indikationsgruppen dargestellt. Besonders eingegangen wird auf: Bewertung von 33 Neueinführungen... more...
Pocket Guide to Critical Care Pharmacotherapyby John Papadopoulos
Springer 2007; US$ 59.95Because critical care medicine is a cutting-edge medical field that is highly evidence-based, studies are continuously published altering the approach to patient-care. This creates a challenge for many clinicians to keep abreast of the latest data. This book serves as a pocket bedside medical reference, providing the unique element of supplying a step-by-step design that will guide clinicians in giving their patient optimal, evidence-based care. The book provides practical points based on both real patient-care experience and review of current medical literature with the aim of providing guidance to all critical care clinicians. By covering the most common ailments observed in critically ill medical patients and using an algorithmic, easy-to-follow,... more...
Pharmacotherapyby Joseph T. DiPiro; Robert L. Talbert; Gary C. Yee; Gary R. Matzke; Barbara G. Wells; L. Michael Posey
McGraw-Hill 2008; US$ 198.00The benchmark evidence-based pharmacotherapy text-now in full color!. Additional chapters are available online. When it comes to helping you develop a mastery of evidence-based medicine for optimal patient outcomes, no book can match Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach . Like the discipline it covers, the scope of this trusted resource goes beyond drug indications and dosages to include the initial selection, proper administration, and monitoring of drugs. The book also delves into psychosocial issues that affect compliance … topics related to a patient's ability to understand and manage often-complex therapy… and lifestyle changes that may reduce the need for drug therapy or improve pharmacotherapeutic outcomes. Pharmacotherapy... more...
Mayo Clinic Antimicrobial Therapyby John W. Wilson
Informa Healthcare 2008; US$ 49.95Direct from infectious diseases experts at Mayo Clinic, comes a new pocket-sized guide to antimicrobial therapy for the way you treat patients. Up-to-date, with hundreds of antimicrobial drugs included, this innovative consult also includes valuable antimicrobial drug dosing recommendations not found in some therapeutic pocket references. Written in an easy-to-use format, the Mayo Clinic Antimicrobial Therapy: Quick Guide provides simplified treatment recommendations for specific syndromes helping clinicians around the world improve their quick ID consults for positive patient outcomes. Pediatric dosing also included. more...
Pharmacotherapy for Primary Careby William Linn; Robert O'Rourke; L. Michael Posey; Marion Wofford; Mary Elizabeth O'Keefe
McGraw-Hill 2008; US$ 72.00A complete single-source guide to drug therapeutics for primary care. Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care gives you a uniquely balanced, all-inclusive look at drug therapies for all the conditions commonly seen in primary care and clinical pharmacy -- from cardiovascular to nutritional disorders. The book's diverse authorship -- comprising both physicians and pharmacists -- ensures that content is delivered in the most complete, relevant, and impartial way possible. Ideal for use at the point of care, this handy resource is conveniently organized by disorder and utilizes a standard template for therapeutic decision-making. FEATURES: Standardized, streamlined approach to therapeutic decision-making in each chapter, consisting of: A high-yield,... more...
Pathology & Therapeutics for Pharmacistsby Russell J Greene; Norman D Harris
Pharmaceutical Press 2008; US$ 99.00Pathology and Therapeutics for Pharmacists was the first text to take an integrated approach to the pathophysiological and pharmacotherapeutic principles underlying the treatment of disease, and was based on many years experience of teaching one of the pioneering undergraduate clinical pharmacy courses in the UK. This edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect advances in therapeutic practice and the understanding of many disease states. Recent references and an updated reading list have been included along with the use of Recommended International Non-proprietary Names (rINN) for drug nomenclature. Read extensively worldwide, Pathology and Therapeutics for Pharmacists is an essential textbook for undergraduate pharmacists but... more...









