Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 6e

Description:

From reviews of the previous edition:

‘This new edition of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics was really very helpful when I was doing an MSc course in Advancing Pharmacy Practice and it was really very helpful in all the clinical diseases I have to read for my PBL. I also used it as one of my most reliable reference books for the in-course simulation ward rounds and other clinical case studies. It is a great book to have as a practising clinical or hospital pharmacist or even community pharmacist. It will also be of great use to anyone doing a course in pharmacotherapy. This book will always be of use to you throughout your studentship or when practising after graduation. It is also more portable than most other pharmacotherapy textbooks with the same amount of information.’

Now in its sixth edition, this best-selling, multi-disciplinary textbook continues to draw on the skills of pharmacists, clinicians and nurses to present optimal drug regimens. The authors integrate an understanding of the disease processes with an appreciation of the pathophysiological processes, clinical pharmacy and the evidence base. Each chapter is co-written by a pharmacist and a clinician, and each chapter begins with key points and ends with cases to test understanding. The sixth edition is now on StudentConsult for the first time, giving online access to the full text.

Features:

• Key points boxes at the beginning of each chapter
• Case-study boxes throughout the chapters
• Each chapter co-written by a pharmacist and a clinician
• In-depth treatment of therapeutics to support pharmaceutical prescribing
• Logical order and format: key points, epidemiology, aetiology, disease, clinical manifestations, investigations and treatment, drugs used in treatment.
• Dosage reference sources given where appropriate, along with useful websites and further reading for each chapter.
• Organised by body system

New To This Edition:

• New co-editor, Karen Hodson
• Over 10 new authors
• Now in 4-colour
• On StudentConsult for the first time
• New chapter on Dementia
• Many new and revised illustrations
• Chapters revised to include advances in therapeutics and changes to dose regimens and licensed indications
• Updated case studies

Table Of Contents:

Section 1: General

1. Clinical pharmacy process
2. Prescribing
3. Practical pharmacokinetics
4. Drug interactions
5. Adverse drug reactions
6. Laboratory data
7. Parenteral nutrition
8. Pharmacoeconomics

Section 2: Life stages

9. Neonates
10. Paediatrics
11. Geriatrics

Section 3: TherapeuticsGastrointestinal disorders

12. Peptic ulcer disease
13. Inflammatory bowel disease
14. Constipation and diarrhoea
15. Adverse effects of drugs on the liver
16. Liver disease.
17. Acute kidney injury
18. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease
19. Hypertension
20. Coronary heart disease
21. Chronic heart failure
22. Arrhythmias
23. Thrombosis
24. Dyslipidaemia
25. Asthma
26. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
27. Insomnia
28. Anxiety disorders
29. Affective disorders
30. Schizophrenia
31. Epilepsy
32. Parkinson's disease
33. Dementia
34. Pain
35. Nausea and vomiting
36. Respiratory infections
37. Urinary tract infections
38. Gastrointestinal infections
39. Infective meningitis
40. Surgical site infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis
41. Tuberculosis
42. HIV infection.
43. Fungal infections
44. Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
45. Diabetes mellitus
46. Menstrual cycle disorders
47. Menopause
48. Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
49. Prostate disease.
50. Anaemia.
51. Leukaemia
52. Lymphomas
53. Solid tumours.
54. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
55. Gout and hyperuricaemia
56. Glaucoma
57. Drug-induced skin disorders
58. Eczema and psoriasis
59. Wounds.

Section 4: Appendices.