| Description |
336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Lecture Notes |
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Lecture Notes
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contributors. -- Preface. -- Acknowledgements. -- Part 1: Principles of clinical pharmacology. -- 1 Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. -- 2 Clinical trials and drug development. -- Part 2: Aspects of therapeutics. -- 3 Drugs and gastrointestinal disease. -- 4 Management of coronary artery disease and its complications. -- 5 Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. -- 6 Drugs used to treat respiratory disease. -- 7 Drugs used to treat neurological disease. -- 8 Treatment of psychiatric disorders. -- 9 Antimicrobial therapy. -- 10 HIV and antiretroviral treatment. -- 11 Travel medicine and tropical disease. -- 12 Drugs and endocrine disease. -- 13 Drugs and the reproductive system. -- 14 Drugs and the urological system. -- 15 Cancer therapeutics. -- 16 Immunopharmacology. -- 17 Corticosteroids. -- 18 Drugs and the blood including anticoagulants and thrombolytic drugs. -- 19 Drugs and inflammatory joint disease. -- 20 Anaesthesia and the relief of pain. -- Part 3: Practical aspects of prescribing. -- 21 Clinical pharmacokinetics: dosage individualisation. -- 22 Influence of renal and hepatic disease on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. -- 23 Prescribing at extremes of age. -- 24 Pharmacoeconomics: the economic evaluation of new drugs. -- 25 Poisoning and drug overdose. -- 26 Drugs you may need in a hurry. -- 27 Prescribing and its pitfalls. -- Index |
| Summary |
Fully updated to include new information on drugs used during pregnancy and labour and for treating children, this text includes more on guidelines and formularies for clinincal practice |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Lecture notes. Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics / John L. Reid, Peter C. Rubin, Matthew R. Walters. 7th ed. 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Clinical pharmacology.
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Pharmacology, Clinical.
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Drug Therapy.
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| Author |
Reid, John L. (John Low), 1943-
Lecture notes. Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics
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Walters, Matthew R.
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2010019097 |
| ISBN |
1405197781 |
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9781405197786 |
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