Title Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy

Published Oxford University Press, USA 2009

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Description 1 online resource (840) Series Oxford American handbooks Oxford American handbooks. Contents Cover13; -- Contents -- 1 Adherence -- Introduction -- Adherence measures -- Strategies to improve adherence -- Adherence counseling -- 2 Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions -- Introduction -- Classification of ADRs -- Adverse reactions: drug or disease? -- Helping patients understand the risk of ADRs -- Reporting ADRs -- Drug interactions -- Managing drug interactions -- 3 Anaphylaxis -- Symptoms and signs of anaphylaxis -- Treatment of anaphylaxis -- Prevention of anaphylaxis -- 4 Clinical pharmacy skills -- Clinical pharmacy definition -- Prescription screening and monitoring -- Pharmacist documentation in patient medical records (PMR) -- Understanding medical records -- Medication review -- Medication reconciliation -- Intervention monitoring -- Obtaining patient medication histories -- Medication-use evaluation (MUE) -- Medication errors -- Financial reports and budget statements -- Hospital budget statements -- Patient assistance programs -- Drug and medication information services -- 5 Tips for professional conduct -- Communication skills -- Oral presentation skills -- Written communication skills -- Assertiveness -- Leading meetings -- Prioritizing -- Project planning -- Time management -- Ethical dilemmas -- Working with medical staff -- Patient etiquette -- Working with distressed patients -- Working with dying patients -- 6 Pharmacy automation -- Pharmacy automation and technology -- Computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) -- Automated storage and distribution systems -- Bar-coded medication administration -- Computerized infusion pumps ("smart pumps") -- 7 Clinical trials -- Phases of clinical trials -- Licensing -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- ASHP Guidelines on Clinical Drug Research -- Institutional review boards (IRBs) -- Pharmacists advising IRBs -- Gene therapy -- 8 Evidence-based medicine -- Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and clinical pharmacy -- Statistical vs. clinical significance -- Odds ratios and relative risk -- Types of data -- Descriptive statistics -- Mean difference and the standardized mean difference -- L'Abb233; plots -- Assessing the quality of randomized studies -- Critical appraisal of systematic reviews -- Critical assessment of papers -- Useful references for pharmacists -- The number needed to treat (NNT) and number needed to harm (NNH) -- Confidence intervals -- Validity -- 9 Herbal medications -- Overview of herbal medications -- Legislation of herbal medications -- Herbal medications of current interest -- Safety and adverse effects -- Drug interactions -- Special considerations -- 10 Patient management issues -- Introduction to liver disease -- Drug use in liver disease -- Drug dosing in liver disease -- Hepatorenal syndrome -- Drugs in renal impairment -- Drugs in pregnancy -- Drugs in breastfeeding -- Medicines for children: introduction -- Medicines for children: pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics -- Medicines for children: licensing -- Medicines for children: calculating children's doses -- Medicines for children: adherence -- Medicines for elderly people: introduction -- Medicines for elderly people: pharmacokinetics and pharmac Summary The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy provides an accessible and easily navigable quick-reference guide for practicing and student pharmacists. It offers complete, portable coverage of the pharmacy profession, from high-value scientific and clinical information, such as adverse drug reactions, interactions, and pharmaceutical calculations to professional issues such as ethics, practice management, evidence-based medicine, and research. It covers the main body systems and provides a wealth of practical information required by pharmacists on a day-to-day basis, including many topics not traditionally found in handbooks Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Clinical pharmacology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Hospital pharmacies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Pharmacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Clinical pharmacology Hospital pharmacies Pharmacy Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals Form Electronic book Author McCarthy, Michelle W., 1970- Kockler, Denise R., 1968- LC no. 2009002713 ISBN 1282543946 9781282543942 9780199705221 0199705224 9786612543944 6612543949

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