Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, IE, 6/e


Authors: Whittlesea & Walker
Edition: 6/e, IE
ISBN: 9780702070112
Language: English
Published: 2018
Publisher: Elsevier, UK

Now fully revised and updated in its sixth edition, Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics combines the skills of an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, pharmacists and nurses to present an integrated understanding of disease processes....

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, IE, 6/e

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Now fully revised and updated in its sixth edition, Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics combines the skills of an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, pharmacists and nurses to present an integrated understanding of disease processes, evidence-based clinical pharmacology and optimal drug regimes. Register your Student Consult PIN for access to the e-book.

Key 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.
  • Organized by body system  

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

  1. Neonates
  2. Paediatrics
  3. Geriatrics

Section 3: Therapeutics Gastrointestinal disorders  

  1. Peptic ulcer disease
  2. Inflammatory bowel disease
  3. Constipation and diarrhoea
  4. Adverse effects of drugs on the liver
  5. Liver disease.
  6. Acute kidney injury
  7. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease
  8. Hypertension
  9. Coronary heart disease
  10. Chronic heart failure
  11. Arrhythmias
  12. Thrombosis
  13. Dyslipidaemia
  14. Asthma
  15. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  16. Insomnia
  17. Anxiety disorders
  18. Affective disorders
  19. Schizophrenia
  20. Epilepsy
  21. Parkinson's disease
  1. Dementia
  2. Pain
  3. Nausea and vomiting
  4. Respiratory infections
  5. Urinary tract infections
  6. Gastrointestinal infections
  7. Infective meningitis
  8. Surgical site infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis
  9. Tuberculosis
  10. HIV infection.
  11. Fungal infections
  12. Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
  13. Diabetes mellitus
  14. Menstrual cycle disorders
  15. Menopause
  16. Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
  17. Prostate disease.
  18. Anaemia.
  19. Leukaemia
  20. Lymphomas
  21. Solid tumours.
  22. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
  23. Gout and hyperuricaemia
  24. Glaucoma
  25. Drug-induced skin disorders
  26. Eczema and psoriasis
  27. Wounds.

 Section 4: Appendices.

Medical abbreviations

Glossary

Index