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 StudentConsult PIN for access to the e-book.
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.
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
Section 1: General
Clinical pharmacy process
Prescribing
Practical pharmacokinetics
Drug interactions
Adverse drug reactions
Laboratory data
Parenteral nutrition
Pharmacoeconomics
Section 2: Life stages
Neonates
Paediatrics
Geriatrics
Section 3: TherapeuticsGastrointestinal disorders
Peptic ulcer disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Constipation and diarrhoea
Adverse effects of drugs on the liver
Liver disease.
Acute kidney injury
Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease
Hypertension
Coronary heart disease
Chronic heart failure
Arrhythmias
Thrombosis
Dyslipidaemia
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Insomnia
Anxiety disorders
Affective disorders
Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Parkinson's disease
Dementia
Pain
Nausea and vomiting
Respiratory infections
Urinary tract infections
Gastrointestinal infections
Infective meningitis
Surgical site infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis
Tuberculosis
HIV infection.
Fungal infections
Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
Diabetes mellitus
Menstrual cycle disorders
Menopause
Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
Prostate disease.
Anaemia.
Leukaemia
Lymphomas
Solid tumours.
Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Gout and hyperuricaemia
Glaucoma
Drug-induced skin disorders
Eczema and psoriasis
Wounds.
Section 4: Appendices.
Medical abbreviations
Glossary
Index
