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Klappentext This book is an A-Z listing of the 500 most commonly prescribed drugs. Each entry contains key prescribing information and provides information on safety issues, warnings, drug errors, and adverse effects. The book supplies practical guidance on drug selection and includes prescribing protocols and guidelines, information for complicated prescriptions, and concise management summaries for the common medical emergencies. It includes the new European Resuscitation Council algorithms and clinically useful reminders of basic pharmacology. This concise, up-to-date prescribing guide contains all the "must-have" information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers, and medical students need at their fingertips. Inhaltsverzeichnis Common/useful drugs Drug selection Antibiotics Hypertension management Asthma Analgesia Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps Antiemetics Alcohol withdrawal Antidepressants How to prescribe Insulin Anticoagulants Thrombolysis Controlled drugs Miscellaneous Intravenous fluids Steroids Sedation/sleeping tablets Benzodiazepines Combined hormonal contraception Side effect profiles Cytochrome P450 Medical emergencies Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) Acute LVF Accelerated hypertension Atrial fibrillation Acute asthma COPD exacerbation Pulmonary embolism Acute upper GI haemorrhage Sepsis (severe or septic shock) Epilepsy DKA HONK Glucose Thyrotoxic crisis Myxoedema coma Addisonian crisis Electrolyte disturbances Overdoses Reference information Coma Cognitive impairment Useful formulae Common laboratory reference values Index
