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The Hands-on Guide to Practical Prescribing.

The hands-on guide to practical prescribing is a concise, easy-to-use guide to the practical aspects of pharmacology for junior doctors who are making the transition from studying pharmacology to prescribing drugs for the first time. This new addition to 'The hands-on guide' series brings...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Oliver
Otros Autores: Gautam, Nandan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Colección:Hands-on Guides.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The hands-on guide to practical prescribing; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 General introduction; 2 Practical aspects of how to prescribe; 3 How to use the British National Formulary (BNF) and Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS); 4 Drug interactions; 5 Monitoring of drugs, overdose and toxicity; 6 Adverse drug reactions and allergies; 7 Prescribing in children; 8 Prescribing in the elderly; 9 Conception, pregnancy and breast-feeding; 10 Surgical patients: the preoperative stage; 11 Intravenous fluids; 12 Nutrition; 13 Analgesia: management of acute pain; 14 The acute surgical abdomen.
  • 15 Vascular surgical issues: ischaemia (acute, chronic and prevention)16 Breast problems; 17 Urological problems: benign prostatic hypertrophy, incontinence and infections; 18 Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis and the surgical patient; 19 Antibiotic prophylaxis; 20 Bowel preparation; 21 Wounds and abscesses, including dressings; 22 Anticoagulation; 23 Transfusion of blood products; 24 The patient on steroids, the oral contra.