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The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology

Sukhdev Chatu

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Description for The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology Paperback. This new edition of one of the best-selling titles in the Hands-on Guide series now includes a new chapter on Chemotherapy agents, expanded information on infection, and restructured content on the central nervous system (CNS). Series: Hands-on Guides. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 106 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Are you about to sit your pharmacology exams? Do you lack confidence in prescribing? Would it help to have a quick reference, pocket-sized reassurance on common drugs and the conditions that they are used in?

The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology is the perfect companion for students, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals who need help on the ward or are preparing for exams. It includes sections containing both treatment regimens of common conditions and detailed information on the relevant drugs that help you obtain a better understanding of therapeutic management.

The benefits include:

A-Z of over ... Read more
A systems-based approach
Fully indexed text
Clear explanations of drug mechanisms - a regular feature of pharmacology exams
Management guidelines for common conditions within each system
Brand new two-colour design to help with information retrieval
A new chapter on chemotherapy agents

Take the stress out of clinical pharmacology with The Hands-on Guide!

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Product Details

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2010

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Number of pages

248

Condition

New

Series

Hands-on Guides

Number of Pages

256

Place of Publication

Hoboken, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781405191951

SKU

V9781405191951

Shipping Time

Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days

Ref

99-15

About Sukhdev Chatu

Dr Sukhdev Chatu is Registrar in gastroenterology at the Mayday Hospital in Croydon.

Reviews for The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology

"The book is most suitable for practitioners who need rapid information on medications for their day-to-day activities . . . This is an excellent resource for practitioners who prefer pocket manuals over electronic devices as a quick reference during their busy day." (Doody's, 19 August 2011) Since the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine in 1985, a ... Read moreplethora of similar pocket-sized guides to a wide variety of medical specialities has appeared in the white coats of both medical students and junior doctors. The popularity of these books can be attributed to the concise and well-structured ‘page per topic’ format introduced by the original handbook and employed almost universally by subsequent authors. This slim volume applies the same successful formula to the subject of Clinical Pharmacology, aiming to provide a concise source of relevant information on commonly used drugs. The authors (themselves medical undergraduates) have written their book as both a revision guide for medical students and as an aide-memoire for junior doctors, but have they been successful? The book certainly passes the first test, fitting easily into a white coat pocket. Approximately 100 drugs are described, grouped into chapters by organ system in a similar fashion to the British National Formulary. One page is devoted to each drug, the information presented in consistent tabular format. Indications, mechanism of action, adverse effects, contra–indications and interactions are listed, although drug doses have not been included. The authors have coped well with the limitation of space imposed by the ‘pocket’ format, including only the most clinically relevant information. Although most major drug classes are dealt with in adequate depth, future editions may need to find room for pages describing the newer anticonvulsants and antiplatelet agents. Some extra space could be found with the omission of the guides to management of common conditions, which have been presented at the beginning of each chapter in heavily truncated bullet point format. These are too brief to be of practical use and are much better addressed by the more general medical handbooks. The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology will prove popular among medical students as it provides answers to commonly asked questions in a format that is concise and easy to use. The omission of drug doses renders it rather less attractive to junior medical staff whom I suspect will continue to rely upon the British National Formulary. (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology) Show Less

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