Pocket Prescriber 2014 : Ninth Edition

This book provides succinct reviews of 500 of the most commonly prescribed drugs. Each entry covers 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. "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"-- Provided by publisher 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 P450Medical emergencies Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) Acute LVF