Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

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.

• Organised by body system

Section 1: General

1. Clinical pharmacy process
2. Prescribing
3. Practical pharmacokinetics
4. Drug interactions
5. Adverse drug reactions
6. Laboratory data
7. Parenteral nutrition
8. Pharmacoeconomics

Section 2: Life stages

9. Neonates
10. Paediatrics
11. Geriatrics

Section 3: TherapeuticsGastrointestinal disorders

12. Peptic ulcer disease
13. Inflammatory bowel disease
14. Constipation and diarrhoea
15. Adverse effects of drugs on the liver
16. Liver disease.
17. Acute kidney injury
18. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease
19. Hypertension
20. Coronary heart disease
21. Chronic heart failure
22. Arrhythmias
23. Thrombosis
24. Dyslipidaemia
25. Asthma
26. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
27. Insomnia
28. Anxiety disorders
29. Affective disorders
30. Schizophrenia
31. Epilepsy
32. Parkinson's disease
33. Dementia
34. Pain
35. Nausea and vomiting
36. Respiratory infections
37. Urinary tract infections
38. Gastrointestinal infections
39. Infective meningitis
40. Surgical site infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis
41. Tuberculosis
42. HIV infection.
43. Fungal infections
44. Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
45. Diabetes mellitus
46. Menstrual cycle disorders
47. Menopause
48. Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
49. Prostate disease.
50. Anaemia.
51. Leukaemia
52. Lymphomas
53. Solid tumours.
54. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
55. Gout and hyperuricaemia
56. Glaucoma
57. Drug-induced skin disorders
58. Eczema and psoriasis
59. Wounds.

Section 4: Appendices.

Medical abbreviations

Glossary

Index