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Record Nr.

UNISA990003694190203316

Autore

SHORR, Ronald I.

Titolo

Drugs for the geriatric patient / [edited by] Ronald I. Shorr, Angela B. Hoth, Nathan Rawls

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Saunders/Elsevier, 2007

ISBN

978-1-4160-0208-6

Descrizione fisica

Testo elettronico (PDF) (XXXVIII, 1363 p.) : ill.

Altri autori (Persone)

HOTH, Angela B.

RAWLS, Nathan

Disciplina

615.580846

Soggetti

Farmacoterapia - Impiego [di] Droghe - Geriatria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This user-friendly, comprehensive drug reference, point-of-care usage -provides clinical information on more than 1000 drugs and their use in geriatric patients. In addition to dosage information and clinical indications, this reference also addresses the challenging issues of drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, polypharmacy, toxicity, compromised renal and hepatic function, withdrawal events, and more. Useful summary sections provide ‘at a glance' conclusions, recommendations and clinical pearls.