04079nam 22006374a 450 99620827390331620240418064655.01-281-30885-497866113088580-470-79599-90-470-75069-31-4051-4067-4(CKB)1000000000414866(EBL)351560(OCoLC)437218791(SSID)ssj0000168711(PQKBManifestationID)11159267(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000168711(PQKBWorkID)10191455(PQKB)10087663(MiAaPQ)EBC351560(Au-PeEL)EBL351560(CaPaEBR)ebr10243660(CaONFJC)MIL130885(EXLCZ)99100000000041486620030617d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe hands-on guide to practical prescribing[electronic resource] /Oliver Jones, Nandan Gautam1st ed.Malden, Mass. Blackwell20041 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-0822-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 abdomen15 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 contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy; 25 Prescribing in organ failure; 26 Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system; 27 Hypertension; 28 Cardiac arrhythmias29 Airways disease30 Oxygen therapy; 31 Musculoskeletal drugs; 32 Movement disorders and epilepsy; 33 Altered conscious level and stroke; 34 Constipation, diarrhoea and bowel disease; 35 Nausea and vomiting; 36 Gastro-oesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease; 37 Insomnia, nocturnal confusion and the aggressive patient; 38 Drug dependency syndromes; 39 Palliative care and the management of chronic pain; 40 Diabetes; Appendix: Sample prescription form; IndexThe 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 together the core pharmacological knowledge required by house officers, structured in a way to address the very hands-on, practical aspects of prescribing. This book is not designed to replace the factual drug information in the BNF, but to complement and build upon it, so that The hands-on guideDrugsPrescribingHandbooks, manuals, etcClinical pharmacologyHandbooks, manuals, etcDrugsPrescribingClinical pharmacology615/.14Jones Oliver(Oliver M.)921519Gautam Nandan933706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996208273903316The hands-on guide to practical prescribing2102040UNISA