LEADER 04058nam 22006374a 450 001 9910812303103321 005 20240418064655.0 010 $a1-281-30885-4 010 $a9786611308858 010 $a0-470-79599-9 010 $a0-470-75069-3 010 $a1-4051-4067-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414866 035 $a(EBL)351560 035 $a(OCoLC)437218791 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000168711 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159267 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000168711 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191455 035 $a(PQKB)10087663 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351560 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL351560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10243660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL130885 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414866 100 $a20030617d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe hands-on guide to practical prescribing /$fOliver Jones, Nandan Gautam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, Mass. $cBlackwell$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-0822-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 abdomen 327 $a15 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 arrhythmias 327 $a29 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 guide 606 $aDrugs$xPrescribing$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aClinical pharmacology$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aDrugs$xPrescribing 615 0$aClinical pharmacology 676 $a615/.14 700 $aJones$b Oliver$g(Oliver M.)$0921519 701 $aGautam$b Nandan$0933706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812303103321 996 $aThe hands-on guide to practical prescribing$92102040 997 $aUNINA