Drugs in Use: Clinical Case Studies for Pharmacists

by LindaJ.Dodds (Editor)

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  1996

  $5.80

  This work is intended to offer guidance to pharmacists who require to bridge the gap between their theoretical knowledge and its practical application to individual patients. A series of case studies drawn from all over the UK is presented in a question and answer format. The topics incorporated in the book cover a wide area including both commonly encountered and problematic diseases and types of therapy in which major advances have been achieved in recent years. By presenting a case and using the question and answer format, the authors demonstrate how they would select the most appropriate therapy for the patient under discussion and how they would monitor the chosen therapy by observing the patient and interpreting the results of laboratory tests, including serum drug concentrations. They also illustrate how skills such as formulation, the taking of medical histories and counselling can be used by pharmacists to improve patient care. The detailed index to disease states and drug names is intended to facilitate the use of the book as a teaching aid.

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.25

  This revised fourth edition of Drugs in Use presents a series of clinical case studies to illustrate how pharmacists can optimise drug therapy in response to the needs of individual patients. Patient information is interspersed with questions and answers suitable for self-study or group discussion and a pharmaceutical care plan is included within each chapter. The cases included address situations which are commonly encountered or associated with particular difficulties in treatment individualisation. Those in which major advances in therapeutics have recently occurred are also covered. All case studies from the previous edition have been updated and revised, and new chapters have been included on the following: eczema; psoriasis; Crohn's disease; oncology; and, substance misuse. Translating the knowledge acquired during undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses into the clinical skills required to optimise the therapy of patients can seem a daunting task. This book was conceived as a method of helping pharmacists and prescribers to 'bridge the gap' between the acquisition of theoretical knowledge about drugs and its practical application to individual patients. It will be an invaluable resource for pharmacy students, pre-registration pharmacists and practising pharmacists. It will also be a valuable resource for medical students and non-medical prescribers.