Pocket Prescriber 2012 -

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Résumé :
Pocket Prescriber 2012 is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide. It contains all the 'must have' information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertips
From reviews of the previous editions:
'A pocket book that is truly pocketable, every medical student and junior doctor should carry this book...If you're unsure about prescribing a drug, a quick glance at the relevant page in this book will tell you everything you need to know...I really cannot recommend Pocket Prescriber highly enough.'
Oxford Medical School Gazette
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Biographie:
Timothy RJ Nicholson MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCP, MRCPsych, Academic Clinical Lecturer, Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK Donald RJ Singer BMedBiol, MD, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK

Sommaire:
How to prescribe safely Common/useful drugs Drug selection Antibiotics Hypertension management Asthma Analgesia Palliative care and subcutaneous pumps Antiemetics Alcohol withdrawal Antidepresssants How to prescribe Insulin Anticoagulants Thrombolysis Controlled drugs Miscellaneous Intravenous fluids Steroids Sedation/sleeping tablets Benzodiazepines Side effect profiles Cytochrome P450 Medical emergencies Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) Acute LVF Accelerated hypertension Atrial fibrillation Acute asthma COPD exacerbation Pulmonary embolism Acute upper GI haemorrhage Sepsis (severe or septic shock) Epilepsy DKA HONK Glucose Thyrotoxic crisis Myxoedema coma Addisonian crisis Electrolyte disturbances Overdoses Reference information Coma scale Cognitive impairment Useful formulae Common laboratory reference values