Full Description
Complementing the guidelines in the British National Formulary, the fourth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy remains the indispensable guide to clinical pharmacy, providing all the information needed for practising and student pharmacists. It presents handy practical guidance in a quick-reference, bullet-point format to give the reader the knowledge and confidence needed to provide a clinical pharmacy service.
Including key information on controlled drugs, adverse drug reactions, interactions, communication skills, and confidentiality, this extensively revised addition to the bestselling Oxford Handbook series is the fundamental pharmacy reference tool. It features chapters on medicines optimisation, adverse drug reactions, allergy and anaphylaxis, clinical pharmacy skills, clinical trials, converting evidence into practice, research, and therapy related issues.
Thoroughly revised and updated, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy includes brand new topics on therapy related issues in renal, clotting disorders, management of the surgical patient, and the role of primary care pharmacy teams.
Contents
1: Adherence
2: Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions
3: Allergy and Anaphylaxis
4: Clinical pharmacy skills
5: Clinical trials
6: Controlled drugs
7: Converting evidence into practice
8: Medical gases
9: Patient management issues
10: Medicines management
11: Research
12: Therapy-related issues: Gastrointestinal
13: Therapy-related issues: Cardiovascular system
14: Therapy-related issues: Respiratory system
15: Therapy-related issues: Central Nervous System
16: Therapy-related issues: Infections
17: Therapy-related issues: Endocrine
18: Therapy-related issues: Obstetrics, gynaecology, and urinary tract disorders
19: Therapy-related issues: Malignant diseases and immunosuppression
20: Therapy-related issues: Nutrition and blood
21: Therapy-related issues: Musculoskeletal
22: Therapy-related issues: Skin
23: Therapy-related issues: Palliative care
24: Interpreting blood results
25: Therapy-related issues: Renal
26: Therapy related issues: Paediatrics
27: Frailty
28: Management of the surgical patient
29: Medication safety
30: Critical care
31: Ophthalmology principles
32: Clotting disorders
33: Primary care
34: Appendix: Supplementary data
