Pocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine Paperback / softback
by Anthony FT (University of Queensland) Brown, Timothy (MBBS BSc MSc MRCPsych Honorary Specialist Registrar, South London & Maudsley NHS Nicholson, Donald RJ (University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, UK) Singer
Paperback / softback
Description
Drug prescribing errors are a common cause of hospital admission, and adverse reactions can have devastating effects, some even fatal.
Pocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must have" information on a vast range of drugs that staff from junior doctors to emergency nurses, nurse prescribers, paramedics and other pre-hospital providers may encounter in the emergency setting. Key features:* A-Z list of over 500 of the most commonly prescribed drugs with each entry containing the key prescribing information* Safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects* Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and resuscitation guidelines* Advice and reference information for complicated prescriptions* Concise management summaries for common medical and surgical emergencies* Essential advice for pain relief-from acute pain management to procedural sedation* Clinically useful reminders of key facts from basic pharmacology to acute poisoning syndromesPocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine supplies all your information needs concerning commonly prescribed drugs at a glance, enabling on-the-spot decision-making to provide the highest standard of care whilst mitigating prescribing errors.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:322 pages, 32 Tables, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781444176643
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:322 pages, 32 Tables, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/09/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781444176643