Second edition
by Larry A. Bauer
Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics provides clear and useful coverage of drug dosing and drug monitoring.
The book offers the latest standardized techniques and approaches to patient-specific dosing plus new information on more recently monitored drugs.
Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics is full of essential topics for pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, and clinical pharmacy courses. Alternatively, it can be used as a clinical refresher to brush up on key concepts and procedures.
Features:
- NEW! High-yield sections on dosing strategies in all chapters
- NEW! Up-to-date, ready-to-use information on monitored drugs
- Valuable coverage of drug dosing in special populations, including patients with renal and hepatic disease, obesity, and congestive heart failure and patients on dialysis
- All the information that practitioners need regarding drug categories such as antibiotics, cardiovascular agents, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressants
- Tools to simplify learning throughout, such as an introductory chapter on clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts, examples of calculations, and problems with answers and explanations at the end of each chapter
Contents
Part I: Basic Concepts
- Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Concepts
- Clinical Pharmacokinetic Equations and Calculations
- Drug Dosing in Speical Populations: Renal and Hepatic Disease, Dialysis, Heart Failure, Obesity, and Drug Interactions
Part II: Antibiotics
- The Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
- Vancomycin
Part III: Cardiovascular Agents
- Digoxin
- Lidocaine
- Procainamaide/N-Acetyl Procainamide
- Quinidine
Part IV: Anticonvulsants
- Phenytoin
- Carbamazepine
- Valproic Acid
- Phenobarbital/Primidone
- Ethosuximide
Part V: Immunosuppressants
- Cyclosporine
- Tacrolimus
Part VI: Other Drugs
- Lithium
- Theophylline
Index
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