A must-have companion for medical students and junior doctors for almost four decades, Lecture Notes: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics provides concise yet thorough coverage of the principles of clinical pharmacology, the major characteristics of therapeutics, and the practical aspects of prescribing drugs to alleviate symptoms and to treat disease. Whether you are preparing for examinations or prescribing to patients, the tenth edition offers readers current and authoritative insight into the essential practical and clinical knowledge. Logically organised chapters allow for rapid location of key information, while examples of commonly encountered scenarios illustrate how and when to use drugs in clinical situations. Throughout the text, practice questions, prescribing guidelines, and self-assessment tests clarify and reinforce the principles that inform appropriate clinical decision-making. O Presents an up-to-date review of drug use acrossall major clinical disciplines O Offers a timely overview of clinical drug trials and development O Provides new clinical scenarios to relate chapter content to real-life application O Contains colour-coded Key Points and Prescribing Points to highlight important information O Includes chapter introductions and summaries, and numerous figures, tables, and colour illustrations Lecture Notes: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tenth Edition, is an essential resource for medical students, junior doctors, and other prescribers looking for an up-to-date reference on pharmacological principles, prescribing, and therapeutics.
Preface List of Contributors Part 1: Principles of Clinical Pharmacology 1. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics 2. Clinical trials and drug development 3. Pharmacoeconomics: the economic evaluation of new drugs 4. Practical prescribing Part 2: Aspects of Prescribing 5. Gastrointestinal system 6. Cardiovascular system 7. Respiratory system 8. Nervous system 9. Infection 10. Drugs and endocrine disease 11. Genitourinary system 12. Malignant disease 13. Drugs and the blood 14. Musculoskeletal system 15. Immunopharmacology 16. Travel medicine 17. Analgesia and anaesthesia 18. Poisoning and drug overdose Index
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