Overview

Pocket Prescriber Pulmonary Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the ‘must-have’ information that clinical professionals treating patients with respiratory conditions need to know. This book provides focused information for all health professionals prescribing drugs for or to patients with a respiratory condition and is an essential guide for pulmonologists, intensive care physicians, emergency medicine doctors and general practitioners and nurse prescribers, in training and in practice.

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Author:   Craig Batista (Imperial College and The Royal Brompton Hospital, Clinical Research Fellow & Respiratory Specialist Registrar National Heart & Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom) ,  Donald RJ Singer (Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, London, United Kingdom) ,  Peter J Barnes (National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom) ,  Donald RJ Singer (Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, London, United Kingdom)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781498744409

ISBN 10:   1498744400
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   13 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents. Foreword. Acknowledgements. How to use this book. List of abbreviations. How to prescribe safely. Common/useful drugs. Drug selection. Antimicrobials. Asthma. Bronchiectasis. Chronic Cough. COPD. Cystic Fibrosis. Idiopathic Interstitial lung disease. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Lung Cancer. Lung transplantation. Paliative care and subcutaneous pumps. Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary vasculitis. Sarcoidosis. Tuberculosis. How to prescribe. Anticoagulants. Controlled drugs. Inhalers & Nebulisers. Intravenous fluids. Oxygen. Sedation for bronchoscopy. Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive agents. Thrombolysis. Miscellaneous. Chest drains & pleural procedures. Flying and diving. Non-invasive and continuous positive airway pressure ventilation. Pleural Effusion & thoracic ultrasound. Pleurodesis. Pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue disease. Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation. Smoking cessation & nicotine replacement. Emergencies. Acute asthma. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Altitude Sickness. Anaphylaxis. Bronchiectasis exacerbation. Carbon monoxide poisoning. COPD exacerbation. Cystic fibrosis exacerbation. Haemoptysis. Oncology emergencies. Pulmonary embolism. Pneumonia. Pneumothorax. Respiratory failure. Sickle cell acute chest syndrome. Upper airways obstruction. Reference information. Arterial blood gas interpretation & reference values. Lung function interpretation & reference values. Notifiable Diseases & Causative Organisms. Drug-induced Respiratory Disease. Index.

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Craig Batista, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Donald RJ Singer, President, Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, UK. Peter J Barnes, Margaret Turner-Warwick Professor of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute; Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.

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