Author : Caroline Ashley
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Gives an introduction to various aspects of drug use in renal failure. Covering a variety of diseases affecting the kidneys, this work discusses the disease process and treatment. It also addresses the role of the pharmacist in patient care, and case studies and questions and answers are included at the end of each chapter.
Author : Rhiannon Braund
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3030376559
This first volume of an exciting new book series offers a comprehensive and logically organized introduction to clinical pharmacy as applied to renal medicine. The volume opens with a review of renal pharmacokinetics: absorption; distribution; metabolism; and elimination, as well as drug dosing in renal impairment, and important knowledge specific to aging and renal impairment. Acute kidney injury receives extensive attention, including pre-renal, intra-renal, and post-renal injuries. The book also outlines the role of clinical pharmacy in chronic kidney disease and end stage renal failure. Additional chapters provide detailed information on the methods and pharmacokinetics of renal dialysis, and the epidemiology and management of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. The Advanced Clinical Pharmacy series provides a review of core pharmaceutical concepts, a foundation for optimizing pharmacotherapy, and an introduction to advanced clinical practice. The editors and contributors are international experts who distill the core knowledge of each specialty. The books offer real-world insights to benefit both new practitioners, and experienced pharmacists exploring new areas of clinical pharmacy
Author : Caroline Ashley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 14,56 MB
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0429863640
This invaluable guide, endorsed by the UKMi and reflecting the extensive experience of the UK Renal Pharmacy Group, features drug monographs guiding physicians in how to prescribe, prepare, and administer drugs to patients with different levels of kidney function and when undergoing renal replacement therapy. It has been fully updated for this fifth edition to include up to 100 additional drugs, while maintaining the clear structure and format that is easy to use and simple to follow in the busy clinical setting. It continues to offer support and guidance to health care professionals enabling them to prescribe medications to their renal patients appropriately and safely.
Author :
Publisher : ACP Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Drugs
ISBN : 193446581X
Author : Caroline Ashley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1037 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1498794610
The Renal Drug Handbook offers information compiled from the UK Renal Pharmacy Group and features drug monographs guiding physicians in how to prescribe, prepare, and administer drugs to patients undergoing renal replacement therapy. Also provides a practice-based review of drug utilization in renal units across the UK. Purchasers of The Renal Drug Handbook receive a free 30-day trial to the The Renal Drug Database. A code to activate the trial may be found on the inside-front cover of The Renal Drug Handbook; the trial is activated by entering the code on the Redeem page of this website, accessible from the homepage. "The Renal Drug Handbook provides essential information on drug dosing in patients with different levels of kidney function. As in previous editions, the logical format makes it easy to use and simple to follow. Included in this update are over 130 new drugs and a new section on drug metabolism and excretion in each drug monograph. Wide dissemination of this 4th edition will help healthcare professionals who prescribe and more importantly protect their patients from avoidable harm. Well done to the authors for maintaining this amazing resource." — David C Wheeler, Professor of Kidney Medicine, University College London, and President, Renal Association
Author : John A. Kellum
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,44 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Medical
ISBN : 019022553X
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance for the management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice.
Author : Hugh R. Brady
Publisher : Saunders
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,36 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Hypertension
ISBN : 9780721696812
This book relies on multiple short chapters that have been designed to make the information accessible and comprehensive to the expert in nephrology and hypertension and the general internist, fellow, or student. Clinical features, pathology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis are discussed only briefly to launch a detailed discussion of therapy. With regard to hypertension, the sections on the management of essential and secondary hypertension have been expanded significantly, reflecting the impressive volume of new clinical trial activity in these areas. This book assists the reader with the management of their patients and with the design of new therapeutic strategies and regimens that will advance the treatment of renal disease and hypertension going forward.
Author : Ajay K. Singh
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2009-01-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080920462
The Textbook of Nephro-Endocrinology is the definitive translational reference in the field of nephro-endocrinology, investigating both the endocrine functions of the kidneys and how the kidney acts as a target for hormones from other organ systems. It offers researchers and clinicians expert, gold-standard analyses of nephro-endocrine research and translation into the treatment of diseases such as anemia, chronic kidney disease (CKD), rickets, osteoporosis, and, hypoparathyroidism. - Investigates both the endocrine functions of the kidneys and how the kidney acts as a target for hormones from other organ systems - Presents a uniquely comprehensive and cross-disciplinary look at all aspects of nephro-endocrine disorders in one reference work - Clear translational presentations by the top endocrinologists and nephrologists in each specific hormone or functional/systems field
Author : John T. Daugirdas
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1451165919
The revised, updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems. This edition reflects the latest guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent daily or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration. Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been completely revised. Each chapter provides references to relevant Web sites.
Author : Caroline Ashley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Renal pharmacology
ISBN : 9781846192982
"Handbook offers information compiled from the UK Renal Pharmacy Group and features drug monographs guiding physicians in how to prescribe, prepare, and administer drugs to patients undergoing renal replacement therapy. Also provides a practice-based review of drug utilization in renal units across the UK."--BOOK JACKET.
