Clinical Pharmacokinetics Handbook - Softcover

Bauer, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007142542X ISBN 13: 9780071425421

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2005

Synopsis

"Clinical Pharmacokinetics Handbook" by Larry A. Bauer, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P., F.C.P. This is an ideal on-the-spot reference for clinicians who design initial pharmacokinetic drug regimens, and especially valuable for those who modify dosages based on serum concentrations and other monitoring parameters.Perfect for bedside use, this indispensable, easy-to-carry Handbook provides: ready access to a variety of user-friendly calculation methods, appropriate to differing circumstances and needs; algorithms that simplify selection of the right calculation procedure; up-to-date coverage of the latest techniques and equations for pharmacokinetically monitored drugs; patient-specific regimen and monitoring criteria for each referenced drug; essential information on drug dosing in special populations, including patients with renal and hepatic disease, obesity, and heart failure; drug-by-drug coverage; an abundance of tables, charts, and nomograms that make actual calculations often unnecessary; numerous case scenarios that aid the clinician in understanding how calculations are selected, applied, and worked; and, a concise review of basic clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles. Reviews of Larry A. Bauer's "Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics" 'Written by an in-the-trenches clinical pharmacist ...focuses on the practical application of pharmacokinetics in patient care' - Bethesda, Maryland pharmacist, online. 'Many pharmacokinetic residents and fellows live by this book, and it came highly recommended to me by experienced clinicians' - Online pharmacist review. 'An excellent resource of pharmacokinetic information for students and clinicians ...presented in a more student-friendly manner with extensive explanations and example problems' - Doody Review Services.

About this title

Product Description:

A reference for clinicians who design initial pharmacokinetic drug regimens, and for those who modify dosages based on serum concentrations and other monitoring parameters. It contains user-friendly calculation methods, appropriate to differing circumstances and needs, and algorithms that simplify selection of the right calculation procedure.

About the Author:

Larry A. Bauer, Pharm.D. is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and has been on the faculty since 1980. He also holds an adjunct appointment at the same rank in the Department of Laboratory Medicine where he is a toxicology consultant. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree (1977) from the University of Washington, and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (1980) from the University of Kentucky. He also completed an ASHP-accredited hospital pharmacy residency (1980) specializing in clinical pharmacokinetics from A. B. Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky under the preceptorship of Dr. Paul Parker. Dr. Bauer is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Bauer's specialty area is in clinical pharmacokinetics, and he teaches courses and offers clinical clerkships in this area. He is the author of Applied Clinical Pharamcokinetics (McGraw-Hill, 2001) His research interests include the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drug interactions, the effects of liver disease and age on drug metabolism, and computer modeling of population pharmacokinetics. Dr. Bauer is a member of several clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy professional organizations. He is a reviewer for several scientific publications, was Consulting Editor of Clinical Pharmacy (1981 - 1990) and Field Editor of ASHP Signal (1981 - 1983), and is currently on the Editorial Boards of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Dr. Bauer has precepted post-doctoral fellows in clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics who currently have faculty appointments in schools of pharmacy or are employed in pharmaceutical industry.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 007142542X
• ISBN 13: 9780071425421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496