Drug Information Handbook: A Comprehensive Resource for All Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals (LexiComp's Drug Reference Handbooks) - Softcover

Lacy, Charles F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591952913 ISBN 13: 9781591952916

Publisher: Lexi-Comp,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

We proudly present the Drug Information Handbook, 20th Edition, continuing Lexicomp's tradition of delivering trusted, pharma-free pharmacotherapy knowledge to healthcare professionals. As always, this resource follows a user-friendly, dictionary-like format, providing clinicians with fast access to Lexicomp's clear, concise drug information. Endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), Lexicomp's Drug Information Handbook is relied on daily by clinicians everywhere to improve medication safety and enhance patient care. Lexicomp's Drug Information Handbook, 20th Edition, covers over 5,500 medications and features 31 new monographs and hundreds of updates to existing content. Each monograph encompasses up to 37 fields of information, including detailed content on dosage, drug interactions and adverse reactions. Supplementing Lexicomp's drug information is a comprehensive Appendix offering charts, tables, treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations and a Pharmacologic Category Index listing all drugs within their unique pharmacologic class. Updates to this edition: 31 New Drug Monographs New Appendix Topics Maternal Cardiac Arrest Algorithm Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy Dosing Considerations for the Critically-Ill Patient With Morbid Obesity Appendix Updates Pediatric ALS Algorithms Adult ACLS Algorithms Hyperlipidemia Management Anticonvulsant Drugs of Choice Oral Dosages That Should Not Be Crushed

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexi-Comp,U.S.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591952913
• ISBN 13: 9781591952916
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1946