Handbook of drugs in intensive care an A-Z guide

• Main Author: Paw, Henry G. W. (Author)
• Other Authors: Park, G. R. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
• Edition: Fifth edition reprinted with corrections
• Subjects: Intensive Care > Handbook; Pharmaceutical Preparations > Handbook; Drug Therapy > Handbook
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A thoroughly updated edition of this well-established guide to drugs and prescribing for intensive care. The book is split into two sections: an A-Z guide to the drugs available, and concise notes on the key topics and situations faced on a daily basis. The A-Z section provides succinct information...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Drugs: An A--Z Guide
• Short Notes
• Routes of administration
• Loading dose
• Drug metabolism
• Enzyme systems
• Drug excretion
• Drug tolerance
• Drug interactions
• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• Target range of concentration
• Pharmacology in the critically ill
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Drugs in advanced life support
• Management of acute major anaphylaxis
• Management of severe hyperkalaemia
• Management of malignant hyperthemia
• Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade
• A practical approach to sedation and analgesia
• Opioid Conversion table
• Management of status epilepticus
• Prevention of delirium tremens and alcohol withdrawal syndrome
• Prevention of Wernicke--Korsakoff syndrome
• Anti-arrhythmic drugs
• Inotropes and vasopressors
• Bronchospasm
• Anti-ulcer drugs
• Immunonutrition in the ICU
• Corticosteroids
• Short synacthen test
• Bone marrow rescue following nitrous oxide
• Contents note continued: Antioxidants
• Post-splenectomy prophylaxis
• Anti-microbial drugs
• Bacterial gram staining
• Antibiotics: sensitivities
• Renal replacement therapy
• Extracorporeal drug clearance: basic principles
• Drug doses in renal failure/renal replacement therapy
• Chemical pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusion
• APPENDICES
• Appendix A Creatinine clearance
• Appendix B Weight conversion (stones/lb to kg)
• Appendix C Body mass index (BMI) calculator
• Appendix D Lean body weight charts
• Appendix E Infusion rate/dose calculation
• Appendix F Drug compatibility chart
• Appendix G Omeprazole administration record
• Appendix H Sodium content of oral medications
• Appendix I Drug management of the brain-stem-dead donor
• Appendix J Vancomycin by continuous infusion
• Appendix K Child-Pugh score
• Appendix L Severe sepsis algorithm