Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics / edited by Cate Whittlesea, BSc, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS, Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Associate Director of Clinical Education, UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, UK and Karen Hodson, BSc(Pharm), MSc, PhD, FRPharmS, FFRPS, Director MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Programmes, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

Section 1: General Clinical pharmacy process Prescribing Practical pharmacokinetics Drug interactions Adverse drug reactions Laboratory data Parenteral nutrition Pharmacoeconomics Section 2: Life stages Neonates Paediatrics Geriatrics Section 3: TherapeuticsGastrointestinal disorders Peptic ulcer disease Inflammatory bowel disease Constipation and diarrhoea Adverse effects of drugs on the liver Liver disease. Acute kidney injury Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease Hypertension Coronary heart disease Chronic heart failure Arrhythmias Thrombosis Dyslipidaemia Asthma Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Insomnia Anxiety disorders Affective disorders Schizophrenia Epilepsy Parkinson's disease Dementia Pain Nausea and vomiting Respiratory infections Urinary tract infections Gastrointestinal infections Infective meningitis Surgical site infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis Tuberculosis HIV infection. Fungal infections Thyroid and parathyroid disorders Diabetes mellitus Menstrual cycle disorders Menopause Drugs in pregnancy and lactation Prostate disease. Anaemia. Leukaemia Lymphomas Solid tumours. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis Gout and hyperuricaemia Glaucoma Drug-induced skin disorders Eczema and psoriasis Wounds. Section 4: Appendices. Medical abbreviations Glossary Index

Now in its sixth edition, this best-selling, multi-disciplinary textbook continues to draw on the skills of pharmacists, clinicians and nurses to present optimal drug regimens. The authors integrate an understanding of the disease processes with an appreciation of the pathophysiological processes, clinical pharmacy and the evidence base. Each chapter is co-written by a pharmacist and a clinician, and each chapter begins with key points and ends with cases to test understanding. The sixth edition is now on StudentConsult for the first time, giving online access to the full text