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الصفحة 1
Renal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy
This 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.
Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for pharmacists : The gold standard to practice
Addresses subjects such as stem cells and their differentiation mechanisms; aspects of embryonic and non-embryonic stem cells ; stem cell transplantation in pediatrics ; stem cell sources and related technical choices ; stem cell donors ; scheduling transplantations ; diseases and chemotherapy protocols that require stem cell transplantation ; stem cell homing ; engraftment and repopulation of stem cells in bone marrow; autologous stem cell transplantation in pediatrics ; allogeneic stem cell transplantation in pediatrics ; and indications for autologous and allogeneic pediatric stem cell transplantation. Further, it discusses pediatric graft-versus-host disease and the pharmacist ; antibacterial and antifungal prophylaxis ; detailed chemotherapy, conditioning and trials for pediatric stem cell transplantation ; conditioning granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in pediatric stem cell transplantation ; analyzing prescriptions and programming a pediatric stem cell transplantation ; handling chemotherapy and adjuvant drugs for pediatric stem cell transplantation ; stem cell transplantation in children up to 1 year old ; and clinical pharmacy in pediatric stem cell transplantation.
Clinical pharmacy education, practice and research clinical pharmacy, drug information, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoeconomics and clinical research
Stresses educational approaches that empower pharmacists with patient care and research competencies. The learning objectives and writing style of the book focus on clarifying the concepts comprehensively for a pharmacist, from regular patient counseling to pharmacogenomics practice. It covers all interesting topics a pharmacist should know. This book serves as a basis to standardize and coordinate learning to practice, explaining basics and using self-learning strategies through online resources or other advanced texts. With an educational approach, it guides pharmacy students and pharmacists to learn quickly and apply. Clinical Pharmacy Education, Practice and Research provides an essential foundation for pharmacy students and pharmacists globally.
Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics ; 6th ed.
Combines the skills of an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, pharmacists and nurses to present an integrated understanding of disease processes, evidence-based clinical pharmacology and optimal drug regimes.
Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics ; 5th ed.
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.
Chemotherapy and pharmacology for leukemia in pregnancy : Guidelines and strategies for best practices
The book addresses a broad range of subjects, including: pregnancy and its characteristics; staging, pathology, morbidity and what to expect in each type of leukemia; chemotherapy for leukemia in pregnant women with complete trials; dose adjustment of chemotherapy for leukemia in pregnancy based on serum dosages; and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for this unique group of patients. In turn, subsequent chapters focus on protecting the fetus and neonatal management regarding chemotherapy for leukemia in pregnancy, including the treatment and risks for the fetus (for each type of leukemia), intrathecal therapy and its effects on the fetus; supportive drugs, antibiotics and antifungals for pregnant patients during chemotherapy, including intervention and dose adjustments; palliative care for women with leukemia in pregnancy; breastfeeding during treatment for leukemia; pharmacological aspects of supplements, vitamins and nutrition in pregnancy during leukemia treatment; and more.
