Author: Springhouse Publishing
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0874349982
Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy
This one-of-a-kind guide covers how to safely prescribe and administer drugs to the elderly. Medical books Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy. Medical books Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy .... Profiling the approximately 800 drugs most commonly prescribed for geriatric patients, this comprehensive drug reference is arranged alphabetically by generic name for easy access. It guides health care professionals through the complexities of age-related physiologic changes and chronic illnesses, which make usual adult dosages potentially harmful to elderly patients. Introductory chapters explain how the effects of aging alter drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion in both healthy and ill patients.
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Profiling the approximately 800 drugs most commonly prescribed for geriatric patients, this comprehensive drug reference is arranged alphabetically by generic name for easy access. It guides health care professionals through the complexities of age-related physiologic changes and chronic illnesses, which make usual adult dosages potentially harmful to elderly patients. Introductory chapters explain how the effects of aging alter drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion in both healthy and ill patients.
by Springhouse Publishing Staff - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2000) - Paperback - ISBN 0874349982 9780874349986
This handbook is designed to help physicians and other caregivers who treat the elderly As the percentage of the population over the age of 65 increases throughout the Western world so does the chance that some time will be spent by a greater number of people in nursing homes It is therefore important that physicians have access to the information necessary to provide the correct drug therapy in the long term care of their elderly patients This book aims to provide that information
Medical Book Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy
Readers find guidelines for nearly 800 drugs, proven strategies for improving patient compliance, and drug updates on the Internet. Contents include effects of aging on drug therapy; drug entries alphabetized by generic name; components of analgesic combination products; creatinine clearance calculations; HCFA guidelines for using antipsychotics, anxiolytics, sedatives, and other drugs in long-term care facilities; adverse reactions misinterpreted as age-related changes; age-related changes in laboratory values; and a photoguide to tablets and capsules
