Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual

ISBN: 9780071373630

作者: FRISHMAN

出版社: McGraw-Hill Professional

出版年: 2003-11

页数: 802

定价: $ 63.22

装帧: Pap

内容简介

This portable reference provides current, on-the-spot information on how to use every approved cardiovascular medication in adults and children, and the scientific rationale for their use. A clinical distillation of the editors' comprehensive and highly respected Cardiovascular Therapeutics textbook - this totally revised, treatment-centered manual features: indications, contraindications, dosage, side effects, pharmacokinetics, and adverse reactions for all approved cardiovascular drugs, including the latest therapeutic agents; rationales and usage guidelines for therapeutic strategies; abundant tables and charts that summarize important clinical choices; handy appendices that quickly provide guidance on special considerations - pregnancy, renal insufficiency, hepatic disease and/or congestive heart failure, the elderly, ethnic issues, and more; and, considerations for managing patients on multi-drug regimens.New to this edition are: the latest anticoagulants, thrombolytics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and cholesterol-lowering drugs; innovative therapies for treating hypertension, angina, MI, peripheral vascular disease, and more; new treatment guidelines reflecting the most recent clinical trials; and, use of alternative/complementary medicine (herbals, vitamins, fish oil, hormones).