Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics (Fifth Edition)

Michael E. Winter

ISBN 10: 8184737270 / ISBN 13: 9788184737271

Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer, 2012

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Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics was designed to simplify pharmacokinetics to help pharmacy students in clinical settings and busy practitioners understand and visualize basic principles. An easy-to-read, case-study format has made the text a favorite among students, clinical professors, and practitioners. Part I provides a basic review of pharmacokinetic principles, with extensive explanations, graphic illustrations, and detailed algorithms. Part II explains the clinical applications of these principles to problems commonly encountered in the practice setting with specific drugs. This edition includes the latest information on the clinical use of serum drug concentrations. New case studies and examples demonstrate the application of pharmacokinetics in today`s clinical practice.Part I: BASIC PRINCIPLES Bioavailability Administrative Rate Desired Plasma Concentration Volume of Distribution Clearance Elimination Rate Constant (K) and Half-Life (t1/2) Maximum and Minimum Plasma Concentrations Selecting the Appropriate Equation Interpretation of Plasma Drug Concentrations Creatinine Clearance Dialysis of Drugs Part II: DRUG MONOGRAPHS Aminoglycoside Antibiotics Carbamazepine Digoxin Ethosuximide Immunosuppressants: Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus and Sirolimus Lidocaine Lithium Methotrexate (MTX) Phenobarbital Phenytoin Theophylline Valproic Acid Vancomycin Printed Pages: 560. Bookseller Inventory # 66102

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Title: Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics (Fifth ...

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Softcover

Book Condition:New

Edition: 5th or later edition.

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Basic clinical pharmacokinetics was designed to simplify pharmacokinetics to help pharmacy students in clinical settings and busy practitioners understand and visualize basic principles. An easy-to-read, case-study format has made the text a favorite among students, clinical professors and practitioners. Part i provides a basic review of pharmacokinetic principles, with extensive explanations, graphic illustrations and detailed algorithms. Part ii explains the clinical applications of these principles to problems commonly encountered in the practice setting with specific drugs. This edition includes the latest information on the clinical use of serum drug concentrations. New case studies and examples demonstrate the application of pharmacokinetics in todays clinical practice. Key features: the latest information on the clinical use of serum drug concentrations (part ii) new case studies and examples that demonstrate the application of pharmacokinetics in todays clinical practice new appendix (appendix i) provides goals and objectives for the text highlight color added to reinforce key concepts in artwork and heighten books visual appeal part i provides a basic review of pharmacokinetic principles. Part ii illustrates the clinical application of pharmacokinetics to specific drugs through the presentation and solution of common clinical problems. Extensive explanations, graphic illustrations and detailed algorithms teach the basic principles in part i. Presentations and solutions to problems commonly encountered in the practice setting for specific drugs are discussed in part ii. Cases and examples are incorporated in the chapters in part ii to further expand upon and exemplify the use of pharmacokinetics in clinical practice. Appendices provide commonly used equations and a glossary of pharmacokinetics.