John P Blass, Blass, Blass John

Concise Clinicial Pharmacology

CNS Therapeutics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Concise, one-stop coverage of CNS Therapeutics Written from the perspective of real-world patient care, this resource delivers expert guidance to the clinical pharmacology of modern CNS (Central Nervous System) medicines. * Details what drug to use, when to use it, and how it metabolizes and interacts * Organized according to both therapeutic agent and clinical disorder * Includes Patient Safety information on common pitfalls and errors in prescribing

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 502
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780071440363
• ISBN-10: 0071440364
• Artikelnr.: 21083018

Autorenporträt

Dr. Blass is one of the outstanding neurologists and neuroscientists in the United States. He is the neurology editor for Hazzard, Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I.
1. The Principles of CNS Therapeutics
2. Clinical Skills in Neurological and Psychiatric Therapeutics
a. The Complete Medication History
b. Bringing pharmacokinetics to the bedside
c. Bringing pharmacodynamics to the bedside
d. Critically evaluating drugs and therapeutic strategies
3. Drug Classes in CNS Therapeutics
Part II: Clinical Pharmacology in Specific Psychiatric Disorders
4. Mood Disorders: Depression, Mania and Variants
5. Psychoses: Schizophrenias and Others
6. Conduct Disorders, Including Alcoholism and Other Substance Abuse
7. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementias, and Others
8. Other Maladaptive Behavioral Syndromes: Neuroses, Anxiety States
Part III: Clinical Pharmacology of Neurologic Diseases and Disorders
9. Headaches, including Migraines and Daily Headache
10. Epilepsy
11. Demyelinating Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Others
12. Movement Disorders Including Parkinsonism and Other Degenerative
Disorders
13. Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System
14. Neuropathies, Cranial and Peripheral, Including Myathenias and Related
Disorders
15. Vascular Damage to the CNS
16. Tumors of the CNS
17. Infections of the CNS
18. Trauma/ Mechanical Damage to the CNS
19. Neurological Manifestations of Systemic Diseases, Including Iatrogenic
Illnesses
Part IV: Other Important Considerations in CNS Therapeutics and
Pharmacology
20. CNS Pharmacology in Concurrent Non-CNS Disease
21. Patient Safety and Adverse Effects
22. Clinical Trials and Novel Targets in CNS Therapy
23. Tables of Drug Comparisons and Cross References: Agents and Toxicities