Emma Baker, Daniel Burrage, Dagan Lonsdale, Andrew Hitchings

Prescribing Scenarios at a Glance (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Prescribing Scenarios at a Glance is an innovative resource which allows medical students and junior doctors to practise prescribing skills safely for themselves. Supporting those who wish to develop their prescribing knowledge and clinical reasoning, this book features 50 acute and on call scenarios in a hospital setting. Users will be able to practise skills such as initiating a prescription, planning management, reviewing therapy, and identifying adverse drug reactions and interactions. Prescribing Scenarios at a Glance: * Contains case scenarios, mock drug charts and model answers with discussion * Features a workbook of prepared drug charts for each case that allow users to practise prescription writing * Includes detailed explanations and answers to all case scenarios, including examples of correctly completed charts * Includes access to refill drug charts for each scenario available on the companion website at www.ataglanceseries.com/prescribingscenarios, allowing users to rehearse each scenario as many times as they like An ideal companion for medical students, foundation doctors and non-medical prescribers as they develop their prescribing skills, this book will help to instil confidence, reduce errors, and encourage best practice. It will also be a valuable resource for candidates preparing for prescribing exams. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118570876
• Artikelnr.: 41004001

Autorenporträt

Emma Baker is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, St. George's, University of London, and Consultant Physician, St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London Daniel Burrage is Academic Clinical Fellow, St. George's, University of London, and Specialty Registrar (ST3) in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Stroke Medicine, St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London Dagan Lonsdale is Academic Clinical Fellow, St. George's, University of London, and Specialty Registrar (ST3) in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London Andrew Hitchings is Clinical Research Fellow, St. George's, University of London, and Specialty Registrar (ST7) in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 7 Dedication 7 List of abbreviations 8 How to use your textbook 10 About the companion website 13 Introduction: Practical prescribing scenarios 14 Please note that the prepared drug charts can be found in the accompanying workbook. Case Page Section 1: The acute take Case Drug chart Answer 1 An 82
year
old woman who requires venous thromboembolism prophylaxis 30 1.1 38 2 A 104
year
old woman with respiratory failure 30 2.1 40 3 A 64
year
old man with severe acute abdominal pain 31 3.1 41 4 A 55
year
old woman with atrial fi brillation 31 4.1 43 5 A 32
year
old man with community
acquired pneumonia 32 5.1 45 6 A 45
year
old woman with status epilepticus 32 6.1 47 7 A 27
year
old woman with suspected bacterial meningitis 33 7.1 48 8 A 31
year
old woman with paracetamol overdose 34 8.1 50 9 A 59
year
old man with acute pulmonary oedema 35 9.1 52 10 A 24
year
old woman with acute asthma 35 10.1 54 11 A 57
year
old man who has suddenly deteriorated 36 11.1 57 12 An 84
year
old man taking warfarin who has a headache 36 12.1 59 13 A 66
year
old man with acute coronary syndrome 37 13.1 61 14 A 67
year
old man with an exacerbation of COPD 37 14.1 64 Section 2: On call in the hospital Case Drug chart Answer 15 A 91
year
old man with hypoglycaemia 68 15.1 82 16 A 60
year
old woman requesting night sedation 68 16.1 83 17 A 62
year
old man with suspected opioid toxicity 69 17.1 84 18 A 58
year
old man who has low blood pressure 69 18.1 86 19 A 44
year
old woman who is 'nil by mouth' 70 19.1 88 20 A 59
year
old man with circulatory compromise 70 20.1 90 21 A 15
month
old girl with gastroenteritis 71 21.1 93 22 A 5
year
old boy with a painful right arm 71 22.1 94 23 A 12
hour
old boy with signs of sepsis 72 23.1 96 24 A 60
year
old man who has developed a hot joint 72 24.1 97 25 A 65
year
old man with hypokalaemia 73 25.1 99 26 A 69
year
old woman being treated with gentamicin 73 26.1 102 27 A 69
year
old man anticoagulated with warfarin 74 27.1 104 28 A 28
year
old woman with nausea 74 28.1 105 29 A 29
year
old man who is in pain following an operation 75 29.1 107 30 A 49
year
old man due to undergo surgery 75 30.1 110 31 A 79
year
old woman with acute kidney injury 76 31.1 112 32 An 85
year
old woman with hospital
acquired pneumonia 77 32.1 114 33 A 47
year
old man who has developed an abnormal liver profile 78 33.1 116 34 An 83
year
old man who develops diarrhoea 79 34.1 118 35 An 88
year
old man with hyperkalaemia 80 35.1 121 36 A 69
year
old woman with acute alcohol withdrawal 81 36.1 123 Section 3: Routine inpatient review Case Drug chart Answer 37 A 69
year
old woman with constipation 128 37.1 135 38 A 71
year
old man who has developed a tremor 128 38.1 136 39 An 81
year
old woman at risk of fragility fractures 129 39.1 138 40 A 23
year
old pregnant woman with pulmonary embolism 129 40.1 140 41 A 31
year
old man with increased seizure frequency 130 41.1 141 42 A 58
year
old man with diabetes mellitus treated with insulin 130 42.1 143 43 A 53
year
old man who wants to stop smoking 131 43.1 146 44 A 90
year
old woman on numerous medications 131 44.1 148 45 A 54
year
old woman with a peptic ulcer 132 45.1 150 46 A 64
year
old woman with chronic kidney disease 132 46.1 152 47 A 66
year
old man with palpitations 133 47.1 154 48 A 70
year
old man with ST
elevation acute coronary syndrome 133 48.1 156 49 A 49
year
old woman with chronic liver disease complaining of pain 134 49.1 158 50 An 89
year
old man approaching the end of life 134 50.1 160 Appendix 1 Antibiotic guidelines 163 Appendix 2 Case summaries 164 Index 166