Medical & Pharmacy Books

Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics
By Larry A. Bauer

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number Of Pages: 800
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071476288
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071476287
Binding: Hardcover

>The easiest and most trusted way to learn the clinical application of pharmacokinetics

The most current, hands-on book in the field, Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics gives you clear and useful coverage of drug dosing and drug monitoring that no other text can match. It offers the latest standardized techniques and approaches to patient-specific dosing plus new information on more recently monitored drugs.

Written by a nationally recognized authority in pharmacokinetics, Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics is full of essential topics for pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, and clinical pharmacy courses. Alternatively, it can be used as a clinical refresher to brush up on key concepts and procedures.

FEATURES

NEW! High-yield sections on dosing strategies in all chapters
NEW! Up-to-date, ready-to-use information on monitored drugs
Valuable coverage of drug dosing in special populations, including patients with renal and hepatic disease, obesity, and congestive heart failure and patients on dialysis
All the information that practitioners need regarding drug categories such as antibiotics, cardiovascular agents, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressants
Tools to simplify learning throughout, such as an introductory chapter on clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts, examples of calculations, and problems with answers and explanations at the end of each chapter

Summary: The best current kinetics book.
Rating: 5

Bauer does an excellent job of explaining the basics and details of pharmacokinetics; this book is great guide for both students and practicing clinicians. Many pharmacokinetic residents and fellows live by this book and it came highly reccommended to me by experienced clinicians.

Summary: Nuts and bolts kinetics
Rating: 5

As you read this text it becomes apparent that it was written by an in-the-trenches clinical pharmacist. It focuses on the practical application of pharmacokinetics in patient care. The text is very readable, written in an easy to follow style. The tables and illustrations are well presented, providing insight to the topic. There are chapters on aminoglycosides, vancomycin, digoxin, antiarrhythmics, anticonvulsants, cylcosporine, lithium, and theophylline. Each chapter contains practical step-by-step examples for both initial dosage determinations and serum level analysis. But you’ll need to look elsewhere for pediatric pk information, application to peds is limited.