ESSENTIAL PRACTICAL PRESCRIBING The Essentials are an international, best-selling series of textbooks, all of which are designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within the health sciences. See www.wileyessential.com for further details.
Essential Practical Prescribing is an important new textbook with a clinical, ward-based focus. It is specifically designed to help new foundation doctors working on the hospital wards and in the community, as well as medical students preparing for the Prescribing Safety Assessment.
Using an accessible format, Essential Practical Prescribing demonstrates how to manage common medical conditions, and explains the logic behind each decision. It also emphasises common pitfalls leading to drug errors, and highlights drugs that could cause harm in certain situations. Organised by hospital department, it outlines the correct management of conditions, as well as highlighting the typical trials of a junior doctor.
Essential Practical Prescribing:
- Contains a range of learning methods within each chapter including: key topics, learning objectives, case studies, DRUGS checklists, ‘Top-Tips’, advice on guidelines and evidence, and key learning points
- Uses patient histories to set the scene and enhance the clinical emphasis
- Offers examples of correctly completed drug charts throughout
- Is an ideal companion for Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) preparation
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Table of Contents:
Preface vi
Acknowledgements ix
How to Use Your Textbook x
About the Companion Website xii
1 Trials of a Junior Doctor 1
Georgia Woodfield
2 Emergency Department 12
Victoria Taylor
3 Cardiology 38
Georgia Woodfield
4 Respiratory 113
Andrew Stanton
5 Gastroenterology 144
Georgia Woodfield
6 Neurology 191
Victoria Taylor
7 Surgery 220
Benedict Lyle Phillips
8 Care of the Elderly 263
Amy Hawkins
9 Anticipatory Prescribing at the End of Life 280
Amy Hawkins
10 Renal 298
Benedict Lyle Phillips
11 Microbiology 318
Victoria Taylor
12 Rheumatology 346
Victoria Taylor
13 Dermatology 376
Amy Hawkins
14 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 402
Marie O’Sullivan
15 Diabetes 427
Amy Hawkins
16 Anticoagulation 445
Andrew Stanton
Index 465
About the Author :
Georgia Woodfield, Specialist Registrar in Gastrointestinal medicine, London.
Benedict Lyle Phillips, Specialist registrar in General Surgery, NE London Deanery.
Victoria Taylor, Specialist Registrar in Respiratory medicine, London.
Amy Hawkins, Core Medical Trainee, London Deanery.
Andrew Stanton, Consultant Respiratory Physician, The Great Western Hospital Swindon; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol.
