Written for doctors, pharmacists and nurses working in the intensive care unit (ICU), the Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care is the essential guide to drug therapy in the ICU. Combining drug monographs with guidelines, this is an excellent resource for safe and effective practice.
Written for doctors, pharmacists and nurses working in the intensive care unit (ICU), the Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care is the essential guide to drug therapy in the ICU. Combining drug monographs with guidelines, this is an excellent resource for safe and effective practice.
Henry Paw is a consultant in intensive care medicine at York Hospital.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction How to use this book Abbreviations Acknowledgements Drugs: An A-Z Guide Prescribing using generic or brand names Routes of administration Loading dose Drug metabolism Enzyme systems Drug excretion Drug tolerance Drug interactions Therapeutic drug monitoring Target range of concentration Pharmacology in the critically ill Body weight Guide to ideal tidal volume Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Drugs in advanced life support Management of acute major anaphylaxis Management of acute severe hyperkalaemia Management of malignant hyperthermia Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade Opioid conversion table Antiretroviral drugs: alternatives for swallowing difficulties Management of status epilepticus Prevention of delirium tremens and alcohol withdrawal syndrome Prevention of Wernicke¿Korsakoff syndrome Anti-arrhythmic drugs Inotropes and vasopressors Bronchospasm Anti-ulcer drugs Immunonutrition in the ICU Corticosteroids Short synacthen test Bone marrow rescue following nitrous oxide Heparin induced thrombocytopaenia NOAC/DOAC Antioxidants Guidelines for patients with absent or dysfunctional spleen Anti-microbial drugs Bacterial gram staining Antibiotics: sensitivities Alterations to drug dosing in renal dysfunction and Haemo(dia)filtration Chemical pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusion Appendix A: creatinine clearance Appendix B: weight conversion (stones/lb to kg) Appendix C: body mass index (BMI) calculator Appendix D: lean body weight charts Appendix E: ideal tidal volume Appendix F: estimated height from ulna length Appendix G: infusion rate/dose calculation Appendix H: drug compatibility chart Appendix I: sodium content of oral medications Appendix J: drug management of the brain-stem-dead donor Appendix K: vancomycin by continuous infusion Appendix L: Child-Pugh score Appendix M: severe sepsis algorithm Appendix N: insulin guidelines Drug index.
Introduction How to use this book Abbreviations Acknowledgements Drugs: An A-Z Guide Prescribing using generic or brand names Routes of administration Loading dose Drug metabolism Enzyme systems Drug excretion Drug tolerance Drug interactions Therapeutic drug monitoring Target range of concentration Pharmacology in the critically ill Body weight Guide to ideal tidal volume Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Drugs in advanced life support Management of acute major anaphylaxis Management of acute severe hyperkalaemia Management of malignant hyperthermia Sedation, analgesia and neuromuscular blockade Opioid conversion table Antiretroviral drugs: alternatives for swallowing difficulties Management of status epilepticus Prevention of delirium tremens and alcohol withdrawal syndrome Prevention of Wernicke¿Korsakoff syndrome Anti-arrhythmic drugs Inotropes and vasopressors Bronchospasm Anti-ulcer drugs Immunonutrition in the ICU Corticosteroids Short synacthen test Bone marrow rescue following nitrous oxide Heparin induced thrombocytopaenia NOAC/DOAC Antioxidants Guidelines for patients with absent or dysfunctional spleen Anti-microbial drugs Bacterial gram staining Antibiotics: sensitivities Alterations to drug dosing in renal dysfunction and Haemo(dia)filtration Chemical pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusion Appendix A: creatinine clearance Appendix B: weight conversion (stones/lb to kg) Appendix C: body mass index (BMI) calculator Appendix D: lean body weight charts Appendix E: ideal tidal volume Appendix F: estimated height from ulna length Appendix G: infusion rate/dose calculation Appendix H: drug compatibility chart Appendix I: sodium content of oral medications Appendix J: drug management of the brain-stem-dead donor Appendix K: vancomycin by continuous infusion Appendix L: Child-Pugh score Appendix M: severe sepsis algorithm Appendix N: insulin guidelines Drug index.
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