2 Therapeutics and good prescribing S. Maxwell Principles of clinical pharmacology Pharmacodynamics Pharmacokinetics Inter-individual variation in drug responses Adverse outcomes of drug therapy Adverse drug reactions Drug interactions Medication errors…
3 Molecular and genetic factors in disease D.R. FitzPatrick J.R. Seckl Functional anatomy and physiology Genetic disease and inheritance Meiosis Patterns of disease inheritance Classes of genetic variant Consequences of…
7 Ageing and disease M.D. Witham Comprehensive geriatric assessment Demography Functional anatomy and physiology Biology of ageing Physiological changes of ageing Frailty Investigations Comprehensive geriatric assessment Decisions about investigation Presenting…
1 Good medical practice A.D. Cumming S.I.R. Noble Medical practice The doctor–patient relationship Communication and other clinical skills Using investigations Estimating and communicating risk Clinical decision-making Practising medicine in low-resource…
29 Laboratory reference ranges S.W. Walker Notes on the International System of Units (SI units) Laboratory reference ranges in adults Urea and electrolytes in venous blood Analytes in arterial blood…
12 Palliative care and pain D. Oxenham Principles of palliative care Presenting problems in palliative care Pain Breathlessness Cough Nausea and vomiting Gastrointestinal obstruction Weight loss and general weakness Anxiety…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Objectives • Discuss the metric and household systems of measurement. • Convert larger units to smaller units and smaller units to larger units within the metric system. • Convert…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ This chapter discusses the antibacterials and their effects and includes mechanisms of antibacterial action, body defenses, resistance to antibacterials, use of antibacterial combinations, general adverse reactions to antibacterials, and…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Three groups of drugs—cardiac glycosides, antianginals, and antidysrhythmics—are discussed in this chapter. Drugs in these groups regulate heart contraction, heart rate and rhythm, and blood flow to the myocardium…
