Emergency Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Take control of life-or-death situations with Emergency Cardiosvascular Pharmacotherapy: A Point-Of-Care Guide. The latest portable, authoritative resource from ASHP closes the gap with immediate, life-saving information that pharmacists, students, residents and other health care practitioners need, all in one place. Illustrative tables, figures and bullets provide critical information, instantly. Learn the role of each member of the code team, especially pharmacists. Understand how to read, interpret and respond to an electrocardiogram. Explore routes of emergency drug administration, including how and when. Clinical pearls highlight the administration of specific drugs. Go in-depth with an entire chapter devoted to treatment algorithms. In the classroom or clinic, no other guide provides such detailed, evidence-based focus on the pharmacologic agents used to manage the entire range of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions. Authored by national experts in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, all 10 chapters meet the latest national guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care.

The ESC Handbook on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, based on the most recent guidelines in cardiovascular pharmacology, and containing a comprehensive A-Z formulary of common and less commonly used cardiac drugs and drug groups, provides practical and accessible guidance on all areas of drugprescribing.Previously published as Drugs in Cardiology, this new edition has been developed by the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Pharmacology is an integral aspect in almost all disciplines within cardiology and all cardiologists use cardiovascular drugs.Completely updated and aligned with the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines for prescribing, this handbook is essential reading for consultants, registrars in training, general practitioners, specialist cardiac nurses and cardiovascular pharmacologists.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is the focus of ongoing research. Consequently, treatment of cardiovascular disorders is among the most highly evidence-based area of medicine and pharmacy practice. Quick Reference to Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy provides important guidelines and standards of care in the pharmacological management of cardiovascular diseases. It begins with the management of cardiovascular risk factors and continues with important pharmacotherapeutics. In addition, the authors tackle crucial pharmacotherapeutic problems related to managing patients with cardiovascular diseases, such as drug-induced cardiovascular side effects and alternative pharmacotherapy for managing cardiovascular diseases. With numerous tables and charts utilized throughout, this pocketbook also contains important dosing information applicable specifically to cardiac patients. Furthermore, based on their experience, the contributors offer important clinical pearls to help deal with commonly encountered clinical problems in daily practice. Quick Reference to Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy provides health care professionals and students a concise, quick, and authoritative summary of how to utilize pharmacological agents for the management of cardiovascular disease.

Everything practicing physicians and pharmacists need to know about drug therapy for cardiovascular disease. A critically acclaimed classic reference now in its third edition, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics provides current information regarding the contemporary use of all available cardiovascular medications for adults and children. Strongly emphasizing the scientific rationale behind the use of such therapies in cardiac disease, it discusses new drugs and novel compounds that are under development and may emerge as the cardiac therapies of the future. This edition also addresses special considerations for drug therapy use in the elderly, during pregnancy, and in those with hepatic or renal disease. A generous assortment of tables, figures, and appendices guides readers in their investigations of each drug group and various disease states. This new third edition presents an in-depth discussion of: All cardiovascular agents currently available The scientific basis behind every pharmacotherapy advance Mechanisms of action of cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics The latest advances in cardiovascular drug therapy Specific drug treatments, and information on recently approved drugs Molecular biological advances Drugs in development Hands-on discussions of how to utilize specific drugs for treatment of various cardiovascular disorders and for the prevention of disease Also included are 8 appendices that provide practical, hands-on information on using drugs in clinical settings, including relevant pharmacokinetic information, and practical drug prescribing information. All updated with an accompanying website, Advances in Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics www.cvpct3.com

Do you feel overwhelmed by the information available on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy? This fast-growing, ever-changing field can seem unmanageable, especially when you try to assimilate drug trials, treatment guidelines, and clinical controversies.