Quick Reference To Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

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.

Every year, more Americans fall victim to cardiovascular disease, and more drug therapies become available. Which drugs are right for your patients? Where will you turn for guidance when creating a therapeutic plan?Optimize care and find life-saving solutions quickly with Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy: A Point-of-Care Guide, by Michael Crouch. This concise reference is designed with the busy practitioner, resident, and student in mind. It provides a quick way to access necessary clinical and therapeutic information that has the potential to improve the lives of patients suffering from cardiovascular disease.Inside you’ll find: Quick reference elements such as tables and flow figures Assessments of pharmacological and non-pharmacological considerations Selected guideline statements from leading organizations Evidence-based treatment algorithms Recent clinical controversies In addition, the book features a point of care drug table with essential details for clinic or bedside reference, such as monitoring parameters, known interactions, and common advrese drug events. As a free bonus, you’ll receive access to a website updated by the book’s editor, which features a quarterly newsletter, printable drug monographs, and even Shockwave presentations to help you stay up-to-date on all the guidelines, news, and drug classifications. For more information, visit www.ashp.org/cardiovascular.

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.

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.

This book covers all the pharmacology you need, from basic science pharmacology and pathophysiology, through to clinical pharmacology to therapeutics, in line with the integrated approach of new medical curricula. The first section covers the basic principles, and the rest is organised by body systems. The book ends with sections on toxicity and prescribing practice. Integrates basic science pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics Brief review of pathophysiology of major diseases Case histories and multiple choice questions (and answers) Tabular presentation of all common drugs within each class Section on further reading Kinetics chapter simplified with more practical examples Includes more on genetic issues Drug tables made more concise to make information more accessible Fully updated to reflect current clinical practice