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Drug therapies are essential components in caring for patients who are critically ill and patients who receive transplants. It is likely that all clinical pharmacy specialists will care for patients who have been given care in the intensive care unit or who have received a transplant. As a result, up-to-date knowledge on new challenges in these two therapeutic areas is essential for providing good quality pharmaceutical care.
Critical Care and Transplantation, addresses those therapeutic challenges and presents the reader with a wealth of information on improvements in care. All pharmacotherapists can use the information and resources contained in the Book 11 chapters to better understand the clinical issues that are encountered when caring for these patient populations.
Critical care topics addressed include Toxicology/Emergency Preparedness, Endocrine Interventions in Critically Ill Patients, Agitation and Withdrawal Syndromes, Anemia of Critical Illness, and Special Considerations in the Management of Trauma Patients. Readers will also benefit from the following transplantation topics: Immunosuppressive Strategies in Solid Organ Transplantation, Infectious Disease Concerns in Solid Organ Transplantation, and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Other books released in the PSAP-V series include Cardiology; Health Care Stakeholders; Psychiatry; Geriatrics and Special Populations; the Science and Practice of Pharmacotherapy; Infectious Diseases; Gastroenterology and Nutrition; Chronic Illnesses; Pediatrics; and Hematology and Oncology.
PSAP is dedicated to offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available on recent drug advances. Each book will further your knowledge in the therapeutic area it covers. PSAP is available in both print and online versions.
Publisher: ACCP, Softbound, July 2006, ISBN: 1-932658-21-1
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