The Drug Information Handbook, 20th Edition, delivers trusted pharmacotherapy knowledge to health care professionals. This resource follows a user-friendly, dictionary-like format, providing clinicians with fast access to clear and concise drug information. The Drug Information Handbook, 20th Edition is used daily by clinicians everywhere to improve medication safety and enhance patient care.

More than 5,500 medications are covered and there are 31 new monographs and hundreds of updates to existing content. Each monograph encompasses up to 37 fields of information, including detailed content on dosage, drug interactions, and adverse reactions. Supplementing the drug information is a comprehensive Appendix offering charts, tables, treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations, and a Pharmacologic Category Index listing all drugs within their unique pharmacologic class.

Updates to this edition include:

• 31 new drug monographs
• New Appendix topics
  • Maternal Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
  • Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy
  • Dosing Considerations for the Critically-Ill Patient With Morbid Obesity
• Appendix updates
  • Pediatric ALS Algorithms
  • Adult ACLS Algorithms
  • Hyperlipidemia Management
  • Anticonvulsant Drugs of Choice
  • Oral Dosages That Should Not Be Crushed