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The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2008

David N. Gilbert, Robert C. Moellering Jr., George M. Eliopoulos, Merle A. Sande, Henry F. Chambers

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

extremely tiny print 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I was required to buy this for a class. The print is so small I have trouble reading it. I would not buy it again because of that. What good is current info if you can't see it.

Not convenient to use 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The book had all the information I wanted but the print was totally unreadable due to size...I opted for the more expensive spiral bound version.

Great, but type is microscopic! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is an invaluable resource in terms of content. It is the pocket size, which is convenient. Understand that the small size means that the type is incredibly small. You might need a microscope to read this!

Great Clinical Reference! 5 out of 5 stars.
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For all medical practitioners this Sanford Guide is the definitive pocket guide for infectious disease treatment. Updated annually with the latest treatment recommendations from professional groups. I use it nearly daily when considering antibiotic selection and disease treatment.

best pocketbook for clinicians 5 out of 5 stars.
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for medical doctors who work in a busy health unit and need at any time a handy book to review antibiotics, bugs and side effects.
very-very helpfull for clinicians with a subspesialty (rheumatology, nephrology, hematology etc) who need fast to have access on information such as the appropriate antibiotic and the first in line medication.

Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2008 Classic Shirt-pocket Edition (Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia) (Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia)

Tarascon Publishing

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great book for a Great price. 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

All medical students, interns, residents and some doctors know this is the book to have in your pocket when a dose is needed! I updated my 2007.

Can't live without it 5 out of 5 stars.
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A must have for anyone dispensing meds. I update it every year and give one to all my "DOCTOR FRIENDS" as gifts.

A Must Need Every Year! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My must need for every year, just a late start on my 2008 year. Great product as always.

Editorial Review:

Recently updated for 2008, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues the high-quality tradition of a convenient, organized, and concise pocket manual packed with vital drug information meticulously peer-reviewed by experts and clinicians of multiple specialties. It details typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, safety in pregnancy and lactation, relative drug pricing information, Canadian trade names, and an Herbal & Alternative Therapies section. Multiple invaluable tables supplement the drug content, including opioid equivalency, emergency drug infusions, cardiac dysrhythmia protocols, pediatric drug dosing, and much more!

Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (Pharmacotherapy : a Pathophysiologic Approach)

Joseph T. DiPiro, Robert L. Talbert, Gary C. Yee, Gary R. Matzke, Barbara G. Wells, L. Michael Posey

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The benchmark evidence-based pharmacotherapy text-now in full color!

Additional chapters are available online

When it comes to helping you develop a mastery of evidence-based medicine for optimal patient outcomes, no book can match Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. Like the discipline it covers, the scope of this trusted resource goes beyond drug indications and dosages to include the initial selection, proper administration, and monitoring of drugs.

The book also delves into psychosocial issues that affect compliance … topics related to a patient's ability to understand and manage often-complex therapy… and lifestyle changes that may reduce the need for drug therapy or improve pharmacotherapeutic outcomes. Pharmacotherapy delivers everything you need to provide safe, efficacious drug therapy across the full range of therapeutic categories.

FEATURES

• NEW! Expanded evidence-based recommendations
• NEW! Extended coverage of the timely issue of palliative care and pain medicine
• NEW! Important chapters on Pulmonary Hypertension, Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Homeostasis, and Multiple Myeloma,
• Outstanding pedagogy, including:
• “Key Concepts” highlighted in each chapter
• “Clinical Presentation” boxes summarize the most common disease signs and symptoms covered in each chapter
• “Clinical Controversies” boxes-presented in the Treatment sections of the disease-oriented chapters-examine the complicated issues faced by students and clinicians in providing drug therapy
• Clear therapeutic recommendations in each disease-specific chapter
• “Evaluation of Therapeutic Outcomes” boxes in each disease-specific chapter, containing key monitoring guidelines that facilitate the development of a pharmaceutical, nursing, or medical care plan

Mosby's 2009 Nursing Drug Reference (Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference)

Linda Skidmore-Roth

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If you are going to buy one drug handbook this should be the one. No other drug handbook enables you to access reliable drug information quicker. With an A-Z organization, each drug is easy to find. But whats even better is the fact that Mosbys Nursing Drug Reference gives you the most complete drug information for each drug, including uses, side effects, and interactions. Key nursing considerations are identified to help you assess, administer, evaluate, and teach your patients. Instructions for giving drugs by various routes (e.g., PO, IM, IV) are also included. You will ALWAYS find the latest and most trustworthy drug information in Mosbys Nursing Drug Reference. There is a difference in drug handbooks put your trust in Mosby, the leading name in nursing publishing.

• Presents comprehensive coverage of more than 1,300 generic and 4,500 trade-name drugs.
• Organizes monographs alphabetically by generic drug name to allow for fast retrieval of needed information.
• Includes comprehensive drug monographs containing generic names, Rx or OTC designations, pronunciation, U.S. and Canadian trade names, functional and chemical classification, controlled-substance schedule, do-not-confuse drugs, action, uses, unlabeled uses, dosages and routes, available forms, side effects, contraindications, precautions, pharmacokinetics, interactions (including drug/herb, drug/food and drug lab test), nursing considerations, and treatment of overdose.
• Provides concise, practice-oriented nursing considerations: assess, administer, perform/provide, evaluate, and teach patient/family.
• Highlights IV drug information in one easy-to-find place, under the Administer heading, including special considerations and Y-site, syringe, and additive compatibilities.
• Identifies high alert drugs that pose the greatest risk for patient harm if administered incorrectly.
• Features a safety alert icon identifying considerations that require special attention.
• Highlights common and life-threatening side effects for easy identification.
• Features over 400 potential interactions between drugs and herbal products.
• Includes lifespan and disorder-related dosages for newborns, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric, hepatic, and renal patients.
• Provides special Do Not Confuse headings so you can avoid administering the wrong drug.
• Includes Tall Man lettering as recommended by the FDA to distinguish easily confused drug names.
• Features 14 full-color illustrations that show mechanisms or sites of action for select drug classes such as antidepressants, antiinfectives and antiretroviral agents.
• Features boldface route subheadings such as PO, IV, and IM under the Dosage and Routes and the Administer headings to help you find information quickly.
• Includes several detailed multi-product monographs that group all chemically similar forms of insulins, cephalosporins (1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-generation), contraceptives, and penicillins together into single monographs, with cross-references to the individual forms of these drugs.
• Features key Canadian drug content including a listing of high-alert Canadian medications, a Canadian controlled substance chart, an immunization schedule, and a maple leaf to designate Canadian brand names.
• Includes a separate section of drug category information with nursing considerations and a list of common generic drugs for each category.
• Provides a Syringe Compatibility Chart and IV Drug/Solution Compatibility Chart.
• Features formulas for drug calculations and a nomogram for calculation of body surface area for quick retrieval.
• Includes an appendix with the names and uses of approximately 50 of the most commonly used herbal products.
• Offers a combination products appendix covering the forms and uses of more than 500 products.
• Offers a flexible, water-resistant cover for durability in the clinical setting.
• Includes a free mini CD with complete, printable information on the 100 most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States, patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, hundreds of normal laboratory values, English-to-Spanish translations for common drug phrases and terms, and 30 clinical calculators.
• Includes free Internet updates with the latest FDA drug alerts, new drug monographs, tables of recently approved drugs in the U.S., patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, links to useful drug-related websites, information on selected prescription drugs with potential for abuse, an extensive table of orphan drugs, calculators, and a comprehensive Drug Safety reference.

• Includes monographs of 19 new drugs recently approved by the FDA.
• Now features more common off-label dosages and entries than any other drug handbook.
• Provides complete IV administration and compatibility information.
• Features 50 drug categories, including 11 new entries.
• Offers an appendix listing drugs so recently approved that only limited information is available.

Pharmaceutical Calculations (PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS)

Howard C Ansel, Mitchell J Stoklosa

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From a pharmacist's perspective 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This is by far the finest, most comprehensive text book on pharmaceutical calculations available. This is the text by which all others are judged. It is great for the student who is unfamiliar with this topic as well as for the pharmacist who could use a refresher course. It makes a great reference text for the pharmacy.

Editorial Review:

The gold standard textbook in its area for sixty years, Pharmaceutical Calculations is now in its Twelfth Edition. Every chapter has been revised and updated to reflect the basic calculations applicable to the contemporary practice of pharmacy.
This edition provides expanded coverage of enteral and parenteral nutrition. New features include "Calculations Capsules" -boxed summaries of the type of calculation presented in each chapter, and "A Case in Point" -practical cases with step-by-step solutions to demonstrate each type of calculation.
Review exercises at the end of the book are completely updated. This edition includes answers to all practice and review problems.

Dosage Calculations

Gloria D. Pickar, Amy P. Abernethy

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returned this item and have not yet received my money back. 1 out of 5 stars.
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Please be aware that this was bought by error and was immediately returned. I have emailed amazon and was toldI would receive a refund. I love dealing with amazon, so I hope I get the refund soon. I need other books but I am waiting for the refund to purchase them. Thank you

Very Pleased! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I received everything I thought I would receive with the content of this product. Very pleased with the product and delivery.

Student BSN 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you are a nursing student this is a must have book. It includes dosage calculations and other important nursing math. Great to have if you are a beginner or if your math needs refreshing.

clinical calculations 4 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book to help me prepare for Nursing and the calculations I would need to be able to do next semester. I found this text to be very helpful. It breaks down math into simple steps and provides adequate opportunities to practice new skills.

Editorial Review:

Master dosage calculations with the best-selling book! This market-leader from Gloria Pickar includes a comprehensive math review, full-color drug labels, and critical thinking assessments. Basic and advanced calculations are thoroughly covered, including intravenous and those specific to the pediatric patient.

Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, North American Edition (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series)

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Med. student 5 out of 5 stars.
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I used this book to prepare for my Pharmacology exam in university,it's a great book, my pharmacology course based on this book so it was very helpful.Afcourse it's not enough,for a med.student who is looking for pharmokinetic's,that's why i bought 2 books in one time: Lippincott's "Pharmacology 3th" and Katzung "Clinical pharmacology".

Editorial Review:

Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, Fourth Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about the essentials of medical pharmacology. Clear, sequential pictures of mechanisms of action actually show students how drugs work, instead of just telling them. As in previous editions, the book features an outline format, over 500 full-color illustrations, cross-references to other volumes in the series, and over 125 review questions. Content has been thoroughly updated, and a new chapter covers toxicology. New to this edition will be a companion Website containing all of the illustrations, fully searchable text, and an interactive question bank. NOTE: International Edition available for sales outside North America and Caribbean (ISBN: 978-1-60547-200-3)

Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics)

Laurence Brunton, John Lazo, Keith Parker

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Get the 10th edition. 2 out of 5 stars.
20 of 24 people found this review helpful.

I can't say that I'm pleased with the new edition. The information is grossly disorganized, there are no introductory chapters, and important information has been omitted or dumbed down, e.g. the section on fat-soluble vitamins, specifically vitamin A.
If you're buying, get the 10th ed. The new edition is definitely a step down for Goodman & Gilman.

A complete Pharmacological Encyclopedia 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This book is a complete pharmacological encyclopedia from its days of inception.It is useful to any physician as a desk reference.
Professor K.Neelakantan Viswanathan, AVMC, Pondicherry, India

Didn't meet the expectation 3 out of 5 stars.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I have bougth an earlier edition and had great expectation for an update. In my field of interest, psychiatry, it was a disappointment. Could be a good book for students.

Editorial Review:

The undisputed leader in medical pharmacology, without equal. Updated to reflect all critical new developments in drug action and drug-disease interaction. This is the “desert island” book of all medical pharmacology—if you can own just one pharmacology book, this is it.

Nursing2009 Drug Handbook with Web Toolkit (Nursing Drug Handbook)

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The 29th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revamped expressly to appeal to the education market as well as the practice market. This comprehensive reference provides complete monographs for more than 900 generic and 3,000 trade drugs. The monographs are consistently formatted for ease of use, and they focus on the practical information that practicing nurses need. Each monograph consists of generic and trade names, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule (if applicable), available forms, indications and dosages (including dosage adjustments) administration for all routes (plus I.V. drug incompatibilities (for I.V. drugs), drug action (including tables showing route, onset, peak, and duration), adverse reactions, interactions, effects on lab test results, contraindications, nursing considerations, and patient teaching. A new chapter on drug classes is being added to the front of the book. The back-of-book CD is being ported to a Web toolkit with videos about medication administration, a color-photo pill guide, dosage calculators, interactions algorithms, and much more. NDHnow.com keeps the book up to date with partial monographs for new drugs.

Kaplan PCAT 2008-2009: Pharmacy College Admission Test (Kaplan Pcat)

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No organic chemistry! 3 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

The book's fine as one in a set of books to use as reference as you prepare for the PCAT. But beware, it *IGNORES* organic chemistry, which is at least 50% or the chemistry test. Otherwise the book is OK.

Great Book 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

By far the best PCAT book on the market. In depth review in all subjects except for verbal ability (wimpy little section). Lots of sample questions and a handy diagnostic test to help you figure out what to study.

Pretty good review but with lots of errors 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

The review chapters are comprehensive and for the most part, well explained. However, there are LOTS of typos and errors that are starting to get very annoying especially mixing up subscripts and superscripts. Also lacks a periodic table which surprised me but those are easy to find. Question explanations are pretty good.

Great Study Material 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book was the basis of the my studying for the PCAT and it was extremely helpful. I read the book cover to cover and scored in the 89th percentile on the test. There were a few typos, but this book really prepared me for the test. I would recommend it to anyone taking the test. It was especially useful in areas I needed extra help with, such as biology and chemistry. The math was the only area I felt ill prepared for when I took the actual test. There was a lot of calculus on the test that was not in the book. Other than that I would say this is the best book on the market to prepare yourself for the PCAT.

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Features include:

*The first guide to provide updated information for June 2007 test change

*Full-length practice test with detailed answer explanations

*Diagnostic test

*Complete content review

*Effective strategies for the PCAT