The Renal Drug Handbook, 3rd Edition

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She has been the Chair of the UK Renal Pharmacy Group since 1996, and was made Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, UCL School of Pharmacy in 2011.

The section on hemodialysis features expanded chapters on physiologic principles, acute hemodialysis, urea kinetic modeling, and vascular access, while the section on peritoneal dialysis has been extensively reworked by a new editor and now includes two new chapters. After your trial expires, choose a pricing plan that suits the size of your organisation and the number of users. If relevant, other useful information about drug interactions, administration, adverse effects more commonly seen in patients with kidney impairment and monitoring is also included.

Wide dissemination of this 4 th edition (2014) will help healthcare professionals who prescribe and more importantly protect their patients from avoidable harm. She was Chair of the Uk Renal Pharmacy Group from 1996 to 2016, and was made Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, UCL School of Pharmacy in 2011. This essential resource provides pharmacists with timely, trusted and easily-accessible information to support prescribing decisions for patients with renal impairment including renal replacement therapy. Readers can test their knowledge with a bank of multiple-choice questions and put it into practice by answering questions that patients frequently ask. She is the coeditor of both Th e Renal Drug Handbook and the Introduction to Renal Th erapeutics, and sits on the editorial board of the British Journal of Renal Medicine.The Renal Drug Handbook: The Ultimate Prescribing Guide for Renal Practitioners, 5th Edition 5th Edition is written by Caroline Ashley; Aileen Dunleavy and published by CRC Press. In concise, readable, well-illustrated chapters, the book outlines the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care. The information contained within The Renal Drug Handbook is validated and governed by the UK Renal Pharmacy Group (UKRPG).

Aileen Dunleavy is the Senior Specialist Pharmacist for Renal Services at the University Hospital Crosshouse, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, with 20 years' renal experience. Written by members of the UK Renal Pharmacy Group, this book will be of particular interest to anyone new to, or planning a career in, renal pharmacy. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Offers the latest on donor-specific tolerance, xenotransplantation, transplant immunosuppression, and chronic allograft failure User-friendly format Current references NEW TO THIS EDITION: Immunobiology and immunosuppression chapters have been completely rewritten to reflect recent advance.

Each monograph has a standard format, which includes information about the drug’s clinical use, its dose in normal renal function, and its pharmacokinetics and metabolism. The Renal Drug Handbook provides essential information on drug dosing in patients with different levels of kidney function. It will also be of interest to nonspecialists who deal with renal patients and to pharmacy students, and to any healthcare professional with an interest in renal medicine. Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians and surgeons who manage kidney transplant patients and for nurses and other professionals on the transplant team. Overall, this is an excellent handbook for anybody who wants to learn about drugs at a glance or wishes a quality reference for prescribing for those with renal impairment.The current fifth edition was fully updated prior to publication in 2018 and provides healthcare professionals with a single reference of easily retrievable, practical information relating to drug use, sourced from the practical experience of renal units throughout the UK, available in both print and eBook formats. Included in this update are over 130 new drugs and a new section on drug metabolism and excretion in each drug monograph. Individuals with renal disease require continuing support and care throughout their lives from renal nurses and other members of the inter-professional renal team.