Clinical Pharmacokinetics - Softcover

Pharmacokinetics is the study of the process of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. The aim of applying pharmacokinetic principles is to individualise the dose of drug, and optimise the outcome achieved in each patient. Its application reduces the chance of under-treatment, inadvertent poisoning, and dose related adverse effects. This new textbook is a guide to the use of pharmacokinetic principles in routine clinical practice. Contents include: - Basic pharmacokinetics and equations glossary -Therapeutic drug monitoring - Pharmacokinetics in renal impairment, liver dysfunction and in the elderly -Specific chapters on various drug monographs -Clinical case reports -Self-study clinical cases with answers as a self directed learning resource Clinical pharmacokinetics will be useful to pharmacists, students and other health professionals in everyday clinical situations. Soraya Dhillon is Foundation Professor and Head of School of Pharmacy at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

'...the language in the book [is] easy to understand, the font and format appealing and the chapter layout clear and uncluttered...overall this is a useful pharmacokinetics book providing background information and guidance not only to academic students of Pharmacokinetics but also to those needing to apply the principles of pharmacokinetics to real-life clinical situations.'
Irish Pharmacy Journal, December 2006, 457 (Irish Pharmacy Journal)

'The editors have been successful in making Clinical Pharmcokinetics a quick reference for practical, real-life pharmacokinetic examples...this reference would be a useful supplemental guide for pharmacy students and a helpful addition to pharmacy libraries in patient-care arenas and colleges of pharmacy.' Laurie S Mauro, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2006; 40: 1893 (Laurie S. Mauro The Annals of Pharmacotherapy)

'This book is a very practical and relevant resource for any health professional working with drugs which require the application of pharmacokinetic principles because of their narrow therapeutic range, or with patients whose metabolism of drugs may be altered because of their age, renal or liver function...it would also be valuable for students wanting a current resource covering pharmacokinetic principles and relating them to clinical application.'
New Zealand Pharmacy, October 2006 (New Zealand Pharmacy)