App: Canadian DrugGuide Physicians
Developer: Skyscape Medpresso Inc
Genres: Medical, Education

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Canadian version 5,000 trade & generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products. 150 drug classifications. 1200+ Audio pronunciations. 1400+ drug monographs.

Davis’s Canadian Drug Guide for Physicians, delivers all of the information you need to administer medications safely across the lifespan—well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic and thousands of trade-name drugs—along with the Canadian-specific information you want.
NEW IN THIS UPDATE :

- NEW! Added 22 New Monographs.
- NEW! 563 updated Monographs.
- NEW! Added 2 New Indices – BEERS, REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy).

BONUS!
FREE DIGITAL ACCESS
One-year subscription to Davis’s Canadian Drug Guide for Physicians ® via WebView - Skyscape's online tool. You’ll have access to over 1,400 monographs from your desktop, laptop, or any mobile device with a web browser.

LIFE-SAVING GUIDANCE…AT A GLANCE
- Canadian-specific content 
- Full monographs on drugs approved for use in Canada that are not FDA-approved for use in the US.
- Additional Canadian trade names for many US-approved generic drugs; identified by a maple leaf icon.
- A summary of the similarities and differences between pharmaceutical practices in the US and Canada.
- Canadian Advisory Board of clinicians, educators, and students.
- Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients

Completely updated with expanded coverage on vulnerable populations including:
- New indications and dosing recommendations for top 100 pediatric drugs
- Pediatric, geriatric, and OB medication administration considerations
- A complete immunization schedule
- Special techniques for administering medications to children
- Oral rehydration solutions
- Drugs and breast feeding
- List of drugs associated with increased number of falls in the elderly

More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including:
- Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury and information throughout the monograph that explain what the nurse can do to ensure patient safety
- "Do not confuse with" and "Do not crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted to support safe practice
- Information on how to prevent administration errors, detect dosing and dispensing errors, and detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s.
- Explanations on how to administer medication safely by all routes – including signs and symptoms for toxicity and overdose, safe handling tips and how to educate patients for safe medication use in the home

- No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms.

SUBSCRIPTION :

Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates.

Yearly auto-renewing payments- $38.99

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Author(s): April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN, Cynthia A. Sanoski, BS, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

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