Geriatric dosage handbook
Subtitle: including clinical recommendations and monitoring guidelines
By: [senior editors] Todd P. Semla, Judith L. Beizer, Martin D. Higbee
Edition: 19th edition.
Series: Lexi-Comp drug reference handbooks; Lexi-Comp's drug reference handbooks
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lexi-Comp
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Hudson, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1605
ISBN-13: 9781591953289
Subjects: Drug Therapy; Drug Interactions; Aged; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Administration & dosage; Drugs; Handbooks, manuals; Dosage; Geriatric pharmacology
Description: "This handbook follows a dictionary-like format, with brand and generic drug names alphabetically organized and cross-referenced by page number to the generic drug monograph. Monographs feature geriatric-sensitive information, including drug interactions and dosing in the elderly, adults, and patients with renal and/or hepatic impairment."--back cover.
Notes: "Updates to this edition -- 18 new drug monographs -- New fields: usual infusion concentrations: adult, dosing: obesity, dosage forms considerations -- New appendix topics: injectable agents (non-insulin) for type 2 diabetes, oral antidiabetic agents comparison table, oral antiplatelet comparison chart -- Updated appendix content: immunization recommendations, renal function estimation in adult patients, prevention of infectious endocarditis, injectable heparins/heparinoids comparison table"--back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.