Prescribing Reference for Advanced Healthcare Providers

This concise and easy-to-read guide is a valuable resource for advanced healthcare providers involved in primary care management of patients with acute, episodic, and chronic health problems. Organized alphabetically by clinical diagnosis, it provides quick access to essential information in all clinical settings.

Comprehensive Pharmacotherapy Regimens

The guide covers over 500 clinical diagnoses, providing CDC- and FDA-approved pharmacotherapy regimens, along with clinically useful information. Each diagnosis includes:

• Appropriate drug choices listed alphabetically by generic name, including trade name, FDA pregnancy category, and drug availability in generic or over-the-counter forms
• Adult and pediatric dosing regimens, dosage forms, and drug additives
• Comments highlighting clinically important information, such as laboratory values, precautions, and contraindications, and safety information

Convenient Appendices

The guide features 30 easy-to-use tables in the appendices, including:

• Childhood and adult immunization schedules
• Contraceptive guidance
• Categories of glucocorticosteroids
• Anti-infectives by class, and more

Quick Drug Identification

An index of drugs by generic and brand name, with FDA pregnancy category and controlled drug schedule, facilitates quick identification of drugs by alternate names, and relative safety during pregnancy.

Additional Benefits

• Includes free eBook with regular updates
• Facilitates speedy drug prescribing information retrieval for primary care providers in all settings
• Organizes over 500 diagnoses alphabetically for ease of use

Product Details:

Paperback: 742 pages

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (August 31, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0826166660

ISBN-13: 978-0826166661

Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 4.8 x 7 inches

This comprehensive prescribing reference is an essential tool for advanced healthcare providers, providing up-to-date information and facilitating informed decision-making in primary care management.