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    Drug prescribing in renal failure : dosing guidelines for adults and children / George R. Aronoff [and others].

    • Title:Drug prescribing in renal failure : dosing guidelines for adults and children / George R. Aronoff [and others].
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Aronoff, George R., 1950-
      American College of Physicians.
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, ©2007.
    • Holdings

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects: Kidneys--Diseases--Chemotherapy.
      Drugs--Dosage.
    • Medical Subjects:Kidney Failure--drug therapy.
      Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
    • Edition:5th ed.
    • Description:272 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
    • Summary:"Here is the pocket guide to drug dosing for patients with impaired renal function. Tables put the information you need at your fingertips when determining adult dosages for more than 450 drugs. Pediatric dosing information is included. This fifth edition: details the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs in patients with renal failure; emphasizes those medications eliminated by the kidney as well as the importance of the patient's glomerular filtration rate (GFR); includes recommendations for supplemental drug dosing during renal replacement therapies; and covers antimicrobial and antiviral agents, antihypertensive and cardiovascular agents, analgesics, sedatives and hypnotics, and miscellaneous agents."--Jacket.
    • Notes:Previous edition: 1998.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-264) and index.
    • ISBN:9781930513761
      1930513763
    • Contents:Adult Tables
      Analgesics
      Antihypertensive and Cardiovascular Agents
      Antimicrobial Agents
      Miscellaneous Agents
      Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Other Drugs Used in Psychiatry
      Pediatric Tables
      Analgesics
      Antihypertensive and Cardiovascular Agents
      Antimicrobial Agents
      Miscellaneous Agents
      Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Other Drugs Used in Psychiatry.
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