Book Description | Comprehensive and current, this one-of-a-kind resource offers students and practitioners an ideal reference in therapeutic decision-making. "Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical Pharmacology" builds the necessary links among scientific principles, fact-based evidence, and clinical experience. Designed to aid physicians at all levels in improving the quality of treatment and providing optimal pharmotherapeutic plans for patients, this resource outlines a problem-based approach to therapy that emphasizes the rationale behind it. Fully updated to keep pace with advances in medicine, "Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical Pharmacology" is 75 per cent new and substantially revised, with new coverage of antimicrobials, kinetics and dynamics, interactions, and more.With chapters written by leading international experts in many therapeutic fields, this resource provides: in-depth discussions of the principles of therapeutic choice that apply across multiple types of treatment; chapters on treatments for pulmonary, infectious, cardiovascular, psychiatric, hematologic diseases, and other areas frequently encountered in internal medicine; coverage of special-case scenarios, such as stages of life and patients with various needs; and, easy-to-find practical information on evidence of effectiveness, toxicity, cost/benefit ratios, acute effects, and long-term outcomes. |