Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual Manual

This portable reference provides current, on-the-spot information on how to use every approved cardiovascular medication in adults and children, and the scientific rationale for their use. A clinical distillation of the editors' comprehensive and highly respected Cardiovascular Therapeutics textbook this totally revised, treatment-centered manual features:*Indications, contraindications, dosage, side effects, pharmacokinetics, and adverse reactions for all approved cardiovascular drugs, including the latest therapeutic agents *Rationales and usage guidelines for therapeutic strategies *Abundant tables and charts that summarize important clinical choices *Handy appendices that quickly provide guidance on special considerations -- pregnancy, renal insufficiency, hepatic disease and/or congestive heart failure, the elderly, ethnic issues, and more *Considerations for managing patients on multi-drug regimensNEW TO THIS EDITION: *The latest anticoagulants, thrombolytics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and cholesterol-lowering drugs *Innovative therapies for treating hypertension, angina, MI, peripheral vascular disease, and more *New treatment guidelines reflecting the most recent clinical trials *Use of alternative/complementary medicine (herbals, vitamins, fish oil, hormones)Frishman, William H. is the author of 'Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics Manual Manual', published 2003 under ISBN 9780071373630 and ISBN 0071373632.