Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice

Description

A comprehensive study/revision guide which summarises the basic principles in pharmacy practice. It comprises 70 concise chapters covering clinical pharmacy in both community and hospital settings, as well as the practice of pharmacy in other areas.

This text is an essential resource for pharmacy students studying for exams, providing clear, bulleted information for quick reference and short questions at the end of each chapter to aid exam preparation.

Essential information is covered in the following five sections of the book:

• introduction to pharmacy
• clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutics
• responding to symptoms in community pharmacy
• pharmacy information and research
• pharmacy systems.

This book follows and complements three other titles which were also edited by Professor Azzopardi: Further MCQs in Pharmacy Practice (2006), MCQs in Clinical Pharmacy (2007) and MCQs in Pharmacy Practice 2nd edition (September 2009). Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice will help to prepare students for what they will experience when they start practising in real-life healthcare settings. It will also apply to practitioners in their day-to-day work, aiding pharmacists in their efforts to stay abreast and maintain competency.

Contents

1. Historical Perspectives
2. Pharmacy Practice and the Healthcare System
3. Medicine Presentation and Administration
4. Medicine Safety
5. Community Pharmacy Practice
6. Dispensing Prescriptions
7. Health Promotion
8. Communication Skills and Patient Counselling
9. Compliance, Adherence and Concordance
10. Mathematical Principles of Drug Therapy
11. Point-of-Care Testing
12. Pharmaceutical Care Plans
13. Medicine Action
14. Clinical Pharmacokinetics
15. Constipation and Diarrhoea
16. Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease and Peptic Ulcer Disease
17. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Chronic Bowel Disorders
18. Emesis
19. Cardiovascular Disorders
20. Hypertension
21. Ischaemic Heart Disease
22. Congestive Heart Failure
23. Hyperlipidaemia
24. Thrombosis
25. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder and Allergic Rhinitis
26. Schizophrenia
27. Mood Disorders
28. Anxiety Disorders
29. Sleep Disorders
30. Eating Disorders
31. Pain Management and Fever
32. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
33. Parkinson's Disease
34. Anti-infective Agents
35. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
36. Viral Hepatitis
37. Thyroid Disorders
38. Diabetes Mellitus
39. Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
40. Menstrual Cycle Disorders and Contraception
41. Genito-urinary Disorders
42. Cancer and Palliative Care
43. Anaemia and Drug-induced Blood Dyscrasias
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
45. Osteoarthritis and Gout
46. Bone Disorders
47. Skin Disorders
48. Wound Management
49. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
50. Drug Therapy in Paediatric Patients
51. Drugs Used in Pregnancy and During Lactation
52. Critical Care Therapeutics
53. Recent Advances in Pharmacotherapy
54. Colds and Influenza
55. Eye
56. Oral and Dental
57. Foot
58. Ear
59. Musculoskeletal
60. Abdominal Pain, Perianal and Perivulval Pruritus
61. Travel Medicine
62. Pharmacy Literature and Medicine Information
63. Medical Writing
64. Research Methodology
65. Primary Care Health Services
66. Community Pharmacy Management
67. Hospital Pharmacy Services
68. Formulary Systems
69. Medicines Regulatory Affairs
70. Quality Standards in Community Pharmacy Practice