The Renal Drug Handbook, 3rd Edition

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The BNF is rarely used as a sole information source for managing medicines in renal impairment. Renal Drug Handbook and Renal Drug Database provide healthcare professionals with a single reference of easily retrievable, practical information relating to drug use, sourced from the practical experience of renal units throughout the UK. By referring to the monographs, the user is guided in how to prescribe, prepare and administer the drug with due regard to potentially serious drug interactions and to any renal replacement therapy the patient may be undergoing. Altered pharmacokinetics of some drugs, i.e. changes in absorption, tissue distribution, extent of plasma protein binding, metabolism and excretion. In renal impairment these parameters are often variable and interrelated in a complex manner. This may be further complicated if the patient is undergoing renal replacement therapy. One limitation is that the handbook is a UK publication so some of the drugs and dosing recommendations are not relevant to the Australian situation. Perhaps a consideration for future editions might be to include some general comments on the use of various drug classes in patients with renal disease. Blood Results in Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide to Interpreting Blood Test Results - 2nd ed. (2019)

CRC Press publishes medical books across a wide range of therapy areas including Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Science, Infectious Disease, Oncology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. CRC Press authors and editors are among the leaders in medical science, and many of our publications document the notable contributions they have made to their own specialist fields. You can find details about all our books by visiting https://www.crcpress.com/medicine Renal function generally declines with age, and many elderly patients have a GFR less than 50 mL/min which, because of reduced muscle mass, may not be reflected by an elevated creatinine. Consequently, one can justifiably assume mild renal impairment when prescribing for the elderly. The use of drugs in patients with impaired renal function can give rise to problems for several reasons: The Renal Drug Database is not intended to offer definitive advice or guidance on how drugs should be used in patients with renal impairment, nor is it a comprehensive and complete list of all drugs licensed in the UK.provide a practice-based review of drug utilisation in renal units across the UK indicating, where appropriate, any local methods of use, licensed or otherwise.

A universally-trusted resource, this edition of The Renal Drug Handbook contains over 800 drug monographs comprising prescribing information for clinical and medicines information pharmacists.Pharmaceutical Preformulation and Formulation: a Practical Guide from Candidate Drug Selection to Commercial Dosage Form - 2nd ed. (2009) The Renal Drug Database (subscription required) is available online and as a handbook. Both contain: