Clinical Pharmacy Pocket Companion is an A-Z pocket book containing concise and practical pharmaceutical information for clinical pharmacists. It provides the user with a range of tools, suggestions and advice to assist in the provision of pharmaceutical care.

Bringing together disparate information not easily found in other reference sources, this pocket book deals with obscure problems as well as routine queries arising from:

• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• Electrolyte disturbances
• Management of disease states
• Perioperative drug administration.

This is a useful, practical guide in a handy format. It will be an invaluable tool for practicing pharmacists and also a helpful study aid for pharmacy students.

Acetylcysteine for nebulisation

Adverse drug reactions

Alcoholism

Anaemias

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Antipsychotics

Apomorphine in Parkinson's disease

Appetite stimulation

Aspirin

Asthma management principles

Benzodiazepines and hypnotics

Bicarbonate

Bisphosphonates and tumour-induced hypercalcaemia

Body surface area

Calcium

Carbamazepine

Chloramphenicol (systemic)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ciclosporin

Clinical trials

Clozapine

Corticosteroid oral/intravenous conversion

C-reactive protein

Cytotoxic chemotherapy waste management

Danger symptoms

D-dimer

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome

Digoxin

Dobutamine dosing and administration

Dopamine dosing and administration

Doxycycline: counselling points

Enoxaparin: dosing in unstable angina

Enteral feeding systems and drug administration

Epidural analgesia

Epilepsy: antiepileptic drugs

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Extravasation

Eye drops: use and care

Eye ointments: use and care

Fluid balance

Folinate rescue regimen

Gentamicin

Glucocortocoid-induced osteoporosis

Glucose testing: monitoring diabetes

Grapefruit juice-drug interactions

Haemofiltration

Human immunodeficiency virus drugs

Hypodermoclysis

Ideal body weight

Immunoglobulin for intravenous administration

Inhaler management

Injections

Insulins

Insulin, intravenous infusion: use of sliding scales

Intravascular devices

Iron (parenteral)

Lansoprazole

Lithium

Liver disease

Liver function tests

Low-molecular-weight heparins

Magnesium

Medication history-taking

Mesna

Methadone

Nausea and vomiting management

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Nicotine replacement therapy

'Nil by mouth'

Nitrate tolerance

Omeprazole-parenteral administration

Pain management

Paraneoplastic fever and sweats

Patient-controlled analgesia

Perindopril

Pharmacocultural issues

Phenytoin

Phosphate

Potassium

Prescription charge exemptions and pre-payment certificates

Regimen or regime?

Renal function

Retinal/fundal ocular examination

Rheumatoid arthritis

Salmeterol inhalers

Sclerosants for pleurodesis in the management of malignant pleural effusions

Serotonin syndrome

Sodium

Spirometry

Sterile larvae and wound care

Streptokinase, unlicensed uses

Stroke guidelines

Suppositories

Surgical pharmacy

Synacthen (tetracosactide) tests

Syringe drivers

Theophylline

Thyroid function

Tinzaparin: dosing in DVT and prophylaxis of PE

Tobramycin

Total parenteral nutrition

Troponins

Tuberculosis

Urokinase

Vancomycin

Vitamins and minerals

Warfarin

Yellow card scheme

Zinc

01-Jul-07, Die Pharmazie
'A total of five appendices supplement the handbook with common medical abbreviations, laboratory reference values, imperial to metric conversion tables and useful web addresses...the Clinical Pharmacy Pocket Companion can be highly recommended not only for clinical pharmacists but also for health professionals in general.'
Hug (Freiburg). Die Pharmazie. Vol 62. July 2007

01-May-07, The Future Pharmacist
'It contains concise information drawn from many sources and is presented in an A-Z fashion that is easy to access and pleasant to read...it is a valuable resource for any clinical pharmacist and a handy reference guide for students...I found it helpful and easy to use and would recommend it to any pharmacy student'
Husam jafar, Future Pharmacist, Spring 2007

09-Jun-07, The Pharmaceutical Journal
'The information content is practical and covers a good range of standard clinical conditions...as a practical reference I like this book...I would recommend its use to all.'
Andrzej Kostrzewski, student. The Pharmaceutical Journal, 2007, 278 (7455), 685