Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Sixth Edition

Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics has helped thousands of students and practitioners through five editions by simplifying a complex subject. The authors have thoroughly reviewed, revised, and redesigned the text to enhance the reader's grasp of the material. This 6th Edition offers a superior approach to understanding pharmacokinetics through extensive use of clinical correlates, figures, and questions and answers.

Inside you will find:

• Content broken into 15 easy-to-follow lessons, perfect for a semester.
• Practice quizzes in 11 chapters to chart progress.
• Four chapters completely devoted to clinical cases.
• More information on hemodialysis
• More on pharmacogenetics
• More on plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) calculations
• A phenytoin “cheat sheet” to help you through the calculations maze
• New vancomycin cases based on higher desired vancomycin levels and trough-only dose estimations
• More on modified diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula versus Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula methods
• More theory and problems on extended interval aminoglycosides.

Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics has helped thousands of students and practitioners through five editions by simplifying a complex subject. The authors have thoroughly reviewed, revised, and redesigned the text to enhance the reader's grasp of the material. This 6th Edition offers a superior approach to understanding pharmacokinetics through extensive use of clinical correlates, figures, and questions and answers.

Inside you will find:

• Content broken into 15 easy-to-follow lessons, perfect for a semester.
• Practice quizzes in 11 chapters to chart progress.
• Four chapters completely devoted to clinical cases.
• More information on hemodialysis
• More on pharmacogenetics
• More on plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) calculations
• A phenytoin “cheat sheet” to help you through the calculations maze
• New vancomycin cases based on higher desired vancomycin levels and trough-only dose estimations
• More on modified diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula versus Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula methods
• More theory and problems on extended interval aminoglycosides.

Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics has helped thousands of students and practitioners through five editions by simplifying a complex subject. The authors have thoroughly reviewed, revised, and redesigned the text to enhance the reader's grasp of the material. This 6th Edition offers a superior approach to understanding pharmacokinetics through extensive use of clinical correlates, figures, and questions and answers.

Inside you will find:

• Content broken into 15 easy-to-follow lessons, perfect for a semester.
• Practice quizzes in 11 chapters to chart progress.
• Four chapters completely devoted to clinical cases.
• More information on hemodialysis
• More on pharmacogenetics
• More on plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) calculations
• A phenytoin “cheat sheet” to help you through the calculations maze
• New vancomycin cases based on higher desired vancomycin levels and trough-only dose estimations
• More on modified diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula versus Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula methods
• More theory and problems on extended interval aminoglycosides.