Pocket Prescriber Pulmonary Medicine

Pocket Prescriber Pulmonary Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the ‘must-have’ information that clinical professionals treating patients with respiratory conditions need to know. This book provides focused information for all health professionals prescribing drugs for or to patients with a respiratory condition and is an essential guide for pulmonologists, intensive care physicians, emergency medicine doctors and general practitioners and nurse prescribers, in training and in practice.

Common/Useful Drugs
Drug Selection
Antimicrobials
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Chronic Cough
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Cystic Fibrosis
Interstitial Lung Disease
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Lung Cancer
Lung Transplantation
Paliative Care and Subcutaneous Pumps
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Vasculitis
Sarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
How to Prescribe
Anticoagulants
Controlled Drugs
Inhalers and Nebulisers
Intravenous Fluids
Oxygen
Sedation for Bronchoscopy
Corticosteroids and Other Immunosuppressive Agents
Thrombolysis

Miscellaneous
Chest Drains and Pleural Procedures
Flying and Diving
Non-invasive and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation
Pleural Effusion and Thoracic Ultrasound
Pleurodesis
Pulmonary Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disease
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Sleep Apnoea and Hypoventilation
Smoking Cessation and Nicotine Replacement
Emergencies
Acute Asthma
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Altitude Sickness
Anaphylaxis
Bronchiectasis Exacerbation
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
COPD Exacerbation
Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbation
Haemoptysis
Oncology Emergencies
Pulmonary Embolism
Pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Respiratory Failure
Sickle Cell Disease and Acute Chest Syndrome
Upper Airway Obstruction
Reference Information
Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation
Lung Function Interpretation
Notifiable Diseases and Causative Organisms
Drug-induced Respiratory Disease