This unique resource offers the most up-to-date information available on the biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical indications, dosage, toxicity, and cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial agents for geriatric patients with infections. Presents the proper approaches to antimicrobial therapy for all older patients, including the critically ill, the ambulatory, nursing home residents, and those receiving therapy at home! Describing in detail antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, and antiviral drugs, Antimicrobial Therapy ...
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This unique resource offers the most up-to-date information available on the biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical indications, dosage, toxicity, and cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial agents for geriatric patients with infections. Presents the proper approaches to antimicrobial therapy for all older patients, including the critically ill, the ambulatory, nursing home residents, and those receiving therapy at home! Describing in detail antibacterial, antimycobacterial, antifungal, and antiviral drugs, Antimicrobial Therapy in the Elderly Patient discusses differences in the epidemiology, etiology, morbidity, mortality, and clinical manifestations found in older patients furnishes research and clinical results on how aging affects the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics as well as resistance to infections reviews the antibiotics most widely prescribed for elderly patients gives specific recommendations on dosages, routes of administration, and monitoring for adverse side effects examines antimicrobial prophylaxis and vaccinations and more!
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584 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text clean and binding tight. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
