Prescribing Scenarios at a Glance.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- List of abbreviations -- How to use your textbook -- About the companion website -- Introduction: Practical prescribing scenarios -- Purpose of the book -- How to use this book -- Contents -- Cases -- Working through the cases -- Model answers -- Disclaimer -- The prescribing process -- How to decide what to prescribe -- How to write the prescription -- The tools -- Writing a legal prescription -- Components of a prescription -- Practical considerations -- Writing a prescription -- Dose calculations -- Dosing by body weight -- Converting doses between common units -- Converting doses between concentrations expressed as percentage and mass -- Calculations for drug infusions -- Minimising medication errors -- Types of error and their prevention -- Section 1: The acute take -- Cases -- 1 An 82-year-old woman who requires venous thromboembolism prophylaxis -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 2 A 104-year-old woman with respiratory failure -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 3 A 64-year-old man with severe acute abdominal pain -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 4 A 55-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 5 A 32-year-old man with community-acquired pneumonia -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 6 A 45-year-old woman with status epilepticus -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 7 A 27-year-old woman with suspected bacterial meningitis -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 8 A 31-year-old woman with paracetamol overdose -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 9 A 59-year-old man with acute pulmonary oedema -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task.

10 A 24-year-old woman with acute asthma -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 11 A 57-year-old man who has suddenly deteriorated -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 12 An 84-year-old man taking warfarin who has a headache -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 13 A 66-year-old man with acute coronary syndrome -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 14 A 67-year-old man with an exacerbation of COPD -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- Answers -- 1 An 82-year-old woman who requires venous thromboembolism prophylaxis -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 2 A 104-year-old woman with respiratory failure -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading/useful references -- 3 A 64-year-old man with severe acute abdominal pain -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 4 A 55-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 5 A 32-year-old man with community-acquired pneumonia -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 6 A 45-year-old woman with status epilepticus -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 7 A 27-year-old woman with suspected bacterial meningitis -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 8 A 31-year-old woman with paracetamol overdose -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe?.

How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 9 A 59-year-old man with acute pulmonary oedema -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescriptions? -- Further reading -- 10 A 24-year-old woman with acute asthma -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 11 A 57-year-old man who has suddenly deteriorated -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 12 An 84-year-old man taking warfarin who has a headache -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 13 A 66-year-old man with acute coronary syndrome -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 14 A 67-year-old man with an exacerbation of COPD -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- Section 2: On call in the hospital -- Cases -- 15 A 91-year-old man with hypoglycaemia -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 16 A 60-year-old woman requesting night sedation -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 17 A 62-year-old man with suspected opioid toxicity -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 18 A 58-year-old man who has low blood pressure -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 19 A 44-year-old woman who is 'nil by mouth' -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 20 A 59-year-old man with circulatory compromise -- History -- Examination -- Task -- 21 A 15-month-old girl with gastroenteritis -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 22 A 5-year-old boy with a painful right arm -- History -- Examination -- Task.

Suggested resource -- 23 A 12-hour-old boy with signs of sepsis -- History -- Examination -- Task -- 24 A 60-year-old man who has developed a hot joint -- History -- Examination -- Task -- 25 A 65-year-old man with hypokalaemia -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 26 A 69-year-old woman being treated with gentamicin -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 27 A 69-year-old man anticoagulated with warfarin -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 28 A 28-year-old woman with nausea -- History -- Examination -- From the anaesthetic chart -- Task -- 29 A 29-year-old man who is in pain following an operation -- History -- Examination -- Task -- 30 A 49-year-old man due to undergo surgery -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 31 A 79-year-old woman with acute kidney injury -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 32 An 85-year-old woman with hospital-acquired pneumonia -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 33 A 47-year-old man who has developed an abnormal liver profile -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 34 An 83-year-old man who develops diarrhoea -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 35 An 88-year-old man with hyperkalaemia -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- 36 A 69-year-old woman with acute alcohol withdrawal -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Task -- Answers -- 15 A 91-year-old man with hypoglycaemia -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 16 A 60-year-old woman requesting night sedation -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 17 A 62-year-old man with suspected opioid toxicity -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe?.

How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 18 A 58-year-old man who has low blood pressure -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 19 A 44-year-old woman who is 'nil by mouth' -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 20 A 59-year-old man with circulatory compromise -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 21 A 15-month-old girl with gastroenteritis -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 22 A 5-year-old boy with a painful right arm -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 23 A 12-hour-old boy with signs of sepsis -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 24 A 60-year-old man who has developed a hot joint -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 25 A 65-year-old man with hypokalaemia -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- 26 A 69-year-old woman being treated with gentamicin -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 27 A 69-year-old man anticoagulated with warfarin -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 28 A 28-year-old woman with nausea -- What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe? -- How do I write the prescription? -- Further reading -- 29 A 29-year-old man who is in pain following an operation.

What should I consider when deciding what to prescribe?.

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