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Clinical Challenges in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Special
Populations, Physiological Conditions and Pharmacogenomic_s focuses on
critical issues in therapeutic drug monitoring including special
requirements of therapeutic drug monitoring important to special
populations (infants and children, pregnant women, elderly patients,
and obese patients). The book also covers issues of free drug
monitoring and common interferences in using immunoassays for
therapeutic drug monitoring.
This book is essential reading for any clinician, fellow, or trainee
who wants to gain greater insight into the process of therapeutic drug
monitoring for individual dosage adjustment and avoiding drug toxicity
for certain drugs within a narrow therapeutic window. The book is
written specifically for busy clinicians, fellows, and trainees who
order therapeutic drug monitoring and need to get more familiar with
testing methodologies, issues of interferences, and interpretation of
results in certain patient populations.
* Offers busy clinicians, pathologists, and trainees a concise
resource on the key aspects and critical issues in therapeutic drug
monitoring
* Focuses on patient populations such as infants and children,
pregnant women, elderly patients, and obese patients, who have special
requirements in therapeutic drug monitoring
* Explores special topics in therapeutic drug monitoring including
free drug monitoring and common immunoassay interference
* Explains how individual dosage adjustments can prevent drug
toxicity for certain drugs within a narrow therapeutic window
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780128020258
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier (S&T)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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