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Overview
The Drug Information Handbook, 21st Edition, continues Lexicomp's tradition of delivering trusted, pharma-free pharmacotherapy knowledge to healthcare professionals. This resource follows a user-friendly, dictionary-like format, providing clinicians with fast access to Lexicomp's clear, concise drug information.
Endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), Lexicomp's Drug Information Handbook is relied on daily by clinicians everywhere to improve medication safety and enhance patient care.
Benefits
Lexicomp's Drug Information Handbook covers over 5,500 medications and features 43 new monographs and hundreds of updates to existing content. Each monograph encompasses up to 37 fields of information, including detailed content on dosage, drug interactions and adverse reactions. Supplementing Lexicomp's drug information is a comprehensive Appendix offering charts, tables, treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations and a Pharmacologic Category Index listing all drugs within their unique pharmacologic class.
Updates to this Edition
Sample Pages
- 43 New Drug Monographs
- New Appendix Topics
- Renal Function Estimation in Adults Patients
- Renal Function Estimation in Pediatric Patients
- Immunization Administration Recommendations
- Appendix Updates
- Immune Globulin Products
- Immunization Recommendations
- Contrast Media Reactions, Premedication for Prophylaxis
- Diabetes Mellitus Management, Adults
- Status Epilepticus
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