Pitfalls in Prescribing: and How to Avoid Them

by Hugh McGavock

Five percent of all accident and emergency admissions are caused by prescribed medicines. This figure rises to an alarming twelve percent in elderly patients. This may be through inappropriate use or dosage, side effects, drug: drug interactions, failing metabolism in the liver and reduced excretion by the kidneys. Also, erratic compliance with drug taking by a large proportion of patients complicates and sometimes worsens iatrogenic harm. This practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184619332X
• ISBN13: 9781846193323
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"