Concepts in clinical pharmacokinetics /

DiPiro, Joseph T.

Concepts in clinical pharmacokinetics / Joseph T. DiPiro [and four others]. - Fifth edition - Unites States of America : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2010 - xi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes index.

Introduction to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics -- Basic pharmacokinetics -- Half-life, elimination rate, and AUC -- Intravenous Bolus Administration, multipe drug administration, and steady-state average concentrations -- Relationships of pharmacokinetic parameters and intravenous intermittent and continous infusions -- Two-compartment models -- Biopharmaceutics : absoption -- Drug distribution and protein binding -- Drug elimination processes -- Nonlinear processes -- Pharmacokinetic variation and model-independent relationships -- Aminoglycosides -- Vancomycin -- Theophylline -- Phenytoin and digoxin

Pharmacokinetics concepts are further illustrated by application to clinical dosing cases, including aminoglycocides, nacomycin, theophylline, digoxin, and phenytoin.

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PHAMACOKINETICS

RM 301.5 .D57 2010