DrDrugs: Guide for Physicians

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Davis’s Drug Guide for Physicians, 20th Edition is a trusted drug reference designed for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. It delivers essential information needed to prescribe and manage medications safely across the lifespan. The guide features well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names, emphasizing clinical prescribing, monitoring, administration, and patient management.

This comprehensive resource enhances patient safety with high-alert medication markers, life-threatening side effects highlighted in red bold text, REMS icons for high-risk drugs, and detailed guidance on drug interactions. It also includes special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy, lactation, and reproductive-age patients.

The 20th Edition provides comprehensive prescribing information physicians need to deliver optimal patient care. DrDrugs includes 700+ built-in drug dosing calculation tools, enabling users to review a drug, calculate dosage, and administer medication seamlessly within a single workflow.

Comprehensive coverage on 1,400+ drug monographs including more than:
- 5,000 trade & generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products
- 150 drug classifications, both therapeutic and pharmacologic (if available)
- 500 commonly used combination drugs, including the dosage amount of the active generic ingredient
- Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, & geriatric patients

Coverage on vulnerable populations including:
- New indications & dosing recommendations for top 100 pediatric drugs
- Pediatric, geriatric & OB medication administration considerations
- A complete immunization schedule
- Special techniques for administering medications to children
- Oral rehydration solutions
- Drugs and breast feeding
- List of drugs associated with increased number of falls in the elderly

More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including:
- Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury & information throughout the monograph that explain what the physician can do to ensure patient safety
- “Do not confuse with" & "Do not crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted to support safe practice
- Information on how to prevent administration errors, detect dosing & dispensing errors & detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s.
- Explanations on how to administer medication safely by all routes–including signs and symptoms for toxicity & overdose, safe handling tips & how to educate patients for safe medication use in the home

Plus integrated dosing calculators-700+ built in weight-based drug dosing calculation tools, simply review a drug, calculate the dose & administer all in a single step, without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program.

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Author(s): Cynthia A. Sanoski
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

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