L. Carl – Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation

Автор: L. Carl
Название книги: Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 641
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation discusses the effects of medications in the rehabilitation process and assists rehabilitation professionals in designing patient-specific therapy plans based on coexisting disease states and medications used.
Clinicians and teachers are often left
with questions when using currently available
pharmacology textbooks written for those who
care for patients undergoing rehabilitation.
These textbooks tend to discuss pharmacology
as a separate entity and fail to integrate pharmacology
into clinical practice in a practical
manner that helps the rehabilitation therapist
or specialist design a patient-specific therapy
plan based on each patient’s coexisting disease
states and medication therapies.
Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation grew
out of awareness that a need exists for a textbook
for students and a reference book for
practicing rehabilitation professionals that
takes an interdisciplinary approach to discussing
medications and integrates medication
use with nonpharmacologic therapies in the
rehabilitation patient. Practical Pharmacology in
Rehabilitation, written by a team that includes a
clinical pharmacist, a speech–language pathologist,
and a physical therapist and athletic
trainer, provides a practical text for rehabilitation
practitioners.
Practical Pharmacology in Rehabilitation is a
working guide for optimizing rehabilitation
sessions through appropriately timing medication
administration. It also discusses medication-
associated issues that affect the patient’s
rehabilitation progress and provides examples
of appropriate interventions the rehabilitation
therapist can make regarding medication use
in patients. The text summarizes the pathophysiology
associated with specific conditions,
the medications used to treat these conditions,
methods for optimizing dosing, the most
commonly encountered adverse effects, and
rehabilitation implications associated with
both medication use and the disease state.
Each chapter includes patient cases that highlight
how medications, drug interactions, and
drug intolerances affect speech and language,
cognition, activities of daily living, and motor
functioning. These patient cases provide a
detailed and clear picture of how medications
can positively or negatively affect the rehabilitation
process