Main description:

Clinical Case Studies on Medication Safety provides real and simulated scenarios about safety issues related to medication, including Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), medication errors, and Drug Related Problems (DRPs). The book explains real-life case management, including details about adverse drug reactions, mistakes during drug administration, drug avoidance, and drug-drug interactions with a goal of improving patient care. With over 150 case studies, including cases from alternative medicine and traditional medicine, this book will help medical and health sciences educators, students, healthcare professionals, and other readers apply their knowledge and skills to solve cases for better patient care.

Contents:

1. Introduction to the medication safety and the importance of clinical case studies
2. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) case studies: Mild ADRs
3. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) case studies: Moderate ADRs
4. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) case studies: Severe ADRs
5. Medication errors case studies: Prescribing, transcribing, and prescriptions/orders writing errors
6. Medication errors case studies: Dispensing and administration errors
7. Medication errors case studies: Monitoring and counseling errors
8. Medication errors case studies: Medication reconciliation errors
9. Drug interactions case studies
10. Adherence, compliance, and persistence case studies
11. Drug-related problems case studies: Part I
12. Drug-related problems case studies: Part II
13. Counterfeit and substandard medications case studies
14. Medications misuse and abuse case studies
15. Medications safety for special population case studies: Geriatrics
16. Medications safety for special population case studies: Pediatrics
17. Medications safety for special population case studies: Pregnancy
18. Medications safety for special population case studies: Lactation
19. Herbal medicines case studies: Part I
20. Herbal medicines case studies: Part II
21. Antibiotics case studies: Community pharmacies and primary care and public
22. Antibiotics safety case studies: Hospitals
23. Vaccines safety case studies