Book Review: Harriet Lane Handbook of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy, 2nd edition
Editors: Julia A. McMillan, Carlton K.K. Lee, George K. Siberry, and Karen C. Carroll Publisher: Elsevier | Saunders – 613 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Access to the text of this book is available by going to www.ExpertConsult.oom. Scratch off the Activation Code found on the Scratch-Off tab on the inside front cover of this book, enter it into the “Add a Title” box, click “Activate Now” and click the title under “My Titles.” This handy book, which can be carried in a lab coat pocket, is part of the Mobile Medicine series by this publisher. This may be a small book, but it is powerful. It is filled to the brim, so to speak, packed with needed information on dosing, drugs, therapies, formularies, protocols, reactions, resistance, and treatments. It is indispensable for the busy pharmacist or physician-on-the-move, who occasionally wants to take a quick look on an issue and get the answer pronto. Within its tightly compartmentalized 10 chapters you will find data on a lot of drugs, ranging from abacavir sulfate to zidovudin, and many in between. Generic names with their corresponding trade names are provided to you. The four editors named above have painstakingly compiled material contributed by 12 specialists (six each pharmacists and physicians) and put them in easily usable form. To give you a quick overview, these are the chapters in the book:...
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