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Score: 75 |
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Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration |
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ISBN: 978-1-889622-36-1,
541 pages,
Spiral Cover ISBN-10: 1-889622-36-2 |
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Copyright: |
2019 |
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Edition: |
1st |
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Editor: |
Boullata, Joseph, PharmD, RPh, BCNSP, FASPEN, FACN |
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Specialties:
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Pharmacy
, Nutrition
, Drug Administration |
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Publisher: |
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
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List Price: |
$98.95 |
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At A Glance
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Clinicians with EN patients will find Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration an essential resource. It's the only US book specifically targeting medication delivery via feeding tubes. With the ongoing ENFit transition, all care providers need to know how to give medications via feeding tubes. The easy-to-find information in the Guidebook will be useful to pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and physicians involved in managing these patients. Edited by Dr. Joseph Boullata, it is the first reference available that pulls together the available information on the foundational science that underpins the approach to enteral medication along with specific recommendations for individual medications. References to the relevant literature are included. Highlights covered in this book include: - Enteral access devices.
- Drug interactions with nutrition.
- Foundational principles of drug solubility and bioavailability.
- Up-to-date recommendations for drug preparation and administration.
- 169 individual drug monographs.
Key features of the individual drug monographs include: - Product availability information.
- Summaries of pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic data.
- Reviews enteral administration and nutrition considerations.
- Specific recommendations on how to prepare and administer the drug.
This book is a handy reference for: pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, physicians and others involved in managing patients with an enteral access device, regardless of patient care setting.
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Reviewer:
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Rahmat Talukder,
PhD, RPh
(The University of Texas at Tyler)
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Score
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1-10 |
Are the author's objectives met? |
8 |
1-10 |
Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
8 |
1-5 |
Is this written at an appropriate level? |
5 |
1-5 |
Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
3 |
1-5 |
Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
3 |
1-5 |
Rate the authority of the authors. |
4 |
1-5 |
Are there sufficient illustrations? |
5 |
1-5 |
Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
3 |
1-5 |
Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
3 |
1-5 |
Are there sufficient references? |
5 |
1-5 |
Rate the currency of the references. |
3 |
1-5 |
Rate the pertinence of the references. |
3 |
1-5 |
Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
3 |
1-5 |
If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
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1-10 |
Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
8 |
1-10 |
If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
N/A |
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Reviewer:
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Rahmat Talukder,
PhD, RPh
(The University of Texas at Tyler)
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Description
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This guidebook provides essential facts about the preparation and administration of enteral medications and includes 160 individual drug monographs. |
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Purpose
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The purpose is to provide must-know information on preparation and administration of commonly prescribed oral drugs. Although an electronic reference is desirable, this book is expected to be well used by pharmacists and nurses. |
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Audience
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A reference like this is useful to many clinicians. It is intended for healthcare providers involved in caring for patients with an enteral tube, such as pharmacists and nurses, who will find it useful. The contributors are well known in their respective fields. |
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Features
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The book is divided into two parts. The first provides a brief description of commonly used devices in enteral feeding, fundamental principles of solubility and bioavailability, and an informative discussion of drug-nutrient interactions. The second part provides monographs of the drugs that can be administered through the enteral route. The drug monographs include some physicochemical and pharmacokinetic data and recommendations on their preparation and administration. Clinicians need to understand the fundamental scientific principles of drug absorption and the factors that can affect the rate and extent of absorption. As a matter of fact, the first part of this book has significantly increased its overall merit as a useful reference. The chapter on drug-nutrient interactions presents a brief, but interesting and informative discussion of mechanisms of interaction. This chapter, however, would be more useful had it provided several examples with each mechanism described. Many drugs are available as immediate release as well as modified release dosage forms, and the monographs mention the availability of a drug in various dosage forms. It is known that modified release solid dosage forms must not be crushed to administer through enteral tube. Thus, a chapter explaining the reasons why such dosage forms should not be cut or crushed for administration would have been helpful. |
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Assessment
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The authors have done a great job of incorporating information related to medication preparation and administration via enteral tube. There are several books on this subject, but this one is expected to be well used by the audience because it provides practical tips on preparation and administration. |
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