Prelims
Preface
How PCF is constructed
Summary of main changes in PCF4
Monographs not in PCF4 but available elsewhere
Getting the most out of PCF
The use of drugs beyond (off-label) and without (unlicensed) Marketing Authorization
How PCF is constructed
Summary of main changes in PCF4
Monographs not in PCF4 but available elsewhere
Getting the most out of PCF
The use of drugs beyond (off-label) and without (unlicensed) Marketing Authorization
Part 1 Drug Monographs
(Expand All | Collapse All)- 1 Gastro-intestinal system
- 2 Cardiovascular system
- 3 Respiratory system
- 4 Central nervous system
- 5 Analgesics
- 6 Infections
- 7 Endocrine system and immunomodulation
- 8 Urinary tract disorders
- 9 Nutrition and blood
- 10 Musculoskeletal and joint diseases
- 11 Ear, nose and oropharynx
- 12 Skin
- 13 Anaesthesia
Part 2 General Topics
- 14 Guidance about prescribing in palliative care
- 15 Opioid dose conversion ratios
- 16 Drug treatment in the imminently dying
- 17 Pre-emptive prescribing in the community
- 18 Management of postoperative pain in opioid-dependent patients
- 19 Analgesic drugs and fitness to drive
- 20 Continuous subcutaneous infusions
- 21 Spinal analgesia
- 22 Drug administration to patients with swallowing difficulties or enteral feeding tubes
- 23 Nebulized drugs
- 24 Prolongation of the QT interval in palliative care
- 25 Cytochrome P450
- 26 Drug-induced movement disorders
- 27 Anaphylaxis
- 28 Oral nutritional supplements
Appendicies
Quick Practice Guides
- Management of death rattle (noisy respiratory secretions)
- Opioid-induced constipation
- Bowel management in paraplegia and tetraplegia
- Depression
- Psychostimulants in depressed patients with a short prognosis
- Management of nausea and vomiting
- Management of procedure-related pain
- Use of transdermal buprenorphine
- Use of transdermal fentanyl patches
- Use of methadone for cancer pain
- Cellulitis in Lymphoedema
- Setting up a McKinley T34 syringe pump for CSCI
- Setting up a Graseby MS16A or MS26 syringe driver for CSCI
- Administration of drugs by enteral feeding tube
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