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Pharmacology for nursing care / Richard A. Lehne ; in consultation with Linda A. Moore, Leanna J. Crosby, Diane B. Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Philadelphia : Saunders, c1998.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xxxxiii, 1174 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)ISBN:
  • 0721671500
  • 9780721671505
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • QV 4 L523p 1998
Contents:
Contents Unit I: Introduction Orientation to pharmacology Application of pharmacology in nursing practice Pharmacology and the nursing process Drug legislation, development, names, and information Unit II: Basic principles of pharmacology Pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics Drug-drug and drug-food interactions Adverse drug reactions Individual variation in drug responses. Unit III: Drug therapy across the life span Drug therapy pregnancy and breast feeding Drug therapy in paediatric patients Drug therapy in geriatric patients. Unit IV: Peripheral nervous system drugs Introduction Basic principles of neuropharmacology Physiology of the peripheral nervous system Cholinergic drugs Muscarinic agonists and antagonists Cholinesterase inhibitors Neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents Adrenergic drugs Adrenergic agonists Adrenergic antagonists Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents. Unit V: Central nervous system drugs Introduction Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology Neurologic drugs Drugs for Parkinson's disease Drugs for epilepsy Drug therapy of muscle spasm and spasticity Analgesics and anaesthetic Opioid (narcotic) analgesics Local anaesthetics General anaesthetics Drugs for headache Psychotherapeutic drugs Antipsychotic agents Antidepressants Drugs for bipolar disorder Benzodiazepines and other drugs for anxiety and insomnia Central nervous system stimulants and their use in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Other psychologic disorders Drug abuse – basic considerations, alcohol, opioids, depressants, stimulants, marijuana, psychedelics, inhalants, and nicotine. Unit VI: drugs that affect fluid and electrolyte balance Diuretics Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids Unit VII: cardiovascular drugs Review of haemodynamics Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system Calcium channel blockers Vasodilators Drugs for hypertension Drugs for angina pectoris Drugs for heart failure Management of myocardial infarction Antidysrthymic drugs Prophylaxis of coronary artery disease - drugs used to lower cholesterol levels. Unit VIII: Drugs that affect the blood Unit X: Anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and immuologic drugs Unit XI: Repiratory tract drugs Unit XII: Gastrointestinal drugs Unit XIII: Metabolic drugs Unit XV: Chemotherapy of parasitic diseases Unit XVI: Cancer Chemotherapy Unit XVII: Additional important drugs Unit XVIII: Toxicology Appendices
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Includes index.

Contents

Unit I: Introduction
Orientation to pharmacology
Application of pharmacology in nursing practice
Pharmacology and the nursing process
Drug legislation, development, names, and information

Unit II: Basic principles of pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics
Drug-drug and drug-food interactions
Adverse drug reactions
Individual variation in drug responses.

Unit III: Drug therapy across the life span
Drug therapy pregnancy and breast feeding
Drug therapy in paediatric patients
Drug therapy in geriatric patients.

Unit IV: Peripheral nervous system drugs
Introduction
Basic principles of neuropharmacology
Physiology of the peripheral nervous system

Cholinergic drugs
Muscarinic agonists and antagonists
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents
Adrenergic drugs
Adrenergic agonists
Adrenergic antagonists
Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents.

Unit V: Central nervous system drugs
Introduction
Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology

Neurologic drugs
Drugs for Parkinson's disease
Drugs for epilepsy
Drug therapy of muscle spasm and spasticity

Analgesics and anaesthetic
Opioid (narcotic) analgesics
Local anaesthetics
General anaesthetics
Drugs for headache

Psychotherapeutic drugs
Antipsychotic agents
Antidepressants
Drugs for bipolar disorder
Benzodiazepines and other drugs for anxiety and insomnia
Central nervous system stimulants and their use in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Other psychologic disorders
Drug abuse – basic considerations, alcohol, opioids, depressants, stimulants, marijuana, psychedelics, inhalants, and nicotine.

Unit VI: drugs that affect fluid and electrolyte balance
Diuretics
Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids

Unit VII: cardiovascular drugs
Review of haemodynamics
Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system
Calcium channel blockers
Vasodilators
Drugs for hypertension
Drugs for angina pectoris
Drugs for heart failure
Management of myocardial infarction
Antidysrthymic drugs
Prophylaxis of coronary artery disease - drugs used to lower cholesterol levels.

Unit VIII: Drugs that affect the blood
Unit X: Anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and immuologic drugs
Unit XI: Repiratory tract drugs
Unit XII: Gastrointestinal drugs
Unit XIII: Metabolic drugs
Unit XV: Chemotherapy of parasitic diseases
Unit XVI: Cancer Chemotherapy
Unit XVII: Additional important drugs
Unit XVIII: Toxicology

Appendices

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