Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Lehne, Richard A., 1943-

Publication

Philadelphia : Saunders, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors

• Crosby, Leanna J.
• Hamilton, Diane B. (Diane Bronkema)
• Moore, Linda A. (Linda Alford)

Description

xxxii, 1246 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subjects

• Pharmacology
• Soins infirmiers
• Drug Therapy
• Nursing
• Pharmacologie
• Nurses Instruction

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

I. Introduction -- 1. Orientation to Pharmacology -- 2. Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice -- 3. Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information -- II. Basic Principles of Pharmacology -- 4. Pharmacokinetics -- 5. Pharmacodynamics -- 6. Drug Interactions -- 7. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors -- 8. Individual Variation in Drug Responses -- III. Drug Therapy Across the Lifespan -- 9. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding -- 10. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients -- 11. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients -- IV. Peripheral Nervous System Drugs -- 12. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology -- 13. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System -- 14. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists -- 15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis -- 16. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Ganglionic Blocking Agents -- 17. Adrenergic Agonists -- 18. Adrenergic Antagonists -- 19. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents -- V. Central Nervous System Drugs -- 20. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology -- 21. Drugs for Parkinson's Disease -- 22. Alzheimer's Disease -- 23. Drugs for Epilepsy -- 24. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity -- 25. Local Anesthetics -- 26. General Anesthetics -- 27. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics -- 28. Pain Management in Patients with Cancer -- 29. Drugs for Headache -- 30. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia -- 31. Antidepressants -- 32. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder -- 33. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs -- 34. Management of Anxiety Disorders -- 35. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- 36. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations -- 37. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol -- 38. Drug Abuse III: Major Drugs of Abuse (Other Than Alcohol) -- VI. Drugs That Affect Fluid and Electrolyte Balance -- 39. Diuretics -- 40. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids -- VII. Drugs That Affect the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood -- 41. Review of Hemodynamics -- 42. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System -- 43. Calcium Channel Blockers -- 44. Vasodilators -- 45. Drugs for Hypertension -- 46. Drugs for Heart Failure -- 47. Antidysrhythmic Drugs -- 48. Prophylaxis of Coronary Heart Disease: Drugs That Lower LDL Cholesterol Levels -- 49. Drugs for Angina Pectoris -- 50. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs -- 51. Management of Myocardial Infarction -- 52. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias -- 53. Hematopoietic and Thrombopoietic Growth Factors -- VIII. Drugs for Endocrine Disorders -- 54. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus -- 55. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders -- 56. Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function -- 57. Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex -- 58. Androgens -- IX. Women's Health -- 59. Estrogens and Progestins and Their Use in Hormone Replacement Therapy -- 60. Birth Control -- 61. Drug Therapy of Infertility -- 62. Drugs That Affect Uterine Function -- X. Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergic, and Immunologic Drugs -- 63. Review of the Immune System -- 64. Childhood Immunization -- 65. Immunosuppressants -- 66. Antihistamines -- 67. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen -- 68. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Diseases -- XI. Drugs for Bone and Joint Disorders -- 69. Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout -- 70. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization -- XII. Respiratory Tract Drugs -- 71. Drugs for Asthma -- 72. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds -- XIII. Gastrointestinal Drugs -- 73. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease -- 74. Laxatives -- 75. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs -- XIV. Nutrition -- 76. Vitamins -- 77. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition -- 78. Drugs for Obesity -- XV. Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases -- 79. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy -- 80. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins -- 81. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Aztreonam, Vancomycin, Teicoplanin, and Fosfomycin -- 82. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Linezolid, Dalfopristin/Quinupristin, and Spectinomycin -- 83. Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis -- 84. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim -- 85. Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections -- 86. Antimycobacterial Agents: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection -- 87. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs: Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Rifampin, Bacitracin, and Polymyxins -- 88. Antifungal Agents -- 89. Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections -- 90. Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections -- 91. Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- 92. Antiseptics and Disinfectants -- XVI. Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases -- 93. Anthelmintics -- 94. Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents -- 95. Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents -- 96. Ectoparasiticides -- XVII. Anticancer Drugs -- 97. Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy -- 98. Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents -- 99. Anticancer Drugs II: Hormones, Hormone Antagonists, Biologic Response Modifiers, and Other Anticancer Drugs -- XVIII. Additional Important Drugs -- 100. Drugs for the Eye -- 101. Drugs for the Skin -- 102. Drugs for the Ear -- 103. Miscellaneous Noteworthy Drugs -- XIX. Alternative Therapy -- 104. Herbal Supplements -- XX. Toxicology -- 105. Management of Poisoning -- 106. Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism -- App. A. Guide to Gender-Related Drugs -- App. B. Pronunciation of Generic Names of the Top 200 Prescribed Drugs in 2002 -- App. C. Weights and Measures -- App. D. Laboratory Reference Values -- App. E. Commonly Used Abbreviations -- App. F. Techniques of Drug Administration -- App. G. Poison Control Centers in the United States -- App. H. Canadian Drug Information -- App. I. Major Drug Classes and their Prototypes.

ISBN

0721698433

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries