內容簡介
This readable, authoritative, and curriculum-appropriate text sets standards in the field of respiratory care pharmacology. This excellent text and bench reference is newly organized in clear, logical sections reflective of course curriculum. Now in its fifth edition, this edition contains the most current information available on the core subject of respiratory care pharmacology, from basic drug descriptions to advanced disease treatment. New self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, new "clinical scenarios," and new printed inside covers, which provide students and practitioners with easy access to the most widely used drugs, make this text unique. This book is a must for all respiratory care students at technician, therapist, and baccalaureate levels, as well as respiratory care practitioners (RRTs and CRTTs).
目次
Unit 1. Basic Concepts and Principles in Pharmacology.
1. Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology.
2. Principles of Drug Action.
3. Administration of Aerosolized Agents.
4. Calculating Drug Doses.
5. The Central and Peripheral Nervous System
Unit 2. Drugs Used to Treat the Respiratory System.
6. Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators.
7. Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators.
8. Xanthines.
9. Mucus-Controlling Drug Therapy.
10. Surfactant Agents.
11. Corticosteroids in Respiratory Care.
12. Mediator Antagonists.
13. Aerosolized Antiinfective Agents.
14. Antiinfective Agents.
15. Cold and Cough Agents.
16. Selected Agents Used in Respiratory Disease.
17. Aerosolized Drug Delivery in Neonates and Children
Unit 3. Critical Care and Cardiovascular Drug Classes.
18. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants (Neuromuscular Blocking Agents).
19. Cardiac Drugs.
20. Drugs Affecting Circulation.
21. Diuretic Agents.
22. Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
App. A. Answers to assessment questions and clinical scenarios
App. B. Units and systems of measurement
App. C. Recommendations on use of aerosol generators
App. D. Pharmacologic management of asthma and COPD
App. E. Drug-induced pulmonary disease
