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Clinical pharmacology for nurses. John Trounce ; nursing adviser, Dinah Gould.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1997.Edition: 15th edDescription: 384p. : illISBN:
  • 9780443054570 (pbk.) :
  • 0443057001 (international student ed.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.1 TRO
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.The role of nurses in drug administration -- 3.Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- 4.The autonomic nervous system. Asthma. Migraine -- 5.Drugs affecting the cariovascular system -- 6.Atheroma and thrombosis. Anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents -- 7.Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- 8.Emetics and anti-emerics. Cough remedies. Respiratory stimulants -- 9,Analgesics -- 10.Hypnotic drugs -- 11.Anaesthetics. Muscle relaxants. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Local anaesthetics -- 12.Drugs used in psychiatry -- 13.Antiepileptics and drugs used in Parkinson\'s disease -- 14.The endocrine system -- Section I: The pituitary -- Section II.Hormones affecting metabolism -- Section III: Hormones affecting reproduction -- 15.Drugs affecting renal function -- 16.Chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics -- 17.Immunity, sera and vaccines. Antihistamines. Immunosuppression -- 18.Drugs used to treat tropical and imported diseases. Anthelmintics -- 19.Vitamins -- 20.Drugs used in the treatment of anaemia -- 21.Drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease -- 22.Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age -- 23.Adverse reactions to drugs. Testing of drugs. Pharmacovigilance -- 24.Drug dependence (drug addiction) -- 25.Drugs and the eye -- 26.The local application of drugs -- 27.Disinfectants and insecticides -- 28.Poisoning and its treatment -- 29.Herbal medicines (phytotherapy).
Summary: The author's main aim is to describe how drugs work in relation to disease, and to look at drug treatment from the nursing viewpoint. The book is not too demanding and has been kept succinct for ease of use. It also contains herbal medicine data.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 615.1 TRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 111882

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction -- 2.The role of nurses in drug administration -- 3.Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- 4.The autonomic nervous system. Asthma. Migraine -- 5.Drugs affecting the cariovascular system -- 6.Atheroma and thrombosis. Anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents -- 7.Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- 8.Emetics and anti-emerics. Cough remedies. Respiratory stimulants -- 9,Analgesics -- 10.Hypnotic drugs -- 11.Anaesthetics. Muscle relaxants. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Local anaesthetics -- 12.Drugs used in psychiatry -- 13.Antiepileptics and drugs used in Parkinson\'s disease -- 14.The endocrine system -- Section I: The pituitary -- Section II.Hormones affecting metabolism -- Section III: Hormones affecting reproduction -- 15.Drugs affecting renal function -- 16.Chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics -- 17.Immunity, sera and vaccines. Antihistamines. Immunosuppression -- 18.Drugs used to treat tropical and imported diseases. Anthelmintics -- 19.Vitamins -- 20.Drugs used in the treatment of anaemia -- 21.Drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease -- 22.Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age -- 23.Adverse reactions to drugs. Testing of drugs. Pharmacovigilance -- 24.Drug dependence (drug addiction) -- 25.Drugs and the eye -- 26.The local application of drugs -- 27.Disinfectants and insecticides -- 28.Poisoning and its treatment -- 29.Herbal medicines (phytotherapy).

The author's main aim is to describe how drugs work in relation to disease, and to look at drug treatment from the nursing viewpoint. The book is not too demanding and has been kept succinct for ease of use. It also contains herbal medicine data.

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