| Description |
xxvii, 459 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The role of nurses in drug administration -- 3. Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- 4. The autonomic nervous system. Asthma. 5-Hydroxytryptamine. Migraine -- 5. Drugs acting on the heart -- 6. Drugs used for blood pressure -- 7. Atheroma and thrombosis. Anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents -- 8. Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- 9. Emetics and anti-emetics. Cough remedies. Respiratory stimulants -- 10. Narcotic analgesics -- 11. Anti-inflammatory drugs: treatment of arthritis and gout -- 12. Drugs affecting the kidney and renal function -- 13. Endocrine system I. The hypothalamuspituitary axis -- 14. Endocrine system II. Hormones and metabolism: thyroid, parathyroid glands, calcitonin and osteoporosis -- 15. Endocrine system III. Hormones and metabolism: insulin, diabetes mellitus and obesity -- 16. Endocrine system IV. Hormones and metabolism: the adrenal glands -- 17. Endocrine system V. Hormones and reproduction -- 18. CNS 1. General aneasthesia, local aneasthetics and resuscitation -- 19. CNS 2. Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease -- 20. CNS 3. Antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics -- 21. CNS 4. Antidepressants and dementias -- 22. CNS 5. Drug dependence (drug addiction) -- 23. Antibacterial drugs -- 24. Antifungal and antiviral agents: treatment of HIV disease -- 25. Sera and vaccines -- 26. Drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease -- 27. Treatment of tropical and imported diseases; anthelmintics -- 28. Drugs and the eye -- 29. Application of drugs to the skin, nose and ears -- 30. Vitamins, iron and treatment of anaemia -- 31. Drugs in pregnancy and the extremes of age -- 32. Adverse reactions to drugs, testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance -- 33. Disinfectants and insecticides -- 34. Poisoning and its treatment -- 35. Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and Homeopathy -- App. Weights and measures -- |
| Analysis |
Pharmacology--Nurse's instruction |
| Notes |
Previous editions by John Trounce titled Clinical pharmacology for nurses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Chemotherapy.
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Clinical pharmacology.
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Nursing.
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Pharmacology.
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Drug Therapy.
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Pharmacology, Clinical.
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Pharmacology, Clinical.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
Gould, Dinah.
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Trounce, J. R. (John Reginald).
Clinical pharmacology for nurses
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| LC no. |
00002632 |
| ISBN |
0443072086 (paperback) |
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