Pharmacological Basis of Acute Care
This book is the 4th in a series of Acute Care books written with the aim to address the NEEDS of health care providers when handling the acutely ill patients. Globally it has become apparent that the study of pharmacology and subsequent clinical training has not always adequately equipped young doc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- I General Principles of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics.- Why drugs are administered.- Drug administration.- Drug absorption and bioavailability
- Drug distribution.- Drug elimination.- Steady-state principles.- Dose-response relationship.- Pharmaceutical aspects of drugs. - Dosage forms, dose calculations and prescriptions.- Drug interactions. II Pharmacology of the various body systems.- Drugs and the cardiovascular system.- Drugs and the respiratory system.- Drugs and the central nervous system.- Drugs and the liver/ gastrointestinal system.- Drugs and the renal system.- Drugs and the endocrine system.- Drugs and the neuromuscular system.- Drugs for the management of pain.- III Pharmacology in special circumstances.- The patient in pain.- The pediatric patient.- The elderly patient.- The obstetric patient.- The obese patient.- The bleeding patient.- The septic patient.- The allergic patient.- The poisoned patient.- IV Pharmacology of special drugs.- Oxygen as a drug.- Fluids as drugs
- V Safety issues in pharmacology
- Medication Errors. Index