Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses

Includes Bibliographical references and Index

Contributors vii
Preface to the Sixteenth Edition ix
Acknowledgements xi
Nomenclature xii
Introduction
1 (14)
The role of nurses in drug administration
15 (12)
Nurses and the pharmaceutical service
27 (8)
The autonomic nervous system. Asthma. 5-Hydroxytryptamine. Migraine
35 (18)
Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system
53 (24)
Atheroma and thrombosis. Anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents
77 (14)
Drugs affecting the alimentary tract
91 (14)
Emetics and anti-emetics. Cough remedies. Respiratory stimulants
105 (6)
Analgesics
111 (22)
Hypnotic drugs
133 (6)
Anaesthetics. Muscle relaxants. Cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Local anaesthetics
139 (14)
Drugs used in psychiatry
153 (14)
Antiepileptics and drugs used in Parkinson's disease
167 (8)
The endocrine system
175 (38)
The pituitary
176 (4)
Hormones affecting metabolism
180 (19)
Hormones affecting reproduction
199 (14)
Drugs affecting renal function
213 (6)
Chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics
219 (26)
Immunity, sera and vaccines. Antihistamines. Immunosuppression
245 (8)
Drugs used to treat tropical and imported diseases. Anthelmintics
253 (10)
Vitamins
263 (6)
Drugs used in the treatment of anaemia
269 (6)
Drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease
275 (12)
Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age
287 (8)
Adverse reactions to drugs. Testing of drugs. Pharmacovigilance
295 (12)
Drug dependence (drug addiction)
307 (8)
Drugs and the eye
315 (14)
The local application of drugs
329 (10)
Disinfectants and insecticides
339 (6)
Poisoning and its treatment
345 (8)
Herbal medicines (phytotherapy). Homeopathy
353 (10)
Appendix 1 Weights and measures 363 (2)
Appendix 2 Glossary of terms used 365 (2)
Appendix 3 Proprietary and other drug names 367 (6)
Appendix 4 Information about drugs 373 (2)
Index 375