Trounce's Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses Greenstein Ben

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction
1. The use of pharmaceuticals
2. The role of nurses in drug administration
3. Nurses and pharmaceutical service
4. The autonomic nervous system, asthma, 5-hydroxytryptamine and 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 antiemetics, cough remedies, respiratory stimulants
10. Narcotics analgesics
11. Anti-inflammatory drugs: treatment of arthritis and gout
12. Drugs affecting the kidney and renal function
13. Endocrine system I. The hypothalamus and pituitary
14. Endocrine system II. Hormones and metabolism: thyroid, parathyroid glands, calcitonin and osteoporosis
15. Endocrine system II. 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 anaesthesia, local anaesthetics 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 at the extremes of age
32. Adverse reactions of drugs, testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance
33. Disinfectants and insecticides
34. Poisoning and its treatment
35. Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and homeopathy.