TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kee LeFever Joyce
AU  - Hayes R. Evelyn
AU  - Linda E. McCuistion
TI  - Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach
SN  - 9781455751488
AV  - RM301 .K44 2015 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - St. Louis
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Pharmacology.
KW  - Chemotherapy.
KW  - Drug Therapy.
N1  - Includes bibliography references and index; Sect. 1 General principles --
1. What is pharmacology? --
2. How drugs act: general principles --
3. How drugs act: molecular aspects --
4. Cellular mechanisms: excitation, contraction and secretion --
5. Cellular mechanisms: cell proliferation and apoptosis --
6. Method and measurement in pharmacology --
7. Absorption and distribution of drugs --
8. Elimination and pharmacokinetics --
Sect. 2 Chemical mediators --
9. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system --
10. Colinear transmission --
11. Noradrenergic transmission --
12. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines --
13. Peptides and proteins as mediators --
14. Nitric oxide --
15. Local hormones, inflammation and immune responses --
16. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs --
Sect. 3 Drugs affecting majors organ systems --
17. The heart --
18. The vascular system --
19. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism --
20. Haemostasis and thrombosis --
21. Haemopoietic system --
22. Respiratory system --
23. Kidney --
24. Gastrointestinal tract --
25. Endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose --
26. Obesity --
27. Pituitary and adrenal cortex --
28. Thyroid --
29. Reproductive system --
30. Bone metabolism --
Sect. 4 Nervous system --
31. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system --
32. Amino acid transmitters --
33. Other transmitters and modulators --
34. Neurodegenerative disorders --
35. General anaesthetic agents --
36. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs --
37. Antipsychotic drugs --
38. Drugs used in affective disorders --
39. Antiepileptic drugs --
40. Analgesic drugs --
41. CNS stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs --
42. Drug dependence and drug abuse --
43. Local anaesthetics --
Sect. 5 Drugs used in the treatment of infections and cancer --
44. Basic principles of chemotherapy --
45. Antibacterial drugs --
46. Antiviral drugs --
47. Antifungal drugs --
48. Antiprotozoal drugs --
49. Anthelminthic drugs --
50. Cancer chemotherapy --
Sect. 6 Special topics --
51. Individual variation and drug interaction --
52. Harmful effects of drugs --
53. Gene therapy --
54. Drug discovery and development --
Appendix --
Index

N2  - Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses
ER  -