TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greenstein,Ben
AU  - Gould,Dinah
AU  - Trounce,J.R.
TI  - Trounce's clinical pharmacology for nurses
SN  - 9780443072086 (pbk.)
AV  - RM300.T75 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - Pharmacology
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Pharmacology, Clinical
KW  - Nurses' Instruction
KW  - Clinical pharmacology
N1  - Includes  index; CONTENTS
Foreword. 
Preface. 
Introduction. 
1. The use of pharmaceuticals --
2. The role of nurses in drug administration -- 
3.Nurses and the 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 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 hypothalamus-pituitary 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 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 to drugs: testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance -- 
33. Disinfectants and insecticides -- 
34. Poisoning and its treatment --
35. Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and homeopathy. 
Appendix.
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