Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Drugs in Use: Nursing and Health Survival Guides

Autor Ann Richards
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 sep 2015
Understanding how drugs work is made simple in this easy to use pocket-sized guide. Drugs in common use are described under each body system and will form an aid to your confident administration of drugs to fit your patients' needs.
 
The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad.
Citește tot Restrânge

Din seria Nursing and Health Survival Guides

Preț: 6516 lei

Preț vechi: 6860 lei
-5% Nou

Puncte Express: 98

Preț estimativ în valută:
1247 1285$ 1053£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 11-25 februarie
Livrare express 25-31 ianuarie pentru 1293 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780273763758
ISBN-10: 027376375X
Pagini: 88
Dimensiuni: 80 x 120 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.08 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Nursing and Health Survival Guides

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION
Some classes of drugs   
Common abbreviations used in drug administration  
Latin abbreviations  
Routes of administration
Units used in drug administration  
Recognised drug abbreviations   
Other common abbreviations   
SOME DEFINITIONS    ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION     
Oral administration Intravenous drug administration
Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination    
Absorption   
Drug distribution   
Drug metabolism and elimination  
Mechanisms of drug action – pharmacodynamics  
Drug receptors  
Some drugs affecting adrenergic transmission  
Drugs and the respiratory tract      Bronchodilators   
Other drugs used in asthma   
Steroids (glucocorticoids, corticosteroids
Cardiovascular drugs
Nitrates  
Calcium channel blockers
Alpha adrenoreceptor antagonists   
Potassium channel activators
ACE-Inhibitors
Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists
Drugs affecting cardiac contractility    Digoxin  
Adrenaline   Atropine   
Beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta-blockers)  
Antiarrhythmic drugs     
Vaughan Williams classification of antidysrhythmic drugs   
Examples of drugs used for specific cardiac arrhythmias
Lipid-lowering drugs   
Statins   
Fibrates  
NICE guidance to choice of drug treatment for newly diagnosed hypertension
Prevention of CVD    Chronic heart failure   Antithrombotics       Anticoagulants
Antiplatelet drugs  
Thrombolytic agents  
Diuretics   Urinary incontinence Gastrointestinal tract   AntiEmetics   Analgesics   
Paracetamol   NSDAIDs  
Opioids
Drugs to treat diabetes mellitus      
The different actions of various types of insulin   
Oral hypoglycaemic agents and their action
Some antibacterial drugs    The central nervous system      
Drugs commonly used to prevent seizures in epilepsy  
Parkinson’s disease   
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia  
ANTIDEPRESSANTS HYPNOTICS    ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS   
Predisposing factors   
Examples of ADRs  
Adverse drug events   
Some prescribing and administration errors  
Possible causes of prescribing and administration errors  
Preventing errors   
Drug and food interactions   
Some differentiating features of drug overdose    
Drugs causing coma  
Drugs affecting pupil size  
Drugs causing respiratory features   
Cardiovascular features   
Common drug overdoses  
Useful websites   

Descriere

Understanding how drugs work is made simple in this easy to use pocket-sized guide. Drugs in common use are described under each body system and will form an aid to your confident administration of drugs to fit your patients' needs.
 
The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad.