Rau, Joseph L.

Respiratory care pharmacology / Joseph L. Rau, Jr. - 6th ed. - St. Louis [Mo.] : Mosby, c2002. - xx, 492 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Concepts and Principles in Pharmacology. Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology / Principles of Drug Action / Administration of Aerosolized Agents / Calculating Drug Doses / The Central and Peripheral Nervous System / Drugs Used to Treat the Respiratory System. Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators / Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators / Xanthines / Mucus-Controlling Drug Therapy / Surfactant Agents / Corticosteroids in Respiratory Care / Nonsteroidal Antiasthma Agents / Aerosolized Antiinfective Agents / Antimicrobial Agents / Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau and Brad D. Pearce. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau -- Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Bruce K. Rubin, Mamta Fuloria and Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Manjunath P. Pai, Christopher A. Schriever and Susan L. Pendland. Unit I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Unit II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Cold and Cough Agents / Selected Agents Used in Respiratory Disease / Neonatal and Pediatric Aerosolized Drug Therapy / Critical Care and Cardiovascular Drug Classes. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants (Neuromuscular Blocking Agents) / Cardiac Drugs / Drugs Affecting Circulation / Diuretic Agents / Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System / Answers to Assessment Questions and Clinical Scenarios -- Units and Systems of Measurement -- Recommendations on the Use of Aerosol Generations -- Pharmacological Management of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Joseph L. Rau. Joseph L. Rau. Ruben D. Restrepo and Joseph L. Rau -- Charles G. Durbin, Jr. Judith Jacobi and Robert D. Warhurst. Henry Cohen, Liz Ramos and Maha Sadek. Erkan Hassan. Charles G. Durbin, Jr. -- 15. 16. 17. Unit III. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D.

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Respiratory agents.
Respiratory therapy.
Respiratory Therapy.
Bronchodilator Agents--administration & dosage.
Bronchodilator Agents--pharmacology.

RM388 / .R383 2002

616.2/00461

WB 342 / R239r 2002