Pharmacology : principles and applications / Eugenia M. Fulcher, Robert M. Fulcher, Cathy D. Soto.

By: Fulcher, Eugenia MContributor(s): Fulcher, Robert M | Soto, Cathy DubeanskyMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 642 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: 9781437722673 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1437722679 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Pharmacology | Allied health personnel | Drug Therapy -- Problems and Exercises | Pharmaceutical Preparations -- Problems and ExercisesDDC classification: 615/.1 LOC classification: RM300 | .F79 2012NLM classification: WB 18.2
Contents:
Introduction to pharmacology and its legal and ethical aspects -- Basics of pharmacology -- Drug information and drug forms -- Understanding drug dosages for special populations -- Reading and interpreting medication labels and orders and documenting appropriately -- Math review -- Measurement systems and their equivalents -- Converting between measurement systems -- Calculating doses of nonparenteral medications -- Calculating doses of parenteral medications -- Safety and quality assurance -- Enteral routes -- Percutaneous routes -- Parenteral routes -- Analgesics and antipyretics -- Immunizations and the immune system -- Antimicrobials, antifungals, and antivirals -- Antineoplastic agents -- Nutritional supplements and alternative medicines -- Endrocrine system disorders -- Eye and ear disorders -- Drugs for skin conditions -- Musculoskeletal system disorders -- Gastrointestinal system disorders -- Respiratory system disorders -- Circulatory system and blood disorders -- Urinary system disorders -- Reproductive system disorders -- Drugs for neurologic system disorders -- Drugs for mental health and behavioral disorders -- Misused, abused, and addictive drugs.
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Includes index.

Introduction to pharmacology and its legal and ethical aspects -- Basics of pharmacology -- Drug information and drug forms -- Understanding drug dosages for special populations -- Reading and interpreting medication labels and orders and documenting appropriately -- Math review -- Measurement systems and their equivalents -- Converting between measurement systems -- Calculating doses of nonparenteral medications -- Calculating doses of parenteral medications -- Safety and quality assurance -- Enteral routes -- Percutaneous routes -- Parenteral routes -- Analgesics and antipyretics -- Immunizations and the immune system -- Antimicrobials, antifungals, and antivirals -- Antineoplastic agents -- Nutritional supplements and alternative medicines -- Endrocrine system disorders -- Eye and ear disorders -- Drugs for skin conditions -- Musculoskeletal system disorders -- Gastrointestinal system disorders -- Respiratory system disorders -- Circulatory system and blood disorders -- Urinary system disorders -- Reproductive system disorders -- Drugs for neurologic system disorders -- Drugs for mental health and behavioral disorders -- Misused, abused, and addictive drugs.

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