Trounce's Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals - E-Book

Clive P. Page, Ruma Anand, Stephen DeWilde

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780702067228
• Edition: 19
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Enfermería

Since it was first published in 1958, Trounce's Clinical Pharmacology has been the go-to resource for health professionals who prescribe as well as administer medications. Now in its nineteenth edition, the text has been fully updated to reflect the breadth and complexity of modern practice.

The book provides everything the reader needs to know when becoming a prescriber. The text is organised by body system, making it easy to follow, and covers considerations for different patient categories as well as the management of pain, cancer and infection, substance abuse and complementary and alternative medicines.

With a strong clinical orientation and written by practising clinicians, essential information is delivered in an engaging and friendly style that will ensure this book's continued popularity with nurses and allied health professionals for many years to come.

• Easy navigation makes learning enjoyable
• Hot topics including cardiology, rheumatology and the use of targeted therapies in cancer keep the reader up to date
• Learning Objectives, Summary Boxes, Revision Tips and Hints make this suitable for exam preparation
• Updated to include discussion of the expanding role of professionals in prescribing drugs and latest changes in legislation and guidelines
• Extensive glossary for those new to prescribing

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• 1. The Use of Pharmaceuticals
• 2. The Role of Nurses in Drug Administration
• 3. Adverse Reactions to Drugs, Testing of Drugs and Pharmacovigilance
• 4. The Autonomic System
• 5. Cardiovascular System 1: Drugs Acting on the Heart
• 6. Cardiovascular System 2: Drugs Used for Blood Pressure
• 7. Cardiovascular system 3: Atheroma and Thrombosis – Anticoagulants and Thrombolytic Agents
• 8. Resuscitation
• 9. The Respiratory System
• 10. Drugs Affecting the Gastrointestinal System
• 11. Vitamins, Iron and Treatment of Anaemia
• 12. Drugs Affecting the Kidney
• 13. Drugs Used for the Treatment of Rheumatological Conditions: Treatment of Arthritis and Gout
• 14. Endocrine system 1: The Hypothalamus and Pituitary
• 15. Endocrine system 2: Hormones and Metabolism – Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
• 16. Endocrine system 3: Hormones and Metabolism – Diabetes
• 17. Endocrine system 4: Hormones and Metabolism – The Adrenal Glands
• 18. Endocrine system 5: Hormones and Reproduction
• 19. Nervous System 1: General Anaesthesia and Local Anaesthetics
• 20. Nervous system 2: Opioid Analgesics
• 21. Drugs Used in Neurological Diseases: Migraine, Epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease
• 22. Drugs Used in Psychiatric Disorders: Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Hypnotics and Anti-dementia drugs
• 23. Drug Dependence and Drug Abuse
• 24. Drugs Used for Dermatological Conditions
• 25. Drugs Used For Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders
• 26. Antibacterials
• 27. Antivirals: Treatments for HIV, Hepatitis and Influenza
• 28. Vaccines
• 29. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Malignant Diseases
• 30. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Tropical Diseases
• 31. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Ophthalmological Diseases
• 32. Special Considerations in Drug Use: Pregnancy, Paediatrics and the Older Patient
• 33. Toxicity of Drugs and Treatment
• 34. Herbal Medicines and Homeopathy
• Appendix. Biologic Agents
• Glossary
• Index