Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 10th Edition

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• Learning objectives parallel the levels tested by the NBRC exams to help students identify important information that goes beyond memorization and recall.
• Key terms with definitions provide easy access to the pharmacologic vocabulary the respiratory therapy student should embrace.
• Key points boxes in each chapter highlight important concepts in the lesson.
• Full-color design makes the text more reader-friendly and helps students to identify relevant details within an illustration.
• Self-assessment questions offer students the opportunity to test themselves on content learned with thought-provoking questions that require short answers.
• Clinical scenarios with follow-up SOAP assessment help students assess their comprehension of the material.
• Glossary of all key terms in the text aids students in understanding the terminology associated with respiratory care pharmacology.
• Appendices on common units, systems of measurement, and acceptable mixtures provides references to need-to-know information such as abbreviations, conversion charts for temperatures, liquid metric and solids, and a simple drug compatibility chart for drug mixtures.
• Alphabetical drug index offers a direct index to look up information based on drug name.

• NEW! Recently-approved FDA medications help familiarize you with current information.
• UPDATED All asthma (GINA & NAEPP) and COPD (Gold guidelines) protocols to the latest editions.
• UPDATED Enhanced readability helps you to more easily understand difficult material.
• NEW! Clinical Connection boxes helps you to connect what you’ve learned with the clinical setting.

Unit I: Basic Concepts and Principles in Pharmacology
1. Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology
2. Principles of Drug Action
3. Administration of Aerosolized Agents
4. Calculating Drug Doses
5. The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

Unit II: Drugs Used to Treat the Respiratory System
6. Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators
7. Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators
8. Xanthines
9. Mucus-Controlling Drug Therapy
10. Surfactant Agents
11. Corticosteriods in Respiratory Care
12. Nonsteroidal Antiasthma Agents
13. Aerosolized Antiinfective Agents
14. Antimicrobial Agents
15. Cold and Cough Agents
16. Selected Agents of Pulmonary Value
17. Neonatal and Pediatric Aerosolized Drug Therapy

Unit III: Critical Care, Cardiovascular, and Polysomnography Agents
18. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants (Neuromuscular Blocking Agents)
19. Diuretic Agents
20. Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
21. Vasopressors, Inotropes, and Antiarrythmic Agents
22. Drugs Affecting Circulation: Antihypertensives, Antianginals, Antithrombotics
23. Sleep and Sleep Pharmacology

Appendix A: Answers to Self-Assessment Questions and Clinical Scenarios
Appendix B: Units and Systems of Measurement
Appendix C: Acceptable Mixtures of Most Commonly Prescribed Respiratory Care Drugs
Glossary of Selected Terms
Drug Index
Abbreviations