Rau's respiratory care pharmacology /
Gardenhire, Douglas S.
Rau, Joseph L.Respiratory care pharmacology.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN PHARMACOLOGY: Introduction to respiratory care pharmacology / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Principles of drug action / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Administration of aerosolized agents  / Arzu Ari, Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Calculating drug doses / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Central and peripheral nervous systems / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- PART TWO: DRUGS TO TREAT THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Adrenergic (Symphathomimetic) bronchodilators / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Anticholinergic (parasympatholytic) bronchodilators / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Xanthines / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Mucus-controlling drug therapy / Bruce K. Rubin, James B. Fink, Markus O. Henke -- Surfactant agents / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Corticosteroids in respiratory care / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Nonsteroidal antiasthma agents / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Aerosolized antiinfective agents / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Antimicrobial agents / Christopher A. Schriever, Susan L. Pendland -- Cold and cough agents / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Selected agents of pulmonary value / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Neonatal and pediatric aerosolized drug therapy / Ruben D. Restrepo -- UNIT THREE: CRITICAL CARE, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHY AGENTS: Skeletal muscle relaxants (neuromuscular blocking agents) / Prasad Abraham -- Diuretic agents / Ruben D. Restrepo, Lorena M. Fernandez-Restrepo -- Drugs affecting the central nervous system / Douglas S. Gardenhire -- Vasopressors, inotropes, and antiarrhythmic agents / Henry Cohen, Saira C. Khalique, Michael Liu, Bishoy Luka -- Drugs affecting circulation: antihypertensives, antianginals, antithrombotics / Henry Cohen [et al.] -- Sleep and sleep pharmacology / Michael J. Decker, S.R. Pandi-Perumal, Christopher M. Sinton -- Appendix A: Units and systems of measurements -- Appendix B: Acceptable mixtures of most commonly prescribed respiratory care drugs -- Glossary of selected terms.
Respiratory agents.
Respiratory therapy.