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LWW Lippincotts Nursing Drug Guide 2007 by KARCH
Updated with dozens of newly approved drugs and indications, "2007 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide" provides quick access to current, comprehensive, vital drug information. It contains over 800 complete drug monographs, organized alphabetically, plus a full-color photoguide to pills and capsules and 24 rapid-reference appendices appropriate for practicing nurses. This edition includes eleven new monographs on recently approved drugs. To ensure safe drug administration, more clinical alerts and 'Warning' alerts with logos are included. New appendices cover dialyzable drugs and treatments for biological and chemical weapons exposure. A bound-in CD-ROM contains 200 drug monographs and patient-teaching aids. A PDA version of "2007 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide" is also available._x000D_ _x000D_
Unit I: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY Chapter 1: Pharmacokinetics Chapter 2: Drug-Receptor Interactions and Pharmacodynamics Unit II: DRUGS AFFECTING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM Chapter 3: The Autonomic Nervous System Chapter 4: Cholinergic Agonists Chapter 5: Cholinergic Antagonists Chapter 6: Adrenergic Agonists Chapter 7: Adrenergic Antagonists Unit III: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Chapter 8: Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases Chapter 9: Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs Chapter 10: Central Nervous System Stimulants Chapter 11: Anesthetics Chapter 12: Antidepressant Drugs Chapter 13: Neuroleptic Drugs Chapter 14: Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists Chapter 15: Drugs Used to Treat Epilepsy Unit IV: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Chapter 16: The Treatment of Heart Failure Chapter 17: Antiarrhythmic Drugs Chapter 18: Antianginal Drugs Chapter 19: Antihypertensive Drugs Chapter 20: Drugs Affecting The Blood Chapter 21: Antihyperlipidemic Drugs Chapter 22: Diuretic Drugs Unit V: DRUGS AFFECTING THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Chapter 23: Hormones of the Pituitary and Thyroid Chapter 24: Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs Chapter 25: Estrogens and Androgens Chapter 26: Adrenocorticosteroids Unit VI: DRUGS AFFECTING OTHER SYSTEMS Chapter 27: Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System Chapter 28: Gastrointestinal and Antiemetic Drugs Chapter 29: Erectile Dysfunction, Osteoporosis, and Obesity Unit VII: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS Chapter 30: Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy Chapter 31: Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis Chapter 32: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors Chapter 33: Folate Antagonists, Quinolones, and Urinary Tract Antiseptics Chapter 34: Antimycobacterial Drugs Chapter 35: Antifungal Drugs Chapter 36: Antiprotozoal Drugs Chapter 37: Anthelmintic Drugs Chapter 38: Antiviral Drugs Chapter 39: Anticancer Drugs Chapter 40: Immunosuppressants Unit VI: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND AUTOCOIDS Chapter 41: Anti-inflammatory Drugs Chapter 42: Autacoids & Autacoid Antagonists Unit VII: OTHER TOPICS Chapter 43: Toxicology Index_x000D_