UNIT ONE

BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN PHARMACOLOGY

1

Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology

1

2

Principles of Drug Action

11

3

Administration of Aerosolized Agents

25

4

Calculating Drug Doses

43

5

Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

57

UNIT TWO

DRUGS USED TO TREAT THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

6

Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators

69

7

Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators

89

8

Xanthines

101

9

Mucus-Controlling Drug Therapy

111

10

Surfactant Agents

125

11

Corticosteroids in Respiratory Care

137

12

Nonsteroidal Antiasthma Agents

151

13

Aerosolized Antiinfective Agents

161

14

Antimicrobial Agents

171

15

Cold and Cough Agents

185

16

Selected Agents of Pulmonary Value

193

17

Neonatal and Pediatric Aerosolized Drug Therapy

203

UNIT THREE

CRITICAL CARE, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHY AGENTS

18

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants (Neuromuscular Blocking Agents)

215

19

Diuretic Agents

227

20

Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System

237

21

Vasopressors, Inotropes, and Antiarrhythmic Agents

249

22

Drugs Affecting Circulation: Antihypertensives, Antianginals, Antithrombotics

261

23

Sleep and Sleep Pharmacology

275