Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, Ninth Edition - Anthony Trevor, Bertram Katzung, Susan Masters

Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology Examination and Board Review, Ninth Edition

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640 Seiten
2010 | 9th edition
McGraw-Hill Medical (Verlag)
978-0-07-170155-6 (ISBN)
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Includes pharmacology review that is complete with 1000+ Q&As. This title features a chapter-based approach that facilitates use with course notes or larger texts.
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From the authors of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, the leading pharmacology textbook, here is the newest edition of the best review book available for medical pharmacology course exams and board examinations. This skill-building guide comes with over 1000 review questions and answers –- far more than most other pharmacology reviews –- and a chapter-based approach that facilitates use with course notes or larger texts.

Features:


A new full-color presentation Organized to reflect course syllabi, focusing on the clinical use and pharmacology of drug categories, rather than individual drugs Two complete practice exams A valuable appendix of test-taking strategies Chapters that include valuable learning aids such as:
--Short discussion of the major concepts that underlie basic principles or drug groups
--Explanatory figures and tables
--Review questions followed by answers and explanations
--Drug Trees in drug-oriented chapters that visually organize drug groups
--A list of high-yield terms and definitions you need to know Skill Keeper questions that prompt you to review previous material to understand links between related topics A checklist of tasks you should be able to do, once you have finished the chapter Summary Tables that list the important drugs and include key information about their mechanisms of action, effects, clinical uses, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, and toxicities

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Preface
I. Basic Principles
1. Introduction
2. Pharmacodynamics
3. Pharmacokinetics
4. Drug Metabolism
5. Drug Evaluation & Regulation
II. Autonomic Drugs
6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
8. Cholinoceptor Blockers & Cholinesterase Regenerators
9. Sympathomimetics
10. Adrenoceptor Blockers
III. Cardiovascular Drugs
11. Drugs Used in Hypertension
12. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
13. Drugs Used in Heart Failure
14. Antiarrhythmic Drugs
15. Diuretic Agents
IV. Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle
16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids
17. Vasoactive Peptides
18. Prostaglandins & Other Eicosanoids
19. Nitric Oxide, Donors, and Inhibitors
20. Bronchodilators & Other Drugs Used in Asthma
V. Drugs That Act in the Central Nervous System
21. Introduction to CNS Pharmacology
22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
23. Alcohols
24. Antiseizure Drugs
25. General Anesthetics
26. Local Anesthetics
27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
28. Drugs Used in Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
29. Antipsychotic Drugs & Lithium
30. Antidepressants
31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists
32. Drugs of Abuse
VI. Drugs with Important Actions on Blood, Inflammation, & Gout
33. Agents Used in Anemias & Hematopoietic Growth Factors
34. Drugs Used in Coagulation Disorders
35. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemias
36. NSAIDs, Acetaminophen, & Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritus and Gout
VII. Endocrine Drugs
37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
39. Corticosteroids & Antagonists
40. Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
41. Pancreatic Hormones, Antidiabetic Agents, & Glucagon
42. Drugs that Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
VIII. Chemotherapeutic Drugs
43. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics & Other Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors
44. Chloramphenicol, Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Streptogramins, & Linezoid
45. Aminoglycosides
46. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Fluoroquinolones
47. Antimycobacterial Drugs
48. Antifungal Agents
49. Antiviral Chemotherapy & Prophylaxis
50. Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents & Urinary Antiseptics
51. Clinical Use of Antimicrobials
52. Antiprotozoal Drugs
53. Anthelmintic Drugs
54. Cancer Chemotherapy
55. Immunopharmacology
IX. Toxicology
56. Environmental and Occupational Toxicology
57. Heavy Metals
58. Management of the Poisoned Patient
X. Special Topics
59. Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Disorders
60. Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medications
61. Drug Interactions
Appendix I. Key Words for Key Drugs
Appendix II. Examination 1
Appendix III. Examination 2
Appendix IV. Strategies for Improving Test Performance
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.7.2010
Reihe/Serie McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review
Zusatzinfo 140 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Gewicht 1773 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Allgemeines / Lexika
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pharmazie
ISBN-10 0-07-170155-9 / 0071701559
ISBN-13 978-0-07-170155-6 / 9780071701556
Zustand Neuware
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