Mosby's Home Care and Hospice Drug Handbook

Medications in home care and hospice * Home care and drug therapy: an overview * Medicare and drug therapy * Home infusion therapy: integrating medication management with specialized clinicians and equipment * Quality and drug therapy: important practice implications * The home visit and medication therapy * Special patient populations: medication implications * Drug care guidelines * Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) * Alzheimer's and other dementias * Anemia * Angina * Antibiotic therapy * Anticoagulant therapy, platelet inhibitors, and thrombolytic agents * Anticonvulsant agents * Antihistamines and decongestants * Antitubercular drugs * Arthritis and gout * Asthma * Breast cancer and mastectomy care * Cancer * Cardiac care * Catheter care * Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) * Congestive heart failure (CHF) * Constipation * Cystic fibrosis * Depression * Diabetes * Gastrointestinal medications * Hypertension * Mother care * Muscle relaxants and stress reducers * Neuromuscular agents * Ophthalmic drugs * Osteoporosis * Oxygen * Pain and palliative medications * Pneumonia and antitussives * Psychiatric care * Topicals * Transplant drugs * Vaccines * Woman care * Appendixes * Glossary * Abbreviations