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Tables of Contents for Pharmacology in Respiratory Care
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1. Introduction to Pharmacology.

2. Biological Factors Affecting the Action of Drugs.

3. Math Review and Dosage Calculations.

4. Preventing Medications Errors.

5. Autonomic Nervous System.

6. Drugs Affecting the Sympathetic Nervous System.

7. Drugs Affecting the Parasympathetic Nervous System.

8. Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous Ganglia.

9. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants.

10. Local Anesthetics.

11. Introduction to the Central Nervous System.

12. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs and Alcohol.

13. General Anesthetics.

14. Narcotic (Opioid) Analgesics and Aesthetics.

15. Cardiac Physiology and Pathology.

16. Cardiac Glycosides and the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure.

17. Anticoagulants and Coagulants,

18. Antiallergenic and Antihistaminic Drugs.

19. Bronchodilator Drugs and the Treatment of Asthma.

20. Adrenal Steroids.

21. Antibacterial Agents.

22. Antiseptics and Disinfectants.

23. Herbal Remedies For Respiratory Diseases.

24. Antiviral Drugs.

25. Mechanical Ventilation.

26. New Treatments in Respiratory Care Pharmacology.

Appendix 1: Regulatory Issues in the Practice of Respiratory Care.

Appendix II;I: