Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology , 11th Edition

Description

Approx.452 pages

Key Features

• Clinical scenarios with follow-up SOAP assessment help you assess your comprehension of the material.
• Self-assessment questions offer you thought-provoking opportunities to test your comprehension of key concepts.
• Learning objectives parallel the levels tested by the NBRC^® exams to help you identify important information that goes beyond memorization and recall.
• Key terms with definitions provide easy access to the pharmacologic vocabulary you should embrace.
• Key points boxes in each chapter highlight important concepts in the lesson.
• Glossary of all key terms in the text aids you in understanding the terminology associated with respiratory care pharmacology.
• Appendices on common Units and Systems of Measurement and Acceptable Mixtures provide references to need-to-know information such as abbreviations, conversion charts for temperatures, liquid metric and solids, and a simple drug compatibility chart for drug mixtures.
• Alphabetical drug index provides a direct index to look up information based on drug name.

New to this Edition

• NEW and UPDATED! Clinical Connection boxes assist you in connecting information in the text to the clinical setting, including providing patients a better understanding of their clinical conditions as related to their drug treatments.
• UPDATED! Chapter 1 reflects changes to drug approval.
• UPDATED! Chapter 3 reflects changes in aerosol medication devices and addresses aerosol-generating device issues and COVID-19.
• UPDATED! The latest FDA-approved medications are referenced in all chapters.
• UPDATED! Current asthma (GINA) and COPD (GOLD) guidelines include COVID-19 treatment protocols.
• Enhanced readability helps you more easily understand difficult material.

Companion Products

• Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 11th Edition
• Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - E-Book, 11th Edition : Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - E-Book
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• Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 11th Edition : Workbook for Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology - Elsevier EBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
• Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology E-Book, 11th Edition : Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology E-Book
• Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition : Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
• Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 11th Edition : Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)

Readership

Respiratory therapy students in two- and four-year programs

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Douglas S. Gardenhire, EdD, RRT-NPS, FAARC, Chair and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia