Full Description
A multidisciplinary, clinically-oriented resource, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment of Women is designed to help primary care providers deliver more effective and better integrated health care to women. Over 60 contributors in internal medicine, ob/gyn, surgery, and psychiatry present clinically relevant information on diseases and disorders that are unique to, more prevalent in, or present differently in women. More general topics affecting women's heath are also addressed, including prevention, health care access, communication styles, and cultural and racial issues.Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment of Women is a practical, up-to-date source of information on the care of women in a primary care setting. It covers medical conditions and syndromes which are unique to women or which present differently in women than in men. Although it is clinically focused, Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment of Women also covers underlying principles when important to understanding the approach to diagnosis and treatment. Like all Lange Currents, it features superbly organized, rapidly accessible information.
Contents
1. General Principles of PharmacologyI. DefinitionsII. Pharmacokinetic PrinciplesIII. Pharmacodynamic PrinciplesIV. Drug Development and RegulationClinical ProblemsAnswers2. Autonomic Nervous System PathologyI. Autonomic AnatomyII. Transmitter BiochemistryIII. Physiology of Autonomic ActionIV. Cholinomimetic DrugsV. Cholinolytic Drugs and PralidoximeVI. SympathomimeticsVII. Adrenoceptor BlockersClinical ProblemsAnswers 3. Drug Therapy for Cardiovascular DiseasesI. HypertensionII. Angina PectorisIII. Heart FailureIV. Cardiac ArrhythmiasV. Diuretics and Other Drugs Acting on the KidneyClinical ProblemsAnswers4. Drugs Used in Allergy, Inflammation, and Blood and Immune DisordersI. Histamine and AntihistaminicsII. Serotonin and Related DrugsIII. EicosanoidsIV. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Drugs Used in Fever and Minor Pain and HeadacheV. Drugs Used in GoutVI. Antilipid DrugsVII. Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet Drugs, and FibrinolyticsVIII. Drugs Used in Anemias and Other Disorders of Blood FormationIX. Drugs Used in AsthmaClinical ProblemsAnswers 5. Central Nervous System DrugsI. Introduction to Central Nervous System (CNS)II. Sedative-HypnoticsIII. Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)IV. General AnestheticsV. Local AnestheticsVI. Skeletal Muscle RelaxantsVII. Drugs for Parkinsonism and Other Movement DisordersVIII. Drugs for Psychoses and Bipolar DisordersIX. AntidepressantsX. Opioid AnalgesicsXI. Drugs of AbuseClinical ProblemsAnswers 6. Hormones and Other Endocrine AgentsI. Hypothalamic and Pituitary DrugsII. Thyroid DrugsIII. Adrenal Steroids and AntagonistsIV. Gonadal Drugs, Antagonists, and InhibitorsV. Pancreatic DrugsVI. Drugs That Affect Bone Mineral MetabolismClinical ProblemsAnswers 7. Antimicrobial Agents: AntibioticsI. Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis: Penicillins II. Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, and Vancomycin III. Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Macrolides, Clindamycin, Tetracyclines, and Chloramphenicol IV. Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Aminoglycosides, Streptogramins, and Linezolid V. Inhibitors of Folic Acid Synthesis: Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim VI. Inhibitors of Nucleic Acid Synthesis: Fluoroquinolones VII. Antimycobacterial Drugs VIII. Miscellaneous Antimicrobials Clinical ProblemsAnswers 8. Antifungal, Antiviral, and Antiparasitic DrugsI. Antifungal Drugs II. Antiviral Drugs III. Antiparasitic Drugs Clinical ProblemsAnswers 9. Anticancer Drugs and ImmunopharmacologyI. Cancer ChemotherapyII. ImmunopharmacologyClinical ProblemsAnswers 10. ToxicologyI. IntroductionII. Environmental ChemicalsIII. Agricultural ChemicalsIV. Heavy MetalsV. Management of PoisoningClinical ProblemsAnswers 11. Special TopicsI. Gastrointestinal PharmacologyII. Vaccines and Other Immunization MaterialsIII. Botanicals and Nutritional SupplementsIV. Drug InteractionsClinical ProblemsAnswers AppendixNER(01): WOW
