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RAU’S RESPIRATORY CARE PHARMACOLOGY 11TH EDITION


COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR

RAU'S RESPIRATORY CARE
PHARMACOLOGY, 11TH EDITION
BY DOUGLAS S. GARDENHIRE




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TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN PHARMACOLOGY ..........................4
CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATORY CARE PHARMACOLOGY ..4
CHAPTER 02: PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ACTION .............................................................. 19
CHAPTER 03: ADMINISTRATION OF AEROSOLIZED AGENTS .............................37
CHAPTER 04: CALCULATING DRUG DOSES ................................................................. 61
CHAPTER 05: CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS .................... 70
UNIT II: DRUGS USED TO TREAT THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ............................ 88
CHAPTER 06: ADRENERGIC (SYMPATHOMIMETIC) BRONCHODILATORS.. 88
CHAPTER 7: ANTICHOLINERGIC (PARASYMPATHOLYTIC)
BRONCHODILATORS ................................................................................................................. 112
CHAPTER 08: XANTHINE’S .................................................................................................... 122
CHAPTER 09: MUCUS-CONTROLLING DRUG THERAPY ....................................... 134
CHAPTER 10: SURFACTANT AGENTS.............................................................................. 153
CHAPTER 11: CORTICOSTEROIDS IN RESPIRATORY CARE............................... 168
CHAPTER 12: NONSTEROIDAL ANTIASTHMA AGENTS ......................................... 192
CHAPTER 13: AEROSOLIZED ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS .................................... 207
CHAPTER 14: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS....................................................................... 222
CHAPTER 15: COLD AND COUGH AGENTS ................................................................ 238
CHAPTER 16: SELECTED AGENTS OF PULMONARY VALUE ............................ 253
CHAPTER 17: NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC AEROSOLIZED DRUG THERAPY
............................................................................................................................................................. 267
UNIT III: CRITICAL CARE, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
AGENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 277
CHAPTER 18: SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS (NEUROMUSCULAR
BLOCKING AGENTS) ................................................................................................................ 277
CHAPTER 19: DIURETIC AGENTS .................................................................................... 294
CHAPTER 20: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ...... 308
CHAPTER 21: VASOPRESSORS, INOTROPES, AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC
AGENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 323
CHAPTER 22: DRUGS AFFECTING CIRCULATION: ANTIHYPERTENSIVES,
ANTIANGINALS, ANTITHROMBOTICS ............................................................................. 339
CHAPTER 23: SLEEP AND SLEEP PHARMACOLOGY ............................................. 357



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TEST BANK FOR RAU’S RESPIRATORY CARE PHARMACOLOGY 11TH EDITION BY
GARDENHIRE




UNIT I: BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN
PHARMACOLOGY
CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATORY CARE
PHARMACOLOGY
GARDENHIRE: RAU’S RESPIRATORY CARE PHARMACOLOGY, 11TH EDITION


MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. THE LISTING OF A DRUG AND THE AMOUNT OF DRUG ARE FOUND IN
WHICH PART OF A PRESCRIPTION?
A. SUPERSCRIPTION
B. INSCRIPTION
C. SUBSCRIPTION
D. TRANSCRIPTION (SIGNATURE)
ANS: B
THE SUPERSCRIPTION DIRECTS THE PHARMACIST TO TAKE THE DRUG LISTED
AND PREPARE THE MEDICATION; THE INSCRIPTION LISTS THE NAME AND
QUANTITY OF THE DRUG BEING PRESCRIBED; THE SUBSCRIPTION PROVIDES
DIRECTIONS TO THE PHARMACIST FOR PREPARING THE MEDICATION; AND THE
TRANSCRIPTION, OR SIGNATURE, IS THE INFORMATION THE PHARMACIST WRITES
ON THE LABEL AS INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PATIENT.
REF: P. 7


2. IF GENERIC SUBSTITUTION IS PERMITTED ON A PRESCRIPTION:
A. DRUG FROM ONLY ONE MANUFACTURER MUST BE GIVEN.
B. DRUG FORMULATION MAY BE CHANGED BY THE PHARMACIST.
C. ANY MANUFACTURED BRAND OF THE DRUG LISTED MAY BE GIVEN.
D. DRUG STRENGTH MAY BE CHANGED BY THE PHARMACIST.
ANS: C
A GENERIC SUBSTITUTION ALLOWS ANY BRAND OF A DRUG TO BE GIVEN, BUT
THE PHARMACIST MAY NOT CHANGE A DRUG FORMULATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC
PERMISSION FROM THE PRESCRIBING PHYSICIAN. A PHYSICIAN CAN INDICATE TO

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