Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology
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11th Edition by Douglas Gardenhire,
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All Chapters 1 to 23 Covered
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
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UnitgI:gBasicgConceptsgandgPrinciplesgingPharmacology
1.gIntroductiongtogRespiratorygCaregPharmacology
2.gPrinciplesgofgDruggAction
3.gAdministrationgofgAerosolizedgAgents
4.gCalculatinggDruggDoses
5.gThegCentralgandgPeripheralgNervousgSystems
UnitgII:gDrugsgUsedgtogTreatgthegRespiratorygSystem
6.gAdrenergicg(Sympathomimetic)gBronchodilators
7.gAnticholinergicg(Parasympatholytic)gBronchodilators
8.gXanthines
9.gMucus-ControllinggDruggTherapy
10.gSurfactantgAgents
11.gCorticogsteriodsgingRespiratorygCare
12.gNonsteroidalgAntiasthmagAgents
13.gAerosolizedgAntiginfectivegAgents
14.gAntimicrobialgAgents
15.gColdgandgCoughgAgents
16.gSelectedgAgentsgofgPulmonarygValue
17.gNeonatalgandgPediatricgAerosolizedgDruggTherapy
UnitgIII:gCriticalgCare,gCardiovascular,gandgPolysomnographygAgents
18.gSkeletalgMusclegRelaxantsg(NeuromusculargBlockinggAgents)
19.gDiureticgAgents
20.gDrugsgAffectinggthegCentralgNervousgSystem
21.gVasopressors,gInotropes,gandgAntigarrythmicgAgents
22.gDrugsgAffectinggCirculation:gAntihypertensives,gAntianginals,gAntigthrombotics
23.gSleepgandgSleepgPharmacology
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Respiratory Care Pharmacology Gardenhir
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e: Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1. Whatgisgthegnamegofgthegreceptorgsitesgthatgareglocatedgingthegperipheralgvasculature,gthegheart,
g bronchialgmuscle,gandgbronchialgbloodgvessels?
a. Betag2greceptors c. Alphagreceptors
b. Gammagreceptors d.ggg Betag1greceptors
ANS:g C
Alphagreceptorsgareglocatedgingthegperipheralgvasculature,gthegheart,gbronchialgmuscle,gandg b
ronchialgbloodgvessels.
PTS:gg 1
2. Whichgreceptorgsitegresultsgingtachycardia,gangincreasedgpotentialgforgarrhythmias,gandgan
g increasedgcardiacgoutput?
a. Betag1greceptor c. Alphagreceptor
b. Betag2greceptor d.gg Deltagreceptor
ANS:g A
Stimulationgofgthegbeta-
1greceptorsgresultsgingtachycardia,gangincreasedgpotentialgforg arrhythmias,gandgangincreasedgcar
diacgoutput.gIngadministeringgdrugsgtogthegpulmonarygsystem,g stimulationgofgthegbeta-
1gsitesgisgnotgdesired.gHowever,gmostgrespiratorygpharmacologicgagentsg havegsomegbeta-
1gstimulatorygeffect.
PTS:gg 1
3. Stimulationgofgthegbetag2greceptorsgcausesgg
a. peripheralgvasoconstrictiongandgmildgbronchoconstrictiongingtheglungs.
b. tachycardia,gangincreasedgpotentialgforgarrhythmias,gandgangincreasedgcardiacgoutput.
c. bronchodilation.
d. peripheralgvasodilation,gbradycardia,gandgdecreasedgcardiacgoutput.
ANS:g C
Stimulationgofgthegbeta-2greceptorsgingtheglungsgcausesgbronchodilation.
PTS:gg 1
4. Acetylcholinegstimulatesg g
a. thegVagusgnerve.
b. thegadrenergicgreceptors.
c. thegsympatheticgnervousgsystem.
d. thegcholinergicgreceptors.
ANS:g D
Acetylcholinegstimulatesgthegcholinergicgreceptors.
PTS:gg 1
5. Whatgimmunoglobulingantibodygsensitizesgthegmastgcell?
, a. Leukotrienes c. Histamine