Mind Maps in Medical Pharmacology
A Study Resource and Review for PA, NP, and Medical Students and Clinicians
- 1st Edition - November 29, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Jennifer Hofmann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 4 6 3 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 4 2 - 5
The study of pharmacology requires memorization, association, and application of knowledge about hundreds of medications—a daunting task for even the most dedicated student. Mind… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe study of pharmacology requires memorization, association, and application of knowledge about hundreds of medications—a daunting task for even the most dedicated student. Mind Maps in Medical Pharmacology helps physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and medical students master the understanding of pharmacology through easy-to-understand, visual Mind Maps. These user-friendly, multi-sensory tools condense large amounts of information, helping you organize, integrate, and retain what you’ve learned in the vast and complex field of pharmacology.
- Provides comprehensive coverage of essential pharmacology information in a concise, visual, easy-to-remember format
- Each Mind Map includes brief explanatory text further describing the clinical relevance, indications, mechanism of action, significant drug interaction, adverse effects, black box warnings, contraindications, and monitoring parameters
- Includes animated versions of each of the 39 Mind Maps in the eBook
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Physician Assistant students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Video contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- 1. Introduction
- Introduction to medical pharmacology
- US food and drug administration drug development
- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacokinetics
- Routes of administration
- Biotransformation or metabolism
- Excretion
- Some mechanisms of drug interactions
- References
- 2. Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
- Review of autonomic physiology
- Parasympathomimetic and parasympatholytic drugs
- Sympathomimetics and adrenergic blockers
- 3. Drugs affecting cardiovascular function
- Section 1: Treatment of hypertension
- Section 2: Heart failure: Treatment of heart failure
- Section 3: Treatment of angina pectoris
- Section 4: Treatment of acute coronary syndrome
- Section 5: Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Section 6: Treatment of dyslipidemia
- Section 7: Antiplatelets (Mind Map 3.6)
- Section 8: Anticoagulants (Mind Map 3.7)
- Section 9: Fibrinolytic drugs
- References
- 4. Pulmonary pharmacology
- Drugs used to treat asthma
- Types of devices
- Types of medications
- COPD pharmacotherapy
- References
- 5. Drugs affecting allergic conditions, inflammation, immunity, and hematopoiesis
- Section 1: Drugs for allergic diseases
- Allergic diseases
- Eicosanoids (prostaglandins, leukotrienes)
- Section 2: Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and acetaminophen
- Section 3: Treatment of gout
- Section 4: Immunosuppressants
- Section 5: Disease-modifying antirheumatic agents
- Section 6: Biologic agents and kinase inhibitors
- Section 7: Drugs for anemia and other blood disorders
- References
- 6. Hormones and endocrine drugs
- Section 1: Thyroid and antithyroid medications
- Section 2: Female hormones
- Section 3: Androgens and male reproductive system
- Section 4: Adrenal hormones: Glucocorticosteroids
- Section 5: Endocrine pancreas and drugs for diabetes mellitus
- Section 6: Osteoporosis
- References
- 7. Gastrointestinal pharmacology
- Treatment of peptic ulcer disease
- Antiemetic drugs (Mind Map 7.2)
- Drugs for constipation (Mind Map 7.3)
- Antidiarrheal medications
- Inflammatory bowel disease (crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)
- References
- 8. Drugs affecting central nervous system
- Section 1: Sedative hypnotics (Mind Map 8.1)
- Section 2: Anesthetics
- Section 3: Antiepileptics (Mind Map 8.4)
- Section 4: Drugs for migraines and cluster headaches
- Section 5: Drugs for parkinson disease (Mind Map 8.5)
- Section 6: Alzheimer disease
- Section 7: Opioids (Mind Map 8.6)
- Section 8: Psychopharmacology
- Antidepressants (Mind Map 8.7)
- Antipsychotic medications (Mind Map 8.8)
- Medications for bipolar disorder
- Anxiolytics
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- References
- 9. Drug therapy for infectious diseases
- Antibacterial drugs
- Antivirals
- Antifungals
- Antiparasitic drugs
- References
- 10. Antineoplastic drugs
- Drug therapy for cancer (antineoplastic drugs)
- References
- 11. Drug therapy for select eye diseases
- Section 1: Pharmacology of ocular therapeutics
- Glaucoma
- Conjunctivitis
- References
- 12. Dermatologic pharmacology
- Pharmacologic treatment of common skin infections and infestations (Mind Map 12.1)
- Cutaneous and mucosal candidiasis
- Bacterial skin and soft tissue infections
- Skin infestations: Scabies and pediculosis
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- References
- 13. Pregnancy: Pharmacology of select conditions during pregnancy
- Pharmacologic considerations during pregnancy and lactation
- Pharmacotherapy of common pregnancy-associated conditions
- Induction of labor
- References
- 14. Pediatric pharmacology
- Drug dosage
- References
- 15. Geriatric pharmacology
- Background
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 29, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 200
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323934633
- eBook ISBN: 9780323935425
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Jennifer Hofmann
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Didactic Education, College of Health Professions, Physician Assistant Program; Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital New York, New York, USA