Search Results - "Pharmacology"

The textbook of non-medical prescribing

Table of Contents: “…Prescribing in context / Dilyse Nuttall -- Ethical, legal, and professional issues in relation to prescribing practice / Ruth Broadhead -- Factors influencing prescribing / Valerie Lawrenson -- Effective consultation / Dilyse Nuttall -- Essential pharmacology / Anne Fittock -- The multi-disciplinary prescribing team / Dawn Eccleston -- Clinical skills / Gillian Armitage -- Prescribing for specific groups / Janice Davies and Dilyse Nuttall -- Enhancing non medical prescribing / Jean Taylor and Anne Lewis.…”
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Psychiatric consultation in long-term care a guide for health care professionals / by Desai, Abhilash K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and epidemiology -- The assessment process -- Dementia -- Delirium -- Mood disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Anxiety disorders and sleep disorders -- Personality disorders, somatoform disorders, substance use disorders, and other psychiatric disorders -- Psychiatric aspects of nutritional disorders, frailty, and failure to thrive -- Abuse and neglect, ethical dilemmas, and medicolegal issues -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Pharmacological interventions -- Psychosocial and environmental interventions -- An ideal long-term care home.…”
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Lifestyle modification for weight control

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lifestyle modification: treatment examines antecedents, behaviour and consequences -- Diet: self-monitoring, dietary plans and portion-controlled meals -- Exercise: weight loss in low activity vs. high activity -- Lifestyle vs. programmed activity -- Status of behavioural treatment for obesity -- Weight loss maintenance -- Diabetes prevention programme -- Look AHEAD study (Action for Health in Diabetes) -- Combining behavioural and pharmacological treatments -- Responding to the obesity epidemic.…”
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Pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics & safety margins

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The pharmacologic and toxic effects of a potential therapeutic agent are a consequence of the product concentration at the site of action -- By understanding inter-species sensitivity to the agent and to the absorption and disposition properties, a rational first in human dose can be determined -- Basic pharmacokinetic elements -- Measures of exposure -- Scaling methods and calculations of relative exposure -- Utilizing outcomes from toxicology evaluations and associated exposure measures -- First in human dose concept.…”
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Understanding marijuana a new look at the scientific evidence / by Earleywine, Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Subjective effects -- 6. Cannabis pharmacology -- 7. Marijuana's health effects -- 8. Medical marijuana -- 9. …”
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Behavior management in dentistry for children /

Table of Contents: “…Fuks, Ari Kupietzky -- Non-pharmacologic approaches in behavior management / Gerald Z. …”
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Journal of Biomedical Science

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Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Disorders

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Tobacco cessation : a practice manual for primary care physicians /

Table of Contents: “…Sonali Jhanjhee -- Pharmacological approaches for tobacco cessations / Dr. …”
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Core curriculum for infusion nursing /

Table of Contents: “…Gorski, Ann Corrigan, Melody Bullock, Alicia Dickenson, Ann Earhart -- Fluid and electrolyte balance / Lynn Phillips -- Pharmacology / Michelle S. Turner, Pharm, Susan K. Poole -- Infection prevention and control / Mary McGoldrick -- Pediatrics / Darcy Doellman -- Transfusion therapy / Deborah Richardson -- Antineoplastic and biologic therapy / Lynn M. …”
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Traumatic brain injury from the ball field to the battlefield /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Heterogeneity of traumatic brain injury -- Concussion -- Mild TBI -- Neurocognitive testing -- Brain physiology is related to recovery -- Post-concussion symptoms -- Effects of repetitive sports concussion -- Gender and recovery -- Age and recovery -- Chronic neurodegeneration -- Complexity of blast effects -- Pathways of secondary injury in TBI -- Genomics and CNS injury -- Recommended design criteria for pre-clinical evaluation of pharmacological agents for TBI -- Laser targeted strategies -- Multipotential treatment -- In vitro models -- Improving likelihood of successful clinical trials.…”
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Discovering Addiction : The Science and Politics of Substance Abuse Research / by Campbell, Nancy D. (Nancy Dianne), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Framing the "opium problem" : protoscientific concepts of addiction -- Creatures of habit : feeding the "junkie monkeys" of Michigan -- "A new deal for the drug addict" : addiction research moves to Lexington, Kentucky -- "The man with the syringe" : pain and pleasure in the experimental situation -- "The tightrope between coercion and seduction" : characterizing the ethos of addiction research at Lexington -- "The great hue and cry" : prison reform and the ethics of human subjects research -- "The behavior is always right" : behavioral pharmacology comes of age -- "The hijacked brain" : reimagining addiction.…”
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The living clock the orchestrator of biological rhythms / by Palmer, John D., 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Human Rhythms: Basic Processes --Chapter 3. Rhythmic Pharmacology --Chapter 4. Jet Lag can be a Drag --Chapter 5. …”
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Pharmaceutical toxicology in practice a guide for non-clinical development /

Table of Contents: “…The regulatory environment / Claudio Bernardi and Marco Brughera --Toxicological development : roles and responsibilities / Franck Chuzel and Bernard Ruty -- Contract research organizations / Maurice Cary -- Safety pharmacology / Claudio Arrigoni and Valeria Perego -- Formulations, impurities and toxicokinetics / Claude Charuel -- General toxicology / Alberto Lodola -- Genetic toxicology / Peggy Guzzie-Peck, Jennifer Sasaki, and Sandy Weiner -- Developmental and reproductive toxicology / Jeanne Stadler -- Data analysis, report writing and regulatory documentation / Monique Y. …”
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The Journal of Headache and Pain Official Journal of the "European Headache Federation" and of "Lifting The Burden - The Global Campaign against Headache" /

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Respiratory Research

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The interaction of antibiotics with the large ribosomal subunit from Haloarcula Marismortui

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Introduction to a paradox: how can a universally conserved cellular component be a target for pharmacologically useful antibiotics? -- Introduction to ribosome structure -- Antibiotic binding sites cluster in the ribosome -- The source of the species specificity of antibiotics that interact with the A-site cleft -- How macrolides interact with the ribosome -- The structural consequences of mutations that make ribosomes resistant to macrolides -- The toxicity of macrolides is not well understood -- 13-deoxytedanolide, a novel macrolide with novel species specificity that binds to a novel site in the ribosome.…”
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Pathogenic mechanisms in prion disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Neurodegenerative diseases and protein misfolding disorders -- Prion disease in mice to study mechanisms of neurodegeneration due to misfolded protein accumulation -- Early prion neurodegenerative change is reversible: access to key neurotoxic pathways -- Critical change is loss of synaptic proteins due to activation of PERK branch of the unfolded protein response -- Modifying this pathway genetically is neuroprotective -- Modifying this pathway pharmacologically is neuroprotective -- Relevance of this pathway in other neurodegenerative diseases with misolded proteins e.g. …”
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Ultimate review for the neurology boards

Table of Contents: “…Clinical neurophysiology -- Sleep and sleep disorders -- High-yield pediatric neurology -- Neuro-urology -- Neuro-ophthalmology -- Neuro-otology -- Neuro-rehabilitation -- Neuro-endocrinology -- Neuro-oncology and transplant neurology -- Neurochemistry/pharmacology -- Neurogenetics -- Neuroembryology -- Clinical neuroanatomy -- Adult psychiatry for neurologists -- Child psychiatry for neurologists -- Neurobehavior and neuropsychology.…”
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Anesthesia crash course by Horton, Charles N. (Charles Newton), 1978-

Table of Contents: “…The anatomy of an anesthesia machine (in words normal people can understand) -- The how and why of a good machine check -- Better living through chemistry: anesthetic pharmacology -- What are they gonna' do to you?! (pre-operative evaluation & consent) -- The ABCs start with "airway" (or, how to intubate and maintain anesthesia) -- Waking up and hitting the road: extubation, post-op, and giving report -- Don't launch your lunch: anti-nausea therapy -- Big no-no's -- Sharp objects, part I: IVs, arterial lines, and central lines -- Sharp objects, part II: epidurals and spinals -- Less filling, tastes great: a few anesthesia controversies -- What if?…”
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