Pharmacology for Midwives - Jordan, Sue
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Midwives have an increasingly important role in the management of drugs during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. This book will meet the needs of busy midwives (practitioners, students and teachers) by providing a detailed review of the principles of pharmacology and the drugs prescribed in normal and abnormal pregnancy. Throughout the text applications of pharmacology to practice are highlighted and the implications of the research evidence for each major drug are presented in easy-to-use checklists or guidelines for clinical practice.
Table of contents:
Preface
PART 1:…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Midwives have an increasingly important role in the management of drugs during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. This book will meet the needs of busy midwives (practitioners, students and teachers) by providing a detailed review of the principles of pharmacology and the drugs prescribed in normal and abnormal pregnancy. Throughout the text applications of pharmacology to practice are highlighted and the implications of the research evidence for each major drug are presented in easy-to-use checklists or guidelines for clinical practice.

Table of contents:
Preface

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
Principles of Pharmacology; ’S.Jordan’
Intravenous administration; ‘S.Jordan’
Legal Issues; ’R.Griffith’

PART 2: DRUGS IN LABOUR
Pain relief; ‘S.Jordan’
Anti-emetics; ‘S.Jordan’
Oxytocics; ‘S.Jordan’
Tocolytics; ‘S.Jordan’

PART 3: DISORDERED PHYSIOLOGY IN CHILDBIRTH
Coagulation disorders; ’S.Jordan & M.Andrade’
Cardiovascular disorders; ‘S.Jordan’
Rhesus incompatibility; ‘Y.Nigam’

PART 4: DRUGS IN PREGNANCY
Nutritional supplements: Iron and folic acid; ‘S.Jordan & R.McOwat’
Preparations to reduce gastric acidity; ‘S.Jordan’
Laxatives; ‘S.Jordan & B.Hegarty’
Anti-microbials; ‘M.Tait’

PART 5: PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Asthma; ‘S.Jordan’
Drugs Prescribed for Mental Illness; ‘B.Hardy & S.Jordan’
Diabetes; ‘S.Jordan’
Thyroid disorders; ‘S.Jordan’
Epilepsy; ‘N.Clerk & S.Emery’

PART 6: NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
Over the Counter medications; ‘C.Davies, S.Pegler & S.Jordan’
Appendix I: Quick Reference for major drugs
Appendix II: US Classification of drug safety in pregnancy
Appendix III: Glossary
References
Index
Autorenporträt
SUE JORDAN is Lecturer in Nursing and Midwifery in the School of Health Science at the University of Wales, Swansea.