Including bibliographical references and index

Contents: introduction to respiratory care pharmacology -- Principles of drug action -- Administration of aerosolized agents -- Calculating drug doses -- Central and peripheral nervous systems -- Adrenergic (sympathomimetic) bronchodilators -- Anticholinergic (parasympatholitic) bronchodilators -- Xanthines -- Mucus-controlling drug therapy -- Surfactant agents -- Corticosteroids in respiratory care -- Nonsteroidal antiasthma agents -- Aerosolized antiinfective agents -- Antimicrobial agents -- Cold and cough agents -- Selected agents of pulmonary avalue -- Neonatal and pediatric aerosolized drug therapy -- Skeletal muscle relaxants (neuromuscular blocking agents -- Diuretic agents -- Drugs affecting the central nervous system -- Vasopressors, intropes, and antiarrhythmic agents -- Drugs affecting circulation: antihypertensives, antianginals, antithrombotics -- Sleep and sleep pharmacology