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Pharmacology for Rehabilitation Professionals (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Pharmacology for Rehabilitation Professionals (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Now fully revised and updated, Dr. Barbara Gladson's Pharmacology
for Rehabilitation Professionals, 2nd Edition, remains your best
resource for understanding how various drugs affect patients during
therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation. Using case studies and
engaging activities, it helps you apply essential pharmacology
information directly to rehabilitation practice. New chapters, a
new reader-friendly design, new artwork, and more enhance the text
and bring you up to date with both basic pharmacologic principles
as well as the mechanism of action and side effects of drugs
commonly seen in rehabilitation practice. Helps you develop
effective exercise programs by providing drug/exercise interactions
from a pharmacokinetics perspective. You willl clearly see the
implications for exercise for each specific condition and
medication. Presents case studies in every chapter that demonstrate
the effects of various drugs on the diagnosis, prognosis, and
interventions in physical therapy, so you can more easily monitor
patients for adverse drug effects. Features engaging activities in
every chapter, ranging from patient interviews to challenging,
real-life questions, helping you retain and apply what you've
learned. Encourages you to use the latest research in your clinical
decision making with evidence-based content incorporated
throughout. Simplifies the complex topic of pharmacokinetics so
that you will fully understand how it affects your individual
patients and your care plans. Guides you in using the Internet for
online drug information with references to specific sites, and when
and how to use them to their fullest potential. Discusses lifespan
considerations such as age, physical differences, and obesity, as
well as the latest information on diabetes and glucose testing. A
new chapter on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in
Pharmacology covers popular herbal and alternative products used to
promote health, as well as herbal remedies used during menopause
and in the treatment of cancer, helping you recognize the impact of
herbals on your patients' symptoms and response to therapy. A new
chapter on Drugs Affecting the Integumentary System discusses skin
disorders and their pharmacological treatment, prophylactic and
debriding agents, antiseptics, and more. A new chapter on Nutrition
and Pharmacology provides current information on vitamins and
minerals, enteral and parenteral nutrition, and food and drug
interactions -- important topics that affect rehabilitation
outcomes. Updated drug information and new drugs are added
throughout the text, keeping you up to date with current
pharmacological information as it pertains to rehabilitation.
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