RTH 124 Pharmacology for Respiratory Care

A study of the principles of pharmacology and of drug receptor theory as they relate to patients with cardiopulmonary disease. Topics include general principles of pharmacology, drug dose calculations, effects of pharmacological agents on the central and peripheral nervous systems, bronchodilators, drugs used to control airway mucus and edema, and drugs used in the management of ventilator patients and patients with cardiorespiratory disorders. 

3 hours lecture.