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Pharmacology and ototoxicity for audiologists /

Pharmacology and ototoxicity for audiologists / [edited by] Kathleen C.M. Campbell. - Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning, c2007. - xxiii, 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to pharmacology -- Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacotherapeutics and patient factors -- The role of Food and Drug Administration in drug development -- Common classes of drugs used in otolaryngologic practice -- Nutraceuticals and herbal supplements -- Mechanisms of toxicity in the cochlea (including physical, free radical: oxidative and anti-oxidative mechanisms, protein interactions, and defense mechanisms) -- Biochemical bases of hearing -- Infection control in the audiology clinic -- Cancer and ototoxicity of chemotherapeutics -- Aminoglycoside antibiotics -- Renal function and ototoxicity of loop diuretics -- Other ototoxins : aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, quinine, and macrolides -- Industrial chemicals and solvents affecting the auditory system -- Cellular mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss -- Audiologic monitoring for ototoxicity and patient management -- Vestibular ototoxicity -- Audiologic findings in vestibular toxicity -- Otoprotective agents -- Regeneration of hair cells -- From pharmacology to function : using drugs as tools to dissect the cochlea -- Staying current : Web sites and resources for pharmaceutical information.

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Ototoxic agents.
Ear--Effect of drugs on.
Drugs--Side effects.
Audiology.
Hearing Disorders--drug therapy.
Audiology--methods.
Hearing Disorders--etiology.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--adverse effects.

RF285.O83 / P453 2007

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