Principles and Practice of Pharmacology for Anaesthetists continues to provide a comprehensive scientific basis and a readable account of the principles of pharmacology, as well as practical guidance in the use of drugs that is relevant to clinical anaesthesia.

Principles and Practice of Pharmacology for Anaesthetists features:

• Every chapter in this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated
• An additional chapter on Adverse Drug Reactions is included
• For ease of reference, the structures of many commonly used agents are featured, with their sites of isomerism, when appropriate
• Recommended International Non-proprietary Names (rINNs) are generally used for generic agents, although preference has been given to the current nomenclature for adrenaline and noradrenaline

  Contents

  1. Drug Absorption, Distribution and Elimination
  2. Pharmacokinetics
  3. Drug Action
  4. Drug Interaction
  5. Variability in Drug Response
  6. Adverse Drug Reactions
  7. Intravenous Anaesthetic Agents
  8. Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents
  9. Local Anaesthetics
  10. Drugs that act on the Neuromuscular Junction
  11. Analgesic Drugs
  12. Drugs used in Premedication and Antiemetic Agents
  13. Drugs and the Autonomic Nervous System
  14. Antihypertensive Agents: Drugs that Are Used to Induce Hypotension
  15. Antiarrhythmic and Antianginal Drugs
  16. Antiplatelet Drugs, Anticoagulants and Fibrinolytic Agents
  17. Corticosteroids and Hypoglycaemic Agents

  Index

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