Pharmacology in the Practice of Anaesthesia - Rilegato

9780340551714: Pharmacology in the Practice of Anaesthesia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0340551712 ISBN 13: 9780340551714

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 1996

'Pharmacology in the Practice of Anaesthesia' outlines, in a highly-accessible manner, the principles of pharmacology as applied to anaesthesia and intensive care. Anaesthetists are expected to know not only the pharmacology of anaesthetic agents, but also the pharmacology of drugs used in medical disorders and the possibility of drug interactions and side effects.
The book contains introductory chapters covering the principles which affect the mode of action of the drug. These are followed by detailed descriptions of anaesthetic agents and the drugs affecting each body system. Relevant physiology is included to make the pharmacology more comprehensible, and key points are highlighted throughout the text.

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Recensione:

Many sections in the book are quite good, and some are outstanding. Information is presented in a logical, easily accessed format. Extensive reference lists...[making it a] worthwhile additions to one's personal library
Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Contenuti:

Preface
Section I: General principles of pharmacology - Drug receptors and mechanisms of drug action
Pharmacokinetics - absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs
Drug metabolism
Section II: Anaesthetic drugs - Principles of anaesthesia
General anaesthesia
Therapeutic gases
Local anaesthesia
Section III: Drugs acting at synaptic and neuroeffector junctional sites - The principles of peripheral cholinergic and adrenergic transmission
Muscarinic and nicotinic antagonists
Cholinesterase and anticholinesterase
Antimuscarinic drugs
Neuromuscular transmission
Adrenergic nervous system
Agonists and antagonists
Section IV: Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system - Pharmacology of drugs affecting the heart
Drugs affecting tone, function and vasodilation
Control of blood pressure
Section V: Drugs affecting the respiratory system - Neurohumoral control of respiration
Pharmacology and therapeutics
Section VI: Drug action on the central nervous system - Central nervous system pharmacology
Sedation
Psychiatry
Drugs and neurological disorders
Section VII: Drugs used in the management of pain and inflammation - Endogenous mediators of pain and inflammation
Opioid analgesics and antagonists
Drug management of acute, severe and chronic pain
Section VIII: Drugs affecting peripheral organ systems - Blood
Kidneys
GI tract and liver
Section IX: Drugs affecting the endocrine system - Hypothalamo-pituitary function
The thyroid: drugs used in thyrotoxic and hypothyroid states
The reproductive systems
The endocrine pancreas: drugs used in diabetes and obesity
Section X: Chemotherapeutic drugs - Use of drugs against microorganisms
Chemotherapy of neoplastic disease
Section XI: Sterlization - Sterilization and disinfection
Section XII: Adverse effects of drugs - Adverse drug reactions
Drug tolerance, drug dependence and drug abuse
Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis
Index

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