Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

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CONTENTS

Preface pageix

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  • SECTION IBasic principles Foreword xi
    
    
    • 1 Drug passage across the cell membrane
    
    
    • 2 Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
    
    
    • 3 Drug action
    
    
    • 4 Drug interaction
    
    
    • 5 Isomerism
    
    
    • 6 Mathematics and pharmacokinetics
    
    
    • 7 Medicinal chemistry
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • SECTION IICoredrugs in anaesthetic practice
    
    
    • 8 General anaesthetic agents
    
    
    • 9 Analgesics
    
    
    • 10 Local anaesthetics
    
    
    • 11 Muscle relaxants and anticholinesterases
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • SECTION IIICardiovascular drugs
    
    
    • 12 Sympathomimetics
    
    
    • 13 Adrenoceptor antagonists
    
    
    • 14 Anti-arrhythmics
    
    
    • 15 Vasodilators
    
    
    • 16 Antihypertensives
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • SECTION IVOther important drugs
    
    
    • 17 Central nervous system
    
    
    • 18 Antiemetics and related drugs
    
    
    • 19 Drugs acting on the gut
    
    
    • 20 Intravenous fluids
    
    
    • 21 Diuretics
    
    
    • 22 Antimicrobials
    
    
    • 23 Drugs affecting coagulation