Tom Peck, Benjamin Harris

Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Expanded fifth edition of a successful text providing readers with a solid foundation of pharmacological knowledge. Includes updated chapters on applied pharmacokinetic models, antimicrobials, intravenous fluids, minerals and nutrition, and drugs used in diabetes. An ideal aid to exam preparation for anaesthetists and intensive care trainees.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 5 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781108710961
• ISBN-10: 1108710964
• Artikelnr.: 60354098

Autorenporträt

Thomas Peck is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and is also an Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospital Southampton.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Foreword by Anthony Absalom
Section I. Basic Principles: 1. Drug passage across the cell membrane
2. Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
3. Drug action
4. Drug interaction
5. Isomerism
6. Pharmacokinetic modelling
7. Applied pharmacokinetic models
8. medicinal chemistry
Section II. Core Drugs in Anaesthetic Practice: 9. General anaesthetic agents
10. Analgesics
11. Local anaesthetics
12. Muscle relaxants and reversal agents
Section III. Cardiovascular Drugs: 13. Sympathomimetics
14. Adrenoceptor antagonists
15. Anti-arrhythmics
16. Vasodilators
17. Antihypertensives
Section IV. Other Important Drugs: 18. Central nervous system
19. Antiemetics and related drugs
20. Drugs acting on the gut
21. Intravenous fluids, minerals and nutrition
22. Diuretics
23. Antimicrobials
24. Drugs affecting coagulation
25. Drugs used in diabetes
26. Corticosteroids and other hormone preparations
Index.