Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice

Dr. Stoelting's best-selling and highly acclaimed text, Pharmacology and Physiology in Anaesthetic Practice, is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. In 60 concise, clearly written chapters, this book provides comprehensive, current, clinically oriented, authoritative information on all aspects of pharmacology and physiology that are relevant to perioperative patient management. This edition includes all new drugs and new findings on actions and interactions of established drugs. More than 400 diagrams and more than 100 tables complement the text. This edition's new two-colour page design will help readers spot key information. A separate drug index is included for quick reference.

FEATURES:
• Separate drug index for quick reference
• Covers all aspects of pharmacology and physiology as they relate to anesthetic practice

NEW TO THIS EDITION:
• All drug information and all references have been updated
• New drugs have been added
• Now 2 colour

Contents

1. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Injected and Inhaled Drugs
2. Inhaled Anesthetics
3. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists
4. Barbiturates
5. Benzodiazepines
6. Nonbarbiturate Intravenous Anesthetic Drugs
7. Local Anesthetics
8. Neuromuscular-Blocking Drugs
9. Anticholinesterase Drugs and Cholinergic Agonists
10. Anticholinergic Drugs
11. Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors and Nonspecific Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs
12. Sympathomimetics
13. Digitalis and Related Drugs
14. Alpha- and Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists
15. Antihypertensive Drugs
16. Peripheral Vasodilators, Nitric Oxide and Nitrovasodilators
17. Cardiac Antidysrhythmic Drugs
18. Calcium Channel Blockers
19. Drugs Used for Psychopharmacologic Therapy