Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesiology

Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiology incorporates the latest research and effectively details what anesthesia careproviders must know about the drugs they use in everyday practice. This comprehensive textbook uses a visual approachwith an abundance of tables and illustrations to assist the practicing anesthesia care provider, resident, and student ofanesthesia. The text begins with an overview of fundamental pharmacology concepts (pharmacokinetics,pharmacodynamics, and drug interactions) and then details all classes of drugs relevant to the anesthesiologist in a highlyclinical manner.FeaturesA Applies clinical pharmacology principles to patient care, focusing on how anesthetic drugs interact with one another inregards to analgesia, sedation, and hypnosis; Delivers a concise overview of anesthetics and other drugs (diuretics,antiemetics, antiseizure medications, etc.) used in the perioperative environment; Describes how patient covariates,such as body weight, blood loss, and age influence drug behavior; Incorporates the use of computer simulations tovisually present drug concentration and effects for selected anesthetic techniques in premedication, induction,maintenance, emergence, and sedation; Includes simulations of sample anesthetic techniques for various challengingsurgical procedures.