Pharmacology for anaesthetists - Noel Cass

Intended as a primer for the examination in Pharmacology for the Australasian and UK Colleges of Anaesthesia and the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.;The text covers the applied pharmacology of drugs used in anaesthetic practice and intensive care and drugs commonly encountered in patients presenting for anaesthesia. It is an up-to-date summary orientated towards study and revision for the examination candidate. The practising clinician will find it useful as an aide memoire.;The major topics covered are: pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; intravenous hypnotics; neuromuscular blocking drugs; local anaesthetics; analgesics and examination technique.;It aims to provide a succinct presentation - easily digested cover of important aspects of each subject, to be suitable for examination preparation - section on typical questions with skeleton answers and has a detailed index - for quick reference to up-to-date details on anaesthefics and associated drugs.