Anesthesia for the New Millennium

Modern Anesthetic Clinical Pharmacology
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-94-010-5935-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 489 g

Reihe: Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology

contains the refresher course lectures of the 1999 meeting and is a review of the current state of the art in anesthesia clinical pharmacology. The authors of the individual chapters are among the world's most widely recognized experts in the pharmacology of perioperative medicine. The book features sections on new pharmacology concepts, new drug delivery techniques, recently released drugs and novel thinking about older drugs. It also addresses several areas that have recently emerged as very hot clinical and research topics, including depth of anesthesia monitoring technology and anesthesia drug interactions. The textbook is the seventeenth in a continuing series documenting the proceedings of the postgraduate course.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Egan, Talmage D.

Stanley, T.H.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

New Pharmacokinetic Concepts.- The Biophase Concept.- Handedness in Anesthetic Pharmacology.- Anesthetics and Ventilatory Drive.- When Does the Infant Mature Pharmacologically.- Brain Imaging for Elucidating Mechanisms of Anesthesia.- Is Pharmacokinetics Relevant?.- Physiologic vs. Pharmacologic Sleep.- Awareness Under Anesthesia: Current Understanding.- Depth of Anesthesia Monitoring Techniques: An Overview.- Bispectral Index Monitoring Technology: An Overview.- Bispectral Monitoring Technology: Clinical Applications.- Target Controlled Drug Delivery in Anesthesiology.- The Principles of Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA).- Transmucosal and Other New Drug Delivery Technologies.- A Concept for Assessing Anesthetic Interactions.- Drug Interactions: Opioids and Sedative Hypnotics.- Interactions: General Principles.- Drug Interactions: Opioids and Inhaled Anesthetics.- An Update on the Clinical Use of Propofol.- Kinetic Considerations in the Selection of an Inhaled Anesthetic.- Controversies Regarding Sevoflurane & Desflurane Toxicity.- The Role of Alpha2 Agonists in Anesthesiology.- Current Concepts in Anti-Emetic Therapy.- New Insights into Muscle Relaxants.- Remifentanil: Clinical Applications.- Drug Addiction Among Anesthesiologists.- Antagonism of Anesthetic Effects.- Economics of Anesthesia Education.- The Role of Ketamine in Anesthetic Practice.