Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- How to use this book
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Section 1 Clinical anaesthesia
- Section 2 Physiology
- Section 3 Pharmacology
- 1 Physical chemistry
- 2 Pharmacodynamics
- 3 Pharmacokinetics
- 4 Mechanisms of drug action
- 5 Anaesthetic gases and vapours
- 6 Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic agents
- 7 Analgesic drugs
- 8 Neuromuscular blocking agents
- 9 Local anaesthetic agents
- 10 Central nervous system pharmacology
- 11 Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
- 12 Cardiovascular pharmacology
- 13 Respiratory pharmacology
- 14 Endocrine pharmacology
- 15 Gastrointestinal pharmacology
- 16 Intravenous fluids
- 17 Pharmacology of haemostasis
- 18 Antimicrobial therapy
- 19 Clinical trials: design and evaluation
- Section 4 Physics, clinical measurement and statistics
- Appendix: Primary FRCA syllabus
- Index
- References
7 - Analgesic drugs
from Section 3 - Pharmacology
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- How to use this book
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Section 1 Clinical anaesthesia
- Section 2 Physiology
- Section 3 Pharmacology
- 1 Physical chemistry
- 2 Pharmacodynamics
- 3 Pharmacokinetics
- 4 Mechanisms of drug action
- 5 Anaesthetic gases and vapours
- 6 Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic agents
- 7 Analgesic drugs
- 8 Neuromuscular blocking agents
- 9 Local anaesthetic agents
- 10 Central nervous system pharmacology
- 11 Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
- 12 Cardiovascular pharmacology
- 13 Respiratory pharmacology
- 14 Endocrine pharmacology
- 15 Gastrointestinal pharmacology
- 16 Intravenous fluids
- 17 Pharmacology of haemostasis
- 18 Antimicrobial therapy
- 19 Clinical trials: design and evaluation
- Section 4 Physics, clinical measurement and statistics
- Appendix: Primary FRCA syllabus
- Index
- References
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- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia , pp. 584 - 608Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009