Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics A Basic Reader /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tomlin, Mark (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Competency-Based Critical Care,
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Effective drug administration is a crucial skill for any practitioner working in the critical care unit. This book, in providing a concise account of the fundamental principles of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, equips the critical care physician for such a task. In addition to the principles of...

Table of Contents:

• Section I: Pharmacology
• Introduction
• Mechanism of Drug Action
• Pharmacodynamics
• Section II: Pharmacokinetic Principles
• Introduction
• Drug Absorption
• Drug Distribution
• Drug Metabolism
• Drug Excretion
• Factors Affecting Pharmacokinetics
• Drug Interactions with a Pharmacokinetic Basis
• Deciding to Embark on Therapeutic Monitoring
• Summary
• Section III: Introduction to Specialist Therapeutics
• Drugs Targeting the Gastrointestinal Tract in Critical Care
• Sedation on the Intensive Care Unit
• Non-Opoid Analgesia Within the Intensive Care Unit
• Opiates in Critical Care.