Publisher's Synopsis
This is an updated ready reference which offers one of the quickest, most convenient ways to determine the interactions of unfamiliar drugs to the various types of anesthesia.;This finds out: the purpose for which the drug is prescribed; its primary and side-effects which may effect the patient's health - before, during and after anaesthesia / surgery; the actions of the drug which may alter the type of magnitude of expected responses to anaesthetics, muscle relaxants and local anaesthetics.;This edition includes an additional 127 drugs released since the first editions whilst older drugs no longer in use have been deleted. There is a new drug table - drug-induced renal toxicity, a new figure - drug interactions which produce motor abnormalities and a revised philosophy and theory section. The index has an alphabetical list drugs by their chemical / trade names.
