In anesthesia practice and treatment, pharmacology and therapeutics are intimately related, synergistic, and mutually reinforcing. Rapid advances in pharmacotherapy often offer myriad treatment options for clinicians to sort through when developing patient management strategies. In turn, the principles of clinical therapeutics are rooted in fundamental pharmacology. Clinicians must understand pharmacologic principles in order to formulate and implement therapeutic algorithms that maximize patient benefit. Pharmacology in Anesthesia Practice provides clinicians with a rapid and easy review of the most commonly utilized pharmacologic agents during perioperative care. Clinical application is emphasized throughout. It aims to offer clinicians point-of-care guidance from internationally recognized authors and centers of excellence.

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Contributors 1 Inhalational Agents 1.1 Volatile Anesthetics Philip Gallegos, MD, Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 1.2 Nitrous Oxide Philip Gallegos, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 2 Induction Agents 2.1 Induction Agents Ellen Wang, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 2.2 Barbiturates Katherine C. Normand, MD 3 Pain Medications 3.1 Opioids Thomas H. Scott and Jane C. Ballantyne 3.2 Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Chitra Ramasubbu, MD, Anita Gupta DO, PharmD 3.3 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Matthew Lesneski MD and Peter Yi MD 3.4 Acetaminophen Chitra Ramasubbu, MD and Anita Gupta DO, PharmD 3.5 Benzodiazepines Ellen Wang, MD 4 Muscle Relaxants 4.1 Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockers Jared Feinman, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 4.2 Succinylcholine Jared Feinman, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 5 Anticholinergics and Anticholinesterases 5.1 Anticholinesterases Devin Tang, MD and Anita Gupta, DO PharmD 5.2 Anticholinergics Anita Gupta DO, PharmD, Amna Mehdi, BS 6 Vasopressors and Inotropes Priscilla Nelson, MD, Jonas A. Nelson, MD, and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 7 Anti-Hypertensives 7.1 Beta Blockers Anita Gupta DO, PharmD, and Amna Mehdi, BS 7.2 Antihypertensives Onyi Onuoha, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 8 Local Anesthetics Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 9 Antiemetics Alissa Wilmot, MD and Sander Schlichter, MD 10 Gastric Medications Shanique Brown, MD, and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 11 Anti-Inflammatory 11.1 Steroids Lisa Witkin, MD, Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD 11.2 Antihistamines Mona Patel, MD, and Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD 12 Antagonists - Narcotic Reversal Gaurav Bhatia, MD, and Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD 13 Hematologic Agents 13.1 Dipyridamole Elizabeth Duggan, MD 13.2 Adenosine Diphosphate Inhibitors Michael J. Duggan, MD, Elizabeth W. Duggan, and Jiri Horak, MD 13.3 Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) Elizabeth Duggan, MD, Michael Duggan, MD, and Maurizio Cereda, MD 13.4 Miscellaneous Anticoagulants Michael J. Duggan, MD, Elizabeth W. Duggan, and Jiri Horak, MD 13.5 Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) Elizabeth Duggan, MD and Michael Duggan, MD 13.6 Heparin and Argatroban Crystal C. Wright, MD 13.7 Procoagulants Peter Killoran, MD, and Katherine Normand, MD 14 Obstetrics 14.1 Prostaglandins (carboprost, misoprostol, alprostadil) Cristianna Vallera, MD 14.2 Ergots (Methylergonovine Maleate) Emily Baird, MD 14.3 Oxytocin (Pitocin) Emily Baird, MD 14.4 Magnesium Robert Gaiser, MD 14.5 Beta 2 Adrenergic Agonist (Terbutaline) Robert Gaiser, MD 15 Antiepileptic Drugs Emily E. Peoples, M.D. 16 Bronchodilators Anita Gupta DO, PharmD, and Amna Mehdi, BS 17 IV Fluids 17.1 Crystalloids Katherine Chuy, MD, and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 17.2 Colloids Katherine Chuy, MD, and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 17.3 Transfusion Products Nina Singh Radcliff, MD 18 Electrolytes 18.1 Sodium/Potassium/Calcium/Phosphate Yianni Augoustides and Tygh Wyckoff 18.2 Sodium bicarbonate Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 19 Diuretics 20 Anti-arrhythmics 20.1 Anti-arrhythmics Gaurav Malhotra, MD 20.2 Insulin Elizabeth Valentine, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 21 Mood 21.2 Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) Gregory Moy, MD and Nabil Elkassabany, MD 21.2 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) Gregory Moy, MD and Nabil Elkassabany, MD 21.3 Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) Gregory Moy, MD, and Nabil Elkassabany, MD 21.4 Antipsychotics Gregory Moy, MD, and Nabil Elkassabany, MD 21.5 Lithium Gregory Moy, MD and Nabil Elkassabany, MD 22 Antibiotics 22.1 Antibiotics Nina Singh-Radcliff MD and Kris E. Radcliff, MD 22.2 Antiviral Drugs Meghan Lane-Fall, MD and Todd Miano, PharmD, BCPS 23 Statins: HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Jason Choi, MD, and John G. Augoustides, MD 24 Vitamins/Herbals Ellen Wang, MD 25 Illicit Substances 25.1 Cocaine Nabil Elkassabany, MD 25.2 Drugs of Abuse William Gao and Nabil Elkassabany 26 Other Key Drugs 26.1 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) Jesse Raiten, MD 26.2 Carbidopa Shannon Bianchi, MD and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 26.3 Doxapram Shannon Bianchi, MD 26.4 Caffeine Shannon Bianchi, MD 26.5 Nitric oxide Jesse Raiten, MD 26.6 Dexmedetomidine Shannon Bianchi, MD 26.7 Acetylcysteine Shannon Bianchi, MD 26.8 Adriamycin (Doxorubicin) Matt N. Decker and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 26.9 Sugammedex Mark Decker, MD, and Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD 26.10 Thyroid Medications Mona Patel, MD, Anita Gupta, DO, PharmD