Anesthesia Drugs Handbook - Third Edition - Sota Omoigui's

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Résumé :
Designed for quick access to essential anesthesia drug information, the Handbook is a complete clinical guide in a portable format. It is packed with tables, descriptions, and expanded dosing information covering a broad range of drugs and the various routes of administration commonly used in the practice of anesthesia and critical care. As a synopsis of anesthetic pharmacology, it is a useful review for the beginning trainee and the advanced practitioner. Over 140 drugs are listed alphabetically for ease of reference. Each is presented using a standard formal use(s), dosing, elimination, how supplied, storage information, and a brief review of pharmacology. Next, pharmacokinetics are summarized succinctly onset of action, peak effect, and duration of action. Interactions/toxicity guidelines/precautions, and principal adverse reactions are also included for each drug. The Handbook also contains a section on volatile anesthetics and a handy appendix.

Biographie:
Sota Omoigui, MD, is Medical Director of the LA Pain Clinic and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Charles-R Drew University of Science and Medicine in Los Angeles. Dr Omoigui is author of Sota Omoigui's Pain Drugs Handbook, Second Edition (Blackwell Science, 1999), The Anesthesia Drugs Handbook, Second Edition (Mosby-Year Book, 1995), The Pain Drugs Handbook (Mosby-Year Book, 1995), Pain Relief-The LA Pain Clinic Guide (State-of-the-Art Technologies, 1998), and The Universal Drug Infusion Ruler (State-of-the-Art Technologies, 1995), and he is co-author of the Nigerian national anthem 1978. Dr Omoigu's drug handbooks are used worldwide and have been published in five other languages. Dr Omoigui's research focus is on anesthetic and pain pharmacology, alternative medicine, and development of minimally invasive techniques for neural blockade and relief of chronic pain. He pioneered the technique of audio-capnometry and holds a U-S patent for the audio-capnometer monitor and for the process of continuous noninvasive hemometry (measurement of hemoglobin).