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3 - Drug Interactions: Additivity and Synergy among Anaesthetic Drugs

from Section 1 - Basic Principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2019

By
Jacqueline A. Hannam  and
Timothy G. Short
Edited by
Pedro L. Gambús  and
Jan F. A. Hendrickx
Pedro L. Gambús
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain
Jan F. A. Hendrickx
Affiliation:
Aalst General Hospital, Belgium
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Summary

Modern anaesthesia and sedation consists of giving combinations of hypnotic and analgesic drugs to obtain the desired anaesthetic effect. Understanding how these drugs interact to create the anaesthetic state improves the precision of anaesthetic drug dosing and physiological stability of the patient.

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Personalized Anaesthesia
Targeting Physiological Systems for Optimal Effect
 , pp. 29 - 39
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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