- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Neuromuscular blockade
- Chapter 2 Anaesthetic equipment
- Chapter 3 Inhaled and intravenous anaesthetics
- Chapter 4 Total intravenous anaesthesia
- Chapter 5 Monitoring
- Chapter 6 Optimization
- Chapter 7 Complications of anaesthesia
- Chapter 8 Mechanisms of anaesthesia
- Chapter 9 Local anaesthesia
- Chapter 10 Perioperative cardioprotection
- Chapter 11 Neuroanaesthesia
- Chapter 12 Thoracic anaesthesia
- Chapter 13 Anaesthesia for vascular surgery
- Chapter 14 Anaesthesia for major abdominal surgery
- Chapter 15 Liver transplantation anaesthesia
- Chapter 16 Obstetric anaesthesia
- Chapter 17 Airway management
- Chapter 18 Paediatric anaesthesia
- Chapter 19 Malignant hyperthermia
- Appendix
- Author Index
- Subject Index
(p. 57) Inhaled and intravenous anaesthetics
- Chapter:
- (p. 57) Inhaled and intravenous anaesthetics
- Author(s):
HC Hemmings
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199583386.003.0003
Chapter 3 highlights some of the landmark papers in the development and clinical pharmacology of inhaled and intravenous general anaesthetic drugs. There are three sections: inhaled anaesthetics, intravenous anaesthetics, and general anaesthesia. In some cases the choice of a single landmark paper is clear, but in others it was more difficult to select a single paper to recognize a major development; some of these are included as ‘Related references’. The publications included were chosen for their impact on the development of the clinical pharmacology of general anaesthesia. The impact of these publications on the practice of anaesthesia is enduring.
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- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Neuromuscular blockade
- Chapter 2 Anaesthetic equipment
- Chapter 3 Inhaled and intravenous anaesthetics
- Chapter 4 Total intravenous anaesthesia
- Chapter 5 Monitoring
- Chapter 6 Optimization
- Chapter 7 Complications of anaesthesia
- Chapter 8 Mechanisms of anaesthesia
- Chapter 9 Local anaesthesia
- Chapter 10 Perioperative cardioprotection
- Chapter 11 Neuroanaesthesia
- Chapter 12 Thoracic anaesthesia
- Chapter 13 Anaesthesia for vascular surgery
- Chapter 14 Anaesthesia for major abdominal surgery
- Chapter 15 Liver transplantation anaesthesia
- Chapter 16 Obstetric anaesthesia
- Chapter 17 Airway management
- Chapter 18 Paediatric anaesthesia
- Chapter 19 Malignant hyperthermia
- Appendix
- Author Index
- Subject Index