Anesthetic Pharmacology - Physiologic Principles and Clinical Practice

PRINCIPLES OF DRUG ACTION

1. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles of Drug Action

2. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: Receptor-Effector Coupling

3. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: Ion Channels

4. Principles of Drug Biotransformation

5. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics of Drug Action

6. Common Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions in Anesthetic Practice

7. Pharmacoeconomics

PHYSIOLOGIC SUBSTRATES OF DRUG ACTION

8. The Generation and Propagation of Action Potentials

9. Synaptic Transmission

10. Neuromuscular Function

11. Sensory Processing: Peripheral Nociceptors

12. Sensory Processing: Primary Afferent Neuron/DRG

13. Sensory Processing: Spinal Cord

14. Autonomic Function

15. Neural Substrates for Behavior; Consciousness

16. Neural Substrates for Behavior; Pain

17. Cardiac Rhythm

18. Myocardial Performance

19. Vascular Reactivity

20. Lung Function: Ventilation, Oxygenation, Regulation

21. Renal Physiology

22. Liver Physiology

PHARMACOLOGIC BASIS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

23. Inhalation Anesthetics

24. Intravenous Anesthetics: Barbiturates, Etomidate, Propofol, Ketamine, Steroids

25. Sedatives, Anxiolytics and Amnestics

26. Analgesics: NSAIDs

27. Analgesics: Receptor Ligands and Opiate Narcotics

28. Analgesics: Receptor Ligands, Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Agonists

29. Analagesics: Cannabinoids

30. Analgesics: Ion Channel Ligands/, Sodium Channel

31. Anticonvulsant Drugs

32. Neuroprotective Agents

33. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

34. Sympathomimetics, Sympatholytic Drugs, Parasympathomimetics and Parasympatholytic Drugs

35. Antiarrhythmic Agents

36. Agents Used to Treat Myocardial Ischemia

37. Cardiovascular Pharmacology of Positive Inotropic Drugs

38. Myocardial Protection

39. Vasodilators

40. Bronchodilators, Corticosteroids and Anti-inflammatory Agents

41. Pulmonary Vasodilators

42. Diuretics

43. Electrolytes, Solutions, and Colloids

44. Antimotility and Antisecretory Agents

45. Antiemetics

46. Nutritional Supplements

47. Hypothalamic Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

48. Insulin

49. Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism

50. Antimicrobial Therapy

51. Chemotherapeutic Agents

52. Red Blood Cell Substitutes

53. Agents Affecting Coagulation and Platelet Function

54. Immunosuppressants