Placing a patient in a state of general anesthesia is crucial for safely and humanely
performing most surgical and many nonsurgical procedures. How anesthetic drugs create …

Toxicity resulting from excessive intra-synaptic serotonin, historically referred to as serotonin
syndrome, is now understood to be an intra-synaptic serotonin concentration-related …

The purpose of this update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) guidelines on
the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surgery is to present …

Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to …

Fentanyl is a key therapeutic, used in anaesthesia and pain management. It is also
increasingly used illicitly and is responsible for a large and growing number of opioid …

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia is the definitive, comprehensive
reference for the growing fields of zoo, wildlife, and exotic animal veterinary medicine. This …

The purpose of these guidelines on the preoperative evaluation of the adult non-cardiac
surgery patient is to present recommendations based on available relevant clinical …

Safety and efficacy data from a study of slow intrathecal (IT) ziconotide titration for the
management of severe chronic pain are presented. Patients randomized to ziconotide (n …

Opioids are broad spectrum analgesics that are an integral part of the therapeutic
armamentarium to combat pain in the palliative care population. Unfortunately, among the …

The atypical opioid, tramadol, has recently been introduced into Australia and New Zealand.
Tramadol's efficacy in a wide range of acute and chronic pain states, its multi-formulation …