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Published in: Critical Care 4/2002

01-08-2002 | Book report

Pharmacology of the critically ill

Author: R M Grounds

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 4/2002

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Excerpt

This book, with 16 authors from around the world, discusses how critically ill patients respond to some of the drugs they are given. Its aim is to give knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles of pharmacology as applied to the critically ill. The authors provide insight into why there may be differences between the expected response to a drug, or a class of drug, between critically ill patients and other types of patient. …
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Park GR, Sladen RN, eds: Sedation and Analgesia in the Critically III. London: Blackwell Science; 1995.
Metadata
Title
Pharmacology of the critically ill
Author
R M Grounds
Publication date
01-08-2002
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 4/2002
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc1526

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