Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Edward Scarth is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon, UK.


Susan Smith was formerly Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Cheltenham Hospital, UK, and now practices in Pre- and in hospital Trauma Care and Event Medicine.

An essential reference text, the fifth edition of this popular book details drugs in anaesthesia and intensive care in an A-Z format. The book describes the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of all the drugs commonly used by anaesthetists. The A-Z organisation allows rapid access to specific information on the properties and characteristics of almost 200 drugs.

The new edition includes a complete revision of all the featured drugs, and the addition of key new drugs. New diagrams of particular drug structures and comparison tables aid comparison of differences within a drug class for exam revision. Improved navigation in the index enables prompt discoverability of information.

Written in a concise, bullet-point style to allow quick access to information, the book contains all necessary drug references for anaesthetists in training, consultant anaesthetists, intensive care nurses, and anaesthetic assistants.

Highly Commended in the Anaesthesia category of the British Medical Association Book Awards 2017This fifth edition of a highly popular and established book details drugs in anaesthesia and intensive care in an A-Z format. This new edition includes a complete revision of all the featured drugs, the addition of key new drugs, and the removal of obsolete drugs.

Highly Commended in the Anaesthesia category of the British Medical Association Book Awards 2017