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Antihypertensives, Diuretics, and Antidysrhythmics

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Anesthesiology, pain medicine, and critical care all experience heavy exposure to antihypertensives, diuretics, and antidysrhythmics. Whether patients require new therapy acutely or have used therapies for a long time, whether requiring titration or merely knowledge of how they affect medical decision making, and whether using them to improve patient outcomes or in an emergency situation, these therapies represent great advances in healthcare as well as potentially very dangerous pitfalls. Thorough knowledge of classification, mechanism of action, medical indication, dosing options, drug-drug interactions, and side effects help the clinician wisely choose and titrate therapy while minimizing patient harm.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, School of Medicine, University of California–Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Ryan Field MD

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  2. Department of Pharmacy Practice, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Stockton, California, USA

    Adam M. Kaye

  3. Center for Perioperative Management and Medical Informatics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Field, R. (2015). Antihypertensives, Diuretics, and Antidysrhythmics. In: Kaye, A., Kaye, A., Urman, R. (eds) Essentials of Pharmacology for Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8948-1_15

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