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Postoperative Critical Care for Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients pp 75–142Cite as

Cardiovascular Pharmacology in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

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The word “drug” originated from a French word “drogue,” which also came from “droge-vate” from Middle Dutch meaning “dry barrels” (Harper, Douglas. “drug ”. Online Etymology Dictionary ). This concept is referring to the preservation of pharmaceutical plants in barrels. As Claude Bernard quoted in 1865, “everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, and it is all a matter of dose” (Bernard, Claude. An introduction to the study of experimental study; 1865). Therefore in this chapter, we are reviewing some clinical pharmacological titles including inotropes, vasoactive agents, diuretics, antihypertensive agents, anti-arrhythmic agents, anesthetic drugs, agents affecting autonomic nervous systems, anticoagulation and thrombolysis drugs, blood products, and antibiotics.

In this chapter, we emphasize on main clinical consideration and dosage in addition to indications and contraindications, in other words when will the drug be poisonous as quoted above. The aim of this chapter is to have a practical, clinical, and logical approach in pharmaceutical management of patients with heart disease.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesiology Department, Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Dabbagh M.D.

  2. Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Dabbagh M.D.

  3. Anesthesiology Department, Anesthesiology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Ardeshir Tajbakhsh M.D.

  4. Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Zahra Talebi Pharm D

  5. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Samira Rajaei M.D., Ph.D.

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Dabbagh, A., Tajbakhsh, A., Talebi, Z., Rajaei, S. (2018). Cardiovascular Pharmacology in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. In: Dabbagh, A., Esmailian, F., Aranki, S. (eds) Postoperative Critical Care for Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75747-6_4

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