TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Premedicants A1 - Coyle, Dustin E. A2 - Johnson, Ken B. PY - 2015 T2 - Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiology AB - Anesthesiologists recognize the expanding role of premedication in optimizing patient's condition prior to surgery. Important goals of premedication include reducing patient anxiety, providing analgesia as needed, facilitating induction of anesthesia, and optimizing patient comorbidities. This chapter will provide a brief overview of well-known premedication drugs, such as intravenous opioids and benzodiazepines, and explore how they interact with one another and how they may influence induction of anesthesia. This chapter will also review indications, controversies, and potential drawbacks of selected premedications used to manage common patient comorbidities. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103964765 ER -