RT Book, Section A1 Philip, James H. A2 Johnson, Ken B. SR Print(0) ID 1103963066 T1 Pharmacokinetics of Inhalational Agents T2 Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiology YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071736169 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103963066 RD 2024/03/28 AB The kinetics of inhaled anesthetics is fundamental to the clinical practice of anesthesia.1 This subject is often called uptake and distribution of anesthetics.2 It explains the time course of anesthetic movement from the delivery system to the site of action, the patient's central nervous system. Although the site of action of inhaled anesthetic agents includes the brain and spinal cord, “brain” will be used alone in the remainder of this chapter. See Chapter 1 for further discussion of anesthesia site of action.