2021-2022 Academic Catalog & Student Handbooks 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
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NA 720 Advanced Pharmacology 1


Credit, three hours.
The first of a two-course series, NA720 will introduce the student to non-anesthetic pharmacology. This includes medications used for management of medical conditions on a chronic basis, as well as non-anesthetic medications that are commonly and uncommonly administered during the perioperative course. Drug classes covered include autonomic nervous system agents, anticholinergics, adrenergic agonists and antagonists, vasopressors, vasodilators, calcium channel blockers, antimicrobials, antineoplastics, antihistamines, gastrointestinal medications, anti-epileptics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, sympathomimetics, positive inotropes, hypoglycemic drugs, etc.
1. Develop a comprehensive working knowledge of pharmacodynamics and
pharmacokinetics as they relate knowledge to the practice of anesthesia.
2. Compare medications from multiple non-anesthetic drug classes.
3. Create a comprehensive pharmacologic presentation. Corequisite(s):   



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