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(Table 19-4: Other Opioid-Related Side Effects in Addition to Respiratory Depression)

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Opioids

  1. Short History
  2. The Endogenous Opioid System
  3. Opioid Receptor Knockout Mice
  4. Classification of Exogneous Opioids
  5. Opioids Acting at Opioid and Nonopioid Receptors
  6. Opioid Mechanisms
  7. Routes of Administration
  8. Pharmcokinetics (PK) and Pharmacodynamics (PD)
  9. PKPD Models for Opioid Effect: which End Point Serves the Clinician Best?
  10. Pharmacodynamics: Dose Effect on Pain Relief
  11. Pharmacogenetics
  12. Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
  13. Other Opioid-Related Side Effects
  14. Remifentanil for Obstetric Labor Pain
  15. Gender Differences