List of Contents.- Clinical Significance of Biotransformation.- Uptake, Distribution, and Elimination of Volatile Anesthetics.- Pharmacokinetics and MAC: Practical Implications for Dosage of Volatile Anesthetics.- Comparative Pharmacodynamics of Halogenated Anesthetics: Quantitative EEG Analysis to Objectify Central Nervous Effects.- Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics Studied with a Feedback-Controlled Closed System.- Metabolism and Acute Toxicity of Volatile Anesthetics.- Present Status of Organotoxicity of Inhalation Anesthetics.- The Influence of Volatile Anesthetics on Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Autoregulation.- The Influence of Equipotent Concentrations of Inhalation Anesthetics on the Human Electroencephalogram.- Anesthesia and the Kidney.- Changes in Hemodynamics, Regional Organ Blood Flow, and Tissue Oxygen Consumption Under Isoflurane and Enflurane.- Interactions of Volatile Anesthetics with Epinephrine, ß-Receptor Antagonists and Calcium Channel Blockers.- Inhalation Anesthetics and Malignant Hyperthermia.- Volatile Anesthetics and Their Effects on the Respiratory System.- The Influence of Inhalation Anesthetics on Respiratory Mechanics.- Aspects of the Effects of Enflurane on Cardiovascular Control.- Cardiodynamics During Rapid Volume Expansion and Function of Chronically Ischemic Myocardium Under Isoflurane: A Study in Chronically Instrumented Dogs.- Effects of Inhalation Anesthetics on Coronary Blood Flow and O2 Supply of the Myocardium.- Effects of Isoflurane and Enflurane on Oxygen Supply and Microcirculation of the Myocardium.- Blood Flow and Oxygen Supply of the Myocardium Under Isoflurane and Enflurane.- Myocardial Ischemia During Inhalation Anesthesia in Surgical Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.- Regional Changes During MyocardialIschemia: An Animal Experimental Study.- Volatile Anesthetics and Heart Failure.- Inhalation Anesthesia and Myocardial Function: Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Aspects.- Treatment of Hypertensive Crisis.- Inhalation Anesthetics in Vascular Surgery.- Inhalation Anesthesia in Geriatric Patients.- Volatile Anesthetics in Paediatrics, Today and Tomorrow.- Volatile Anesthetics for Combination with Epidural Anesthesia.- Volatile Anesthetics in Pregnancy and Obstetrics.
