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Contributors Preface Acknowledgments 1 General Principles of Drug Infusions 1 2 Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems 25 3 Infusions of Intravenous Anesthetics 71 4 Opiate Infusions 103 5 Infusions of Muscle Relaxants 127 6 Total Intravenous Anesthesia 149 7 Infusions for the Management of Postoperative and Labor Pain 173 8 Drug Infusions in Pediatric Anesthesia 193 9 Infusions of Vasoactive Drugs 225 Appendix 269 Subject Index 275