Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. Pharmacology of the critically ill is a relatively brief textbook 179 pages written primarily by anesthetists from the united kingdom although there are authors from several other countries as wellas stated in the preface the book was not written to describe how critically ill patients should be treated but rather how critically ill patients respond to the drugs that they are given. The book is divided into 11 chapters covering different aspects of pharmacology as applied to critically ill patients the first three chapters concern basic pharmacology pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics and drug action. The book is divided into 11 chapters covering different aspects of pharmacology as applied to critically ill patients the first three chapters concern basic pharmacology pharmacokinetics pharmacodynamics and drug action