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Edited by
Jonathan Thompson
Honorary Professor and Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester, UK
Iain Moppett
Professor of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine | Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist
Anaesthesia and Critical Care Section, Division of Clinical Neuroscience,
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Matthew Wiles
Consultant
Department of Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Sheffield, UK
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International ISBN: 978-0-7020-7499-8
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The editors would like to acknowledge Ricky Bell, MRCP, FFICM Tim Cook, BA (Cantab.), FRCA,
and offer grateful thanks to the authors, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, FFICM
without whom this new edition would University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive
not have been possible. Trust, Leicester, UK Care Medicine, Royal United Hospitals
Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK
John C Andrzejowski, FRCA, David Bogod, LLM
FFICM Consultant, Department of Anaesthetics, Jugdeep Kaur Dhesi, PhD, FRCP
Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheffield Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Ageing and Health, Guy’s and St
Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham, UK Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, UK
Trust, Sheffield, UK
Emily Bonner, FRCA Damian Doyle, FRCA
Joseph E Arrowsmith, FRCP, Consultant Anaesthetist, Freeman Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheffield
FRCA, FFICM Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Teaching Hospitals Trust, Sheffield, UK
Consultant in Cardiothoracic
Anaesthesia, Papworth Hospital, Christopher Bouch, MB, ChB, Jake Drinkwater
Cambridge, UK FRCA, EDICM, FFICM Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Mark Barley, MRCP, FRCA Care Medicine, University Hospitals of
Consultant Anaesthetist, Nottingham Leicester NHS Trust, UK Satya Francis
University Hospitals NHS Trust, Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary
Nottingham, UK Matthew Charlton, MBChB, Senior Lecturer, University Hospitals of
FRCA, FFICM Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Jonathan Barratt, PhD, FRCP Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia
Professor, Department of Infection, and Intensive Care Medicine, University Sally Hancock, MB, ChB, FRCA
Immunity & Inflammation, University of of Leicester and University Hospitals of Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham
Leicester, Honorary Consultant, Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Nephrologist, University Hospitals of Nottingham, UK
Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Nicholas J Chesshire
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Derby Jonathan G Hardman,
Nigel M Bedforth, FRCA Hospital, Derby, UK BMedSci (Hons), BM, BS, EWC,
Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary FRCA, FANZCA, DM
Associate Professor, Nottingham Alfred Chua, FANZCA Professor and Consultant Anaesthetist,
University Hospitals NHS Trust and Senior VMO Anaesthetist, Royal Prince Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Division
University of Nottingham, UK Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia of Clinical Neuroscience, School of
Medicine, University of Nottingham,
Martin Beed, FRCA, FFICM, DM Lesley Colvin, PhD, FRCA, Nottingham, UK
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & FFPRMCA, FRCP(Edin)
Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Professor of Pain Medicine/Honorary
Hospitals, Hucknall Road, Nottingham; Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain
and Honorary Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Dundee and
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
Trust and University of Nottingham, UK
vii
List of Contributors
Lorraine Harrington, MBChB, Bsc David Kirkbride, BMedSci (Hons), David Mulvey, BSc, MBBS,
(Immunology), MRCP, FRCA, FFPMRCA BMBS, FRCA MD, FRCA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of
Medicine, Department of Anaesthetics Anaesthesia, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Royal
and Pain Medicine, St John’s Hospital, Leicester, UK Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
Livingston, UK
Andrew A Klein, MBBS, FRCA, Mary C Mushambi, MBChB,
Daniel John Roberton Harvey, FFICM FRCA, LLM
BMBS, BMedSci, MRCP, FRCA, Consultant in Cardiothoracic Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary
DICM, FFICM Anaesthesia, Papworth Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Department of
Critical Care, Nottingham University Cambridge, UK Anaesthetics, University Hospitals of
Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham; Leicester, Leicester, UK
Honorary Assistant Professor of Intensive Chandra M Kumar, MBBS, DA,
Care, Department of Anaesthesia and FFARCSI, FRCA, EDRA Michael Nathanson, MB, BS,
Intensive Care, University of Senior Consultant in Anaesthesia and MRCP, FRCA
Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Professor, Newcastle University, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist,
Department of Anaesthesia, Khoo Teck Nottingham University Hospitals NHS
Christopher Hebbes, MBChB, BSc, Puat Hospital, Yishun, Singapore Trust, Queens Medical Centre,
MMedSci, FRCA, FFICM Nottingham, UK
Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar, Paramesh Kumara, MBCHB, FRCA
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Anaesthetic Department, Leeds Teaching Alexander Ng, MB ChB, MD,
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK FRCA, FFICM
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal
David W Hewson, BSc (Hons), Dave Lambert, BSc (Hons), PhD, Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust,
PGCert, FHEA, MBBS, FRCA SFHEA, FRCA Wolverhampton, UK
Specialty Registrar and Clinical Assistant Professor of Anaesthetic Pharmacology,
Professor, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Jerry P Nolan, FRCA, FFICM,
Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School University of Leicester, Leicester, UK FRCP, FRCEM
of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Honorary Professor of Resuscitation
Nottingham, UK Andrew Lumb, MB, BS, FRCA Medicine, School of Health Sciences,
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Anil Hormis, MBChB, Anaesthesia, St James’s University
FCARCSI, AFICM Hospital, Leeds, UK Mary O’Regan MBBS, DA, FRCA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of
Care Medicine, The Rotherham NHS Patrick Magee, PhD, FRCA Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Hywel Dda
Foundation Trust, Rotherham, UK Consultant Anaesthetist, Circle Hospital, University Health Board, Haverfordwest,
Peasedown-St-John, Bath, UK West Wales, UK
Simon Howell, MA(Cantab), MB
BS, MRCP(UK), FRCA, MSc, MD Alexa Mannings, BMedSci, BMBS, Arani Pillai, MBBS, Bsc (Hons),
Leeds Institute of Biomedical and MMedSci(Clin Ed), FRCA MRCP, FRCA
Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheffield Consultant Anaesthetist, Nottingham
Leeds, UK Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Trust, Sheffield, UK Nottingham, UK
Jennifer M Hunter, MBE, MB, ChB,
PhD, FRCA, FCARCSI (Hon) Kate McCombe, MBBS, MRCP, Catherine L Riley, MBBS, MA,
Emeritus Professor of Anaesthesia, FRCA, MA MRCP, FRCA
University of Liverpool, UK Anaesthesia, Mediclinic City Hospital, Specialty Registrar in Anaesthesia,
Dubai, UAE Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS
James Ip, BSc, MBBS, MA, FRCA Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Fellow in Anaesthesia, Anaesthetics, Iain Moppett, MB, BChir MA,
Great Ormond Street Hospital, MRCP, FRCA, DM Simon W M Scott, MA, BM, BCh,
London, UK Professor of Anaesthesia & Perioperative FRCA, FFICM
Medicine, Honorary Consultant Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical
Anaesthetist, Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Department of Anaesthesia and
Care Section, Division of Clinical Critical Care, University Hospitals of
Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Nottingham, UK
viii
List of Contributors
Ian Shaw, MB, ChB, FRCA Jonathan Thompson, MB, ChB, Zoe Whitman, MB, ChB,
Consultant Anaesthetist, The BSc (Hons), MD, FRCA, FFICM FRCA, FFICM
Department of Anaesthetics, Sheffield Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Specialty Registrar, University Hospitals
Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University of Leicester and University of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Sheffield, UK Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust,
Leicester, UK Matthew Wiles, MMedSci(Clin Ed),
Martin Shields, MD, FCAI, FRCA MRCP, FRCA, FFICM
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Rachel Tibble, MB, ChB, FRCA Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia,
Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK Anaesthetics Department, Royal Derby Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS
Hospital, Derby, UK Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Chris Snowden, FRCA,
BMedSCi (Hons), MD Pamela Wake, BMedSci, BM, Gareth Williams, MB BS,
Consultant Anaesthetist and Hon. Senior BS, FRCA FRCA, FFICM
Lecturer, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Consultant Anaesthetist, Nottingham Adult Intensive Care Unit, Leicester
Hospitals NHS Trust and University of University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon
Tyne, UK Isabeau Walker, BSc, MB Jonathan Wilson, BSc, MB, ChB,
BChir, FRCA FRCA
Nguk Hoon Tan, MB BS, Consultant Anaesthetist, Anaesthetics, Dept of Anaesthetics, York Teaching
FRCA, FFICM Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Consultant in Cardiothoracic Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Great York, UK
Anaesthesia, University College of Wales Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK London, UK Hakeem Yusuff, MBBS, MRCP,
FRCA, FFICM
Emma Temple, MD Cameron Weir, BSc (Hons), MBChB, Consultant in Cardiothoracic
Fellow in Neuroanaesthesia, Department FRCA, PhD Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine
of Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Consultant Anaesthetist & Honorary and ECMO, Glenfield Hospital,
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Academic Leicester, UK
Sheffield, UK Anaesthesia, Ninewells Hospital &
Medical School, Dundee, UK
Mark Thomas, BSc, MBBChir, FRCA
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist,
Anaesthesia, Great Ormond St Hospital,
London, UK
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Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to our chapter authors for their commitment and goodwill; they have
given their time and energies to the seventh edition in addition to their full-time clinical and
academic roles.
We would also like to thank the authors from the sixth and earlier editions whose work has
provided the basis for some of the revised chapters: Martin Beed, Andrew Bodenham, Margaret
Bone, Beverly Collett, David Coventry, Melanie Davies, Charles Deakin, John Deloughry, Eric de
Melo, David Duthie, Lorna Eyre, David Fell, Simon Flood, Richard Griffiths, Tim Hales, Jeremy
Langton, Ravi Mahajan, Graeme Mcleod, Susan Nimmo, Graeme Nimmo, Nick Reynolds, Justiaan
Swanevelder, Elaine Tighe, and Sean Williamson.
We would also like to thank Veronika Watkins and all those at Elsevier who have made the
seventh edition of Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia possible. Finally, we are indebted to
Graham Smith and Alan Aitkenhead for their professional guidance and support over many years.
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Preface
First published as the Textbook of Anaesthesia in 1985 as a core text for novice and practice
anaesthetists, Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia is now in its seventh edition. Previ-
ous editions have enjoyed an excellent reputation worldwide because of their inclusion of the
sciences underpinning practice in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management together with
details of clinical anaesthesia and perioperative care. In combining these aspects, anaesthetists
new to the specialty have found the textbook useful particularly during the first few years of
their training as well as when preparing for professional examinations. It has also been a very
useful day-to-day reference for allied professionals such as operating department practitioners and
physician assistants who need an understanding of clinical practice in anaesthesia and related
specialties.
Our aim in producing the seventh edition has remained to equip the reader with the basic
knowledge and practical considerations required to administer anaesthesia and perioperative care for
a whole range of surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting
the expanding role of anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre, we have also included essential
material related to safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine,
prehospital care and chronic pain management.
The sixth edition involved a major revision, including seven new chapters and almost half
of the chapter authors were new. In preparing this seventh edition we have included 30 new
contributors, replacing those authors who have retired from clinical practice, to provide a new
perspective or to contribute new chapters. The text has been thoroughly revised, updated and
reorganised. Four new chapters have been added, both to reflect the UK postgraduate anaesthetic
examination syllabus and changes in clinical practice. For clarity we have made extensive use of
new line drawings and diagrams and, for the first time, many of these are available in colour. We
have also restructured the book into sections: Basic Sciences; Physics and Apparatus; Fundamentals
of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine; and Clinical Anaesthesia. The newly included chapters
are: Anaesthesia in the older patient; Anaesthesia in resource-poor areas; Management of critical
incidents; and Data, statistics and clinical trials. Previous chapters restricted to cardiovascular and
respiratory pharmacology, as well as those on analgesics and drugs acting on the kidney, have been
completely revised to incorporate the relevant physiology. Airway equipment and management
are now included in a single chapter. The chapter on critical incidents is deliberately different in
style and is intended to be a useful aide-memoire for the emergency situation in clinical practice.
Chapters have been extensively cross-referenced to aid the reader and avoid repetition so we
have been able to include substantially more information without increasing the overall size of
the book.
At the outset we decided to map the content of each chapter to much of the syllabus of the
primary FRCA examination with reference links in the electronic version of the book. We have also
provided specimen questions and answers with each chapter, available in the electronic version,
and linked to the relevant part of each chapter. These are new features to aid candidates or their
teachers involved in preparing for the examinations.
A review of the sixth edition stated that ‘Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia has become
the book of choice for the trainee anaesthetist and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of
xi
Preface
the Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations. It is also a highly trusted, practical guide for all
anaesthetists and other healthcare professionals involved in the perioperative period.’ We hope that the
seventh edition will be equally useful.
xii
Chapter |1|
2
General principles of pharmacology Chapter |1|
ISOMERS
Structural isomers Stereoisomers
Identical chemical formula but different Identical formula and structure
spatial organisation Different spatial organisation
Fig. 1.1 distinguish these different isomers. Because of the geometric mirror images of each other. The alternative R/S
molecular size, spatial conformation and charges contained classification organises compounds according to the atomic
within these functional groups, the different configurations number of groups of atoms attached directly to the chiral
can affect end function and particularly interaction with centre. When viewed with the lowest priority (lowest atomic
receptors and target molecules. number) facing away, the priority of the other groups
Stereoisomerism refers to molecules with identical chemical can decrease clockwise (R form) or anticlockwise (S form).
and molecular structures but a different spatial organisation These correspond to ‘right-handed’ (rectus) or ‘left-handed’
of groups around a chiral atom (usually carbon). Chiral (sinister) forms. Note that the laevo/dextro (or +/−) and R/S
atoms are present in all stereoisomers and have bonds entirely properties of a drug are independent.
occupied by dissimilar functional groups. Stereoisomers are The different configurations are known as enantiomers.
subclassified by the direction in which they rotate plane Naturally occurring compounds (including some drugs)
polarised light (optical isomerism) and/or by the spatial contain R and S forms in equal proportions – a racemic
arrangement of atomic groups around the chiral centre. mixture. However, as enantiomers may have different proper-
When polarised light is travelling towards the viewer, it can ties (including receptor binding, activity and effects) it may
be rotated clockwise (termed dextrorotatory (d) or +) or be advantageous to use an enantiopure drug formulation
anticlockwise (laevorotatory (l) or −). The dextro (+) and that contains a single enantiomer. Examples include S(+)
laevo (−) enantiomers of a compound are non-superimposable ketamine and levobupivacaine, as discussed later.
3
Section |1| Basic sciences
Molecules containing more than one chiral centre are hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or movement
described as diastereomers, which may form geometric isomers, of other molecules, and the latter occurs by diffusion with
based on the orientation of functional groups around a no net utilisation of energy. Facilitated diffusion utilises
non-rotational carbon-carbon double bond. Fig. 1.1 shows carrier proteins within the cell membranes to increase dif-
the example of cis- and trans-geometric isomers. Atracurium fusion along a concentration gradient.
contains four chiral centres, resulting in 10 stereoisomers The rate of passive diffusion is determined by the nature
present in solution. The enantiopure form, cisatracurium, of the drug, barriers or membranes, concentration gradient
causes less histamine release than the non-pure form, theo- and temperature. The presence of any transporter molecules
retically conferring greater haemodynamic stability. or ion channels enhance diffusion. The rate of diffusion
Tautomerism describes dynamic structural isomerism, is inversely proportional to the square of the molecular
where drug structure may change according to the surround- weight (Graham’s law). The relationship between rate of
ing environment. For example, midazolam has an open, diffusion and concentration gradient, membrane perme-
water-soluble ring structure in storage at pH 3 but undergoes ability, thickness and surface area is described by Fick’s law.
a conformational change at body pH of 7.4 to become a Drug solubility, by virtue of size, charge, and the presence
completed ring structure, which is lipid soluble and passes of hydrophilic or lipophilic groups, also determines ease
through the blood–brain barrier. of movement across membranes.
Active transport describes the expenditure of energy to
facilitate the movement of molecules, for example via
Ketamine symports, antiports or cotransporters, either at the expense
Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative used for analgesia of other molecules or ATP. Bacteria may develop antibiotic
and sedation. It has a chiral centre, forming R and S enan- resistance by actively extruding antibiotic molecules from
tiomers that exhibit (+) and (−) optical stereoisomerism their cells via such mechanisms.
(see Fig. 1.1).
In its usual formulation as a racemic mixture of the
R(−) and S(+) forms, ketamine produces dissociative amnesia
Ionisation and equilibria
and analgesia but with significant tachycardia, hypertension An acid is a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor;
and hallucinations. The S(+) enantiomer is more potent, many drugs are weak acids or bases, partially dissociat-
with a greater affinity at its target N-methyl-D-aspartate ing to exist in equilibria between ionised and unionised
(NMDA) receptor, requiring a lower dose for equivalent forms. Strong acids and bases are substances that dissociate
effect compared with the racemic mixture; this results in completely.
fewer adverse effects and a more rapid recovery. The relative proportions of ionised and union-
ised forms for a given drug may be derived from the
Henderson–Hasselbalch equation (Eq. 1.1) and depend
Bupivacaine on the environmental pH and the pKa, the pH at which
Bupivacaine is a local anaesthetic containing a chiral centre a given drug exists as equal proportions of its ionised and
and adopts dextro and laevo forms. The enantiopure l form unionised forms. The pKa is determined by the chemical
is less cardio- and neurotoxic and has an equivalent potency nature of a drug and is independent of whether it is acidic
to the racemic mixture; therefore levobupivacaine is often or basic.
preferred to reduce the potential for toxicity. Only the unionised forms of a drug or molecule
Stereoselectivity describes the differences in response at a are highly lipid soluble and can cross cell membranes
given receptor for the different enantiomers (such as the easily, so the environmental pH determines the action of
response discussed for S(+) ketamine). The opioid and NMDA many drugs.
receptors also exhibit stereoselectivity. The Henderson–Hasselbalch equation (see Eq. 1.1) can
be rearranged to derive the relative proportion of ionised
and unionised forms of a drug, given a known pKa and pH.
Transport of drugs
Most drugs must pass from their site of administration to [proton acceptor ]
pH = pKa + log10 (Eq. 1.1)
their site of action (effect site) before metabolism and [proton donor ]
elimination, usually via the kidneys or liver. This occurs by
local diffusion across plasma membranes, and subsequently For a weakly acidic drug dissociating to H+ and A−,
mass transport in the blood through dissolution or carriage substituting these into Eq. 1.1 (Eq. 1.2) and rearranging
by transport proteins. gives the relative proportions of the ionised, A−, and union-
Transmembrane movement is either active or passive. ised form, HA (Eq. 1.2C). Similarly for a base, accepting a
The former is undertaken by transporter proteins with the proton to form BH+, the same principles apply.
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General principles of pharmacology Chapter |1|
[proton acceptor ]
pH = pKa + log10
[proton donor ]
For an acidic substance For a basic substance
HA H+ + A − (Eq. 1.2 A ) B + H+ BH+ (Eq. 1.2 A )
↓ ↓
(Eq. 1.2)
[A − ] [B]
pH = pKa + log10 (Eq. 1.2B) pH = pKa + log10 (Eq. 1.2B)
[HA] [BH+ ]
↓ ↓
[A − ] [B]
10pH− pKa = (Eq. 1.2C) 10pH − pKa = (Eq. 1.2C)
[HA] [BH+ ]
The equilibria given are dynamic and follow the law of 100
Thiopental
mass action depending on the prevailing [H+]. The pKa is
(thiopental)
the negative logarithm to the base 10 of the dissociation 80
pKa
constant. It is an intrinsic property of a drug or molecule
and is also the pH at which half of all molecules are ionised.
% Unionised
60
pH 7.4
The ionised (BH+) form of a weak base predominates at a
pH lower than its pKa, whereas the converse is true for weak
acids. The principles of this are shown in Fig. 1.2. 40
Local anaesthetics are weak bases (i.e. proton acceptors)
with pKa values of approximately 8. Therefore at physiological 20
pH (7.4) the environment is relatively acidic compared with
the drug, and this renders local anaesthetics ionised. The 0
addition of alkali favours the unionised form (by mass effect) 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0
and aids passage of local anaesthetic molecules across the
neuronal membrane. Once inside the neuronal tissue, the
A pH
molecule then becomes charged inside the nerve and is
Alfentanil
trapped, facilitating interaction with its target, the sodium
channel. Acidic environments (in infected tissue) promote the Fentanyl
ionised form, preventing entry into nerve tissues, rendering 100
local anaesthetics less effective.
(alfentanil)
60
Urinary alkalinisation traps the ionised form of acidic
compounds in the renal tubules, preventing reabsorption,
40
(fentanyl)
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Section |1| Basic sciences
Intracellular environment
Chelation
Phosphorylation Activating or
inhibiting enzymes
(e.g. neostigmine)
b a G-protein coupled
Nuclear receptors g
Enzymes
Physiochemical interactions
Second messengers
(e.g. antacids neutralise acids)
mRNA
cAMP cGMP Ca H+ + HCO3– H2CO3 CO2 + H2O
Fig. 1.3 Major targets (solid boxes) and mechanisms (dashed boxes) of drug action, intra- or extracellular and resulting
biochemical changes and second messenger cascades. Targets include channels, carriers and receptors. mRNA, Messenger RNA;
TRK, tyrosine kinase–linked receptors.
The extracellular environment may be affected by facilitates the design of specific, targeted drugs and opens
chelation, enzymatic breakdown of components or the the possibility of reverse pharmacology – the discovery of
neutralisation of substances. Receptors are a mechanism for new ligands for a given receptor structure.
transducing extracellular signals to produce an intracellular Receptors enable cells to adapt to environmental condi-
response, either via molecules on the cell surface or in tions outside (in the case of membrane-bound receptors)
the nucleus. or inside (in the case of nuclear receptors). Receptors may
initiate responses locally (such as the opening or closure
of ligand-gated ion channels) or via secondary messenger
Receptor-mediated effects systems. Through activating second messengers, events on
Most drugs act at specific receptors. A receptor is a protein the cell surface may be amplified and cause intracellular
that produces an intracellular response when a ligand (which changes.
may be a drug or an endogenous molecule) binds to it. In The structure of the receptor is fundamental to its function
the unbound state, receptors are functionally silent. Increasing and production of a specific response to ligand binding. The
knowledge of the molecular structure of the binding regions binding regions are unique to each receptor, but there are
of receptors and the complementary region on drug molecules some common motifs between classes (Table 1.2).
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been broken. He had tried to bring his brother to reason, but in vain;
and now the matter had been decided by a higher Power. The
judgment of the God of battles had delivered Stephen into the hand
of his rival, and cast him down from his throne; the speaker’s duty
was to see that throne filled at once. He had spent the previous day
in consultation with the bishops and clergy to whom the right of
election chiefly belonged; their choice had fallen upon the candidate
to whom their faith had been plighted long ago; he called upon them
now publicly to confirm their choice, and swear fealty to King Henry’s
heiress as Lady of England and Normandy.
[898] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. cc. 43–48 (Hardy, pp. 744–
749).
The triumph did not last long. Matilda fell, just as her rival had
fallen, by her own fault; only the faults of the two cousins were of a
directly opposite nature. The Lady’s habitual temper was that of her
grandfather the Conqueror—“very stern to all who withstood her will”;
and her will was not, like his, kept under the control of sound policy
and reason. Where Stephen had erred through his fatal readiness to
listen to the most worthless counsellors, Matilda erred through her
obstinate refusal to listen to any counsellors at all. She was no
sooner in London than she began confiscating lands and honours
and disposing of Church property more ruthlessly than ever Stephen
had done; and neither the brother to whom she owed her victory, nor
the legate to whom she owed her throne, nor the old king of Scots
who came to share his niece’s triumph and give her the benefit of his
mature wisdom, could succeed in bringing her to reason. Not a word
of conciliation would she hear from any one. The queen appealed to
her in behalf of her captive husband; some of the great nobles did
the like; but she was deaf to their prayers. The bishop of Winchester
besought her at least to secure to Stephen’s children the
possessions which he had held before he became king; but she
would not hear him either. The citizens of London besought her to
give them back “the Laws of King Eadward”;[901] and that, too, she
refused. She did worse; she summoned the richest burghers to her
presence, demanded from them instant payment of a large sum of
money, and when they respectfully remonstrated, drove them away
with a torrent of abuse, utterly refusing all abatement or delay.[902]
She was soon punished. All through the spring Matilda of Boulogne
had been busy in Kent with the help of William of Ypres, rallying her
husband’s scattered partizans, and gathering an army which she
now led up, wasting, plundering, slaughtering all before them, almost
to the gates of London. Her vigorous action determined that of the
citizens. One day, as the Empress was quietly sitting down to dinner,
the bells began to ring, the people came swarming out of their
houses “like bees out of a hive”; the whole city flew to arms; and she
and her friends were driven to flee, some one way, some another, as
fast as their horses could carry them.[903] Earl Robert accompanied
his sister as far as Oxford;[904] thence she hurried on to Gloucester
to consult with her favourite Miles, the only person who seems to
have had any real influence over her, and brought him back with her
to Oxford to help in rallying her scattered forces.[905] Her cousin the
queen meanwhile was in London at the head of an enthusiastic city,
eager for the restoration of Stephen; from one end of England to the
other the heroic wife was leaving no stone unturned in her husband’s
interest, and her zeal was speedily rewarded by the re-conversion of
the legate. Utterly disgusted at the result of his second attempt at
king-making for the good of the Church, after one last warning to the
Empress he met his sister-in-law at Guildford, reversed all the
excommunications issued against Stephen’s party by the council of
Winchester, and pledged himself to do henceforth all that in him lay
for the restoration of the captive king.[906] Robert of Gloucester
vainly sought to win him back;[907] then the Lady resolved to try her
own powers of persuasion, and without a word of notice even to her
brother, at the head of a strong body of troops she set off for
Winchester.[908]
[903] Ib. pp. 78, 79. Cf. Flor. Worc. Contin. as above, and Will.
Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. c. 48 (Hardy, p. 749).
by “the king’s queen with all her strength”;[918] the bishop himself
ordered the town to be fired, and the wind, which saved the
cathedral, carried the flames northward as far as Hyde abbey.[919]
While he thus made a desert for the besiegers within the city, the
queen was doing the like without. Under her directions the London
contingent were guarding every approach from the west, whence
alone the Lady’s troops could look for supplies: the convoys were
intercepted, their escorts slain; and while eastward the roads were
lined all the way to London with parties bringing provision for the
bishop and his little garrison, his besiegers already saw famine
staring them in the face.[920] At last they sent out a body of knights,
three hundred strong, to Wherwell, intending there to build a castle
as a cover for their convoys.[921] They had no sooner reached the
spot than William of Ypres pounced upon them and captured the
whole party.[922]
[911] Flor. Worc. Contin. (Thorpe), vol. ii. p. 133. Will. Malm.
Hist. Nov., l. iii. c. 50 (Hardy, p. 751).
[913] Ibid.
[918] “Tha com the kings cuen mid all hire strengthe and
besæt heom.” Eng. Chron. a. 1140.
[920] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. c. 50 (Hardy, pp. 751, 752).
Gesta Steph. (Sewell), p. 83.
Then Robert of Gloucester felt that the case was hopeless, and
that, cost what it might, he must get his sister out. Suddenly, as he
was marshalling his host to cut their way through at all risks,[923] on
the evening of September 13, the city gates were opened, and
peace was proclaimed in the bishop’s name.[924] Robert hereupon
decided to march quietly out next morning. He took, however, the
precaution of sending his sister out first of all, while he brought up
the rear with a small band of men as dauntless as himself.[925] He
did wisely. Matilda had but just ridden through the west gate when
the bishop, doubtless from his tower at Wolvesey, gave the signal for
attack. The whole host of the queen’s partizans rushed upon those
of the Lady and routed them completely. Earl Robert succeeded in
covering his sister’s retreat, and cut his own way out in another
direction, but was overtaken at Stockbridge by William of Ypres and
his Flemings, who surrounded and took him prisoner.[926] Miles of
Gloucester (whom the Empress had made earl of Hereford),
surrounded in like manner, threw down his arms and fled for his life,
reaching Gloucester in disgrace, weary, alone, and almost naked.
[927] King David, it is said, was thrice made prisoner, but each time
bribed his captors to let him go,[928] and was hidden in safety at last
by a certain David Holcfard, who happened to be his godson.[929]
The archbishop of Canterbury and several other bishops who had
accompanied the Empress were despoiled of their horses and even
of their clothes. The Lady herself had escaped in company with the
Breton lord of Wallingford, Brian Fitz-Count, who had long been her
devoted friend and who never forsook her.[930] Their first halt was at
Luggershall; urged by her friends, still in terror of pursuit, she
mounted another horse and spurred on to Devizes; there, half dead
with fatigue, she laid herself on a bier, and bound to it with ropes as
if she had been a corpse, she was carried at last safe into
Gloucester.
[926] Flor. Worc. Contin. (as above), p. 135. Cf. Gesta Steph.,
Will. Malm. (as above), and Joh. Hexh. (Raine, p. 138). The
Geneal. Com. Flandr. (Rer. Gall. Scriptt., vol. xiii. p. 413)
declares that this was the service for which Stephen rewarded
William with the earldom of Kent.
[932] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. c. 58 (Hardy, pp. 759, 760).
[933] Flor. Worc. Contin. (Thorpe), vol. ii. p. 136. Will. Malm.
Hist. Nov., l. iii. c. 59 (Hardy, p. 760).
[935] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. cc. 51, 60–64 (Hardy, pp. 754,
760–762). Cf. Eng. Chron. a. 1140; Hen. Hunt., l. viii. c. 19
(Arnold, p. 275); and Gesta Steph. (Sewell), pp. 85, 86.
The earl rejoined his sister at Oxford;[936] the king re-entered his
capital amid general rejoicings.[937] His misfortunes, the heroism of
his queen, the overbearing conduct of the Empress, all helped to
turn the tide of popular feeling in his favour once more. Early in
December the legate, with such daring indifference to the
awkwardness of his own position as can surely have been due to
nothing but conscious integrity of purpose, called a council at
Westminster and formally undid the work which he had done at
Winchester in the spring. After a solemn complaint had been lodged
by Stephen against the vassals who had betrayed and captured him
—the counterpart of the charge once made in a similar assembly
against Stephen himself, of having been false to his duty as king—
Henry rose and made his apology. He had acquiesced in the rule of
the Empress, believing it a necessary evil; the evil had proved
intolerable, and he was thankful to be delivered from its necessity. In
the name of Heaven and its Roman representative he therefore once
more proclaimed his brother as the lawfully-elected and
apostolically-anointed sovereign to whom obedience was due, and
denounced as excommunicate all who upheld the claims of the
Angevin countess. The clergy sat in puzzled silence; but their very
silence gave consent.[938]
[938] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. cc. 52–53 (Hardy, pp. 755,
756). The council met on December 7.
[939] Will. Malm. Hist. Nov., l. iii. cc. 66–71 (Hardy, pp. 763–
766).
[946] Ibid.
[948] Ib. cc. 72, 73 (Hardy, pp. 767, 768). Gesta Steph.
(Sewell), p. 91. Gerv. Cant. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 124.
[950] Ib. c. 74 (p. 768). Gerv. Cant. (Stubbs), vol. i. pp. 124,
125.
[951] Gesta Steph. (Sewell), p. 90.
[952] Ann. Osen. a. 1142 (Luard, Ann. Monast., vol. iv. p. 24).
[954] Eng. Chron. a. 1140. Gerv. Cant. (as above) says “per
posticium.”
[959] Gesta Steph. (Sewell), p. 92. Gerv. Cant. (as above), pp.
125, 126. Will. Newb. l. i. c. 10 (Howlett, vol. i. p. 42).
All this happened while the Empress was in full career of success
in England. There, however, as we have seen, summer and autumn
undid the work of spring; the news of Matilda’s triumph were quickly
followed by those of her fall, of her brother’s capture, of his release
in exchange for Stephen, and finally, at Whitsuntide 1142, by the visit
of Earl Robert himself to entreat that Geoffrey would come and help
his wife to reconquer her father’s kingdom. Geoffrey’s views of
statecraft were perhaps neither very wide nor very lofty; but his
political instinct was quicker and more practical than that of either his
wife or her brother. He saw that they had lost their hold upon
England; he knew that he had at last secured a hold upon
Normandy; and he resolved that no temptation from over sea should
induce him to let it go. Instead of helping Robert to conquer the
kingdom, he determined to make Robert help him to conquer the
duchy. He represented that it was impossible for him to leave
matters there in their present unsatisfactory condition; if the earl
really wanted him in England, he must first help him in bringing
Normandy to order. Thereupon Robert, finding that he could get no
other answer, agreed to join his brother-in-law in a campaign which
occupied them both until the end of the year.[982] The central part of
Normandy, from Nonancourt and Lisieux on the east to a line marked
by the course of the Orne on the west, and from the Cenomannian