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  1. Enzymes and Coenzymes<\/li>\n
  2. Anaerobic glycolysis<\/li>\n
  3. The Krebs cycle<\/li>\n
  4. The collateral glutamate\u2013GABA cycle<\/li>\n
  5. Pentose cycle or direct oxidative pathway<\/li>\n
  6. Neurotransmitters<\/li>\n
  7. The blood\u2013brain barrier<\/li>\n
  8. Shock<\/li>\n
  9. Cerebral oedema<\/li>\n
  10. When the mind does not work properly<\/li>\n
  11. Thiamine<\/li>\n
  12. Normobaric oxygen therapy (NOT)<\/li>\n
  13. Acid\u2013base balance<\/li>\n
  14. Hypotheses on narcosis<\/li>\n
  15. Local anaesthetics<\/li>\n
  16. The big picture<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    17 x 24 format volume, 269 pages, with numerous images.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    So, what is biochemistry for? It helps us try to understand, at any moment, what we are doing to the patient during anaesthesia or during their stay in intensive care. It helps us understand, to give only a few randomly chosen examples, that if we hyperventilate an anaesthetised patient\u2014or a patient in intensive care\u2014for a prolonged period, keeping PaCO2 below 25 mm Hg, we risk blocking the carboxylation of pyruvic acid into oxaloacetic acid, thereby compromising the Krebs cycle, with a possible drift towards metabolic acidosis\u2014considered not as a compensation for the obvious respiratory alkalosis but as a complication; or that a curare agent, in addition to blocking neuromuscular synapses, may also have (for better or worse) a ganglioplegic effect, because ganglionic synapses are also predominantly nicotinic synapses.<\/p>\n

    It reminds us that vitamins are not \u201clittle toys\u201d we are inclined to underestimate and classify as supplements, but molecules of remarkable potency. Just think of the hydroxylating action of ascorbic acid, which affects collagen synthesis and the conversion of dopamine into noradrenaline; or the multiple actions of vitamin B1, or vitamin B6, which transforms one of the most powerful excitatory mediators (glutamate) into one of the most powerful inhibitory mediators (GABA).<\/p>\n

    Anaesthetic practice, without deep cultural foundations, can be boring, and the only alternative to boredom may be something unpredictable that happens\u2014something we must be able to face and solve rationally in real time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4954,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[999,1019,1020],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11334","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-anesthesia-and-resuscitation","7":"product_cat-general-medicine","8":"product_cat-internal-medicine","9":"pa_autore-alemanno-f","10":"pa_autore-barbati-a","11":"pa_autore-bosco-m","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"sale","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Cosa Serve la Biochimica | Verduci Editore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Cosa Serve la Biochimica by Fernando Alemanno: 269 pages with many images. 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