Book contents
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword to the second edition
- Foreword to the first edition
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Principles of special equipment
- Section 4 Pharmacological principles
- Section 5 Pharmacodynamics
- Drug–receptor interaction
- Affinity, efficacy and potency
- Agonism and antagonism
- Hysteresis
- Tachyphylaxis and tolerance
- Drug dependence
- Section 6 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 7 Respiratory physiology
- Section 8 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 9 Renal physiology
- Section 10 Neurophysiology
- Section 11 Applied sciences
- Section 12 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
Agonism and antagonism
from Section 5 - Pharmacodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for Anaesthetists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword to the second edition
- Foreword to the first edition
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Principles of special equipment
- Section 4 Pharmacological principles
- Section 5 Pharmacodynamics
- Drug–receptor interaction
- Affinity, efficacy and potency
- Agonism and antagonism
- Hysteresis
- Tachyphylaxis and tolerance
- Drug dependence
- Section 6 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 7 Respiratory physiology
- Section 8 Cardiovascular physiology
- Section 9 Renal physiology
- Section 10 Neurophysiology
- Section 11 Applied sciences
- Section 12 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for AnaesthetistsKey Concepts for the FRCA, pp. 164 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014