Book contents
- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia
- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Clinical anaesthesia
- Section 2 Physiology
- Section 3 Pharmacology
- Chapter 25 Physical chemistry
- Chapter 26 Pharmacodynamics
- Chapter 27 Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 28 Mechanisms of drug action
- Chapter 29 Anaesthetic gases and vapours
- Chapter 30 Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic drugs
- Chapter 31 Analgesic drugs
- Chapter 32 Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Chapter 33 Local anaesthetic agents
- Chapter 34 Central nervous system pharmacology
- Chapter 35 Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
- Chapter 36 Cardiovascular pharmacology
- Chapter 37 Respiratory pharmacology
- Chapter 38 Endocrine pharmacology
- Chapter 39 Gastrointestinal pharmacology
- Chapter 40 Intravenous fluids
- Chapter 41 Pharmacology of haemostasis
- Chapter 42 Antimicrobial therapy
- Chapter 43 Clinical trials and basic statistics
- Section 4 Physics and clinical measurement
- Index
Chapter 26 - Pharmacodynamics
from Section 3 - Pharmacology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2017
- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia
- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the fourth edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Clinical anaesthesia
- Section 2 Physiology
- Section 3 Pharmacology
- Chapter 25 Physical chemistry
- Chapter 26 Pharmacodynamics
- Chapter 27 Pharmacokinetics
- Chapter 28 Mechanisms of drug action
- Chapter 29 Anaesthetic gases and vapours
- Chapter 30 Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic drugs
- Chapter 31 Analgesic drugs
- Chapter 32 Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Chapter 33 Local anaesthetic agents
- Chapter 34 Central nervous system pharmacology
- Chapter 35 Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
- Chapter 36 Cardiovascular pharmacology
- Chapter 37 Respiratory pharmacology
- Chapter 38 Endocrine pharmacology
- Chapter 39 Gastrointestinal pharmacology
- Chapter 40 Intravenous fluids
- Chapter 41 Pharmacology of haemostasis
- Chapter 42 Antimicrobial therapy
- Chapter 43 Clinical trials and basic statistics
- Section 4 Physics and clinical measurement
- Index
Summary
Pharmacodynamics is the study of the quantitative effects of drug concentration on the activity and response at specific receptor sites. In simple terms, this is often expressed by the phrase ‘what the drug does to the body’.
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- Fundamentals of Anaesthesia , pp. 550 - 561Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016