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Action potential
a, adrenergic receptor
Heart, glands, smooth muscle
Inactivated:
by #MAO
by #COMT
Capillary
Diffusion into blood (raises NE in blood)
Activates
Inhibits
Adrenal medulla
#L-tyrosine
Varicosities
Epinephrine
Bloodstream
Inactivated
by #MAO by #COMT ... blood (raises NE ... Inactivated (MAO) Ca NE ... L-dopa #Dopamine #NE ... Norepinephrine (NE
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Weight gain Incr NE
Pupil Reactivity Score (GCS-P) Addition to the Glasgow Coma Score

#GCSP #Glasgow #Coma #Score #Pupillary #Scale #Diagnosis
to the Glasgow Coma ... GCSP #Glasgow #Coma
Central Nervous System Pharmacology - Somatic and Autonomic Receptors
Somatic
 • Rocuronium -> Non-depolarizing (reversible competitive inhibitors)
Nicotinic Receptor -> NE
Major Physiological Effects of Angiotensin II

Altered Peripheral Resistance
I. Direct vasoconstriction
II. Enhancement of peripheral noradrenergic
neurotransmission:
  A.
Increased NE release ... Decreased NE reuptake
Pupils: Localization in Coma
 • Small, Reactive pupils: Metabolic coma.
 • Unilateral Fixed, dilated pupil :
Localization in Coma ... pupils: Metabolic coma ... #Localization #Coma
Differential for patient with a coma (comatose)

#Diagnosis #Differential #Comatose #Causes
patient with a coma
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
and Evaluation: Cost ... etiology of syncope - Cost ... - Cost per test ... workup #testing #Cost
Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult and Pediatrics

Check on the health of a newborn baby using the
Glasgow Coma Scale ... #Glasgow #Coma #
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
management of coma ... AVPU or Glasgow Coma ... #Assessment #Coma