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what the body does to a drug
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pharmacokinetics
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what the drug does to the body
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pharmacodynamics
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anesthesia-specific term for "steady state potency" of gaseous anesthetics
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minimum alveolar concentration
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four components of pharmacokinetics
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absorption
distribution metabolism elimination |
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fundamental concept of absorption:
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rate of transfer from depot (stomach, lung, nerve bundle, patch) to systemic circulation directly proportional to concentration gradient
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describe absorption with first-order kinetics
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rate of drug flow directly proportional to concentration gradient
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equation for volume of distribution
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volume = amt (dose)/concentration
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