During the Reanimation Procedure in the ER Doctors Gave a Patient

question 110

Multiple Choice

During the reanimation procedure in the ER doctors gave a patient an injection of epinephrine to increase his heart rate and blood pressure. The heart rate and blood pressure went up but not enough. The second dose of the same drug seemed not to have an effect. What is a possible explanation for this result?

• A) the receptors reached the saturation level with the drug between the first and second dose
• B) the activation energy of the receptors went down between the first and second dose
• C) the receptors changed their transduction pathway between the first and second dose
• D) the cell expressed more receptors between the first and second dose

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