KROK 1 2012 – Question 60 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 63-year-old patient with collapse presentations was delivered to the emergency hospital. A physician has chosen noradrenalin against hypotension. What is its mechanism of action?
- A. Activation of α1-adrenoreceptors
- B. Activation of dopamine receptors
- C. Activation of β-adrenoreceptors
- D. Activation of serotonin receptors
- E. Block of M-cholinoreceptors
Hint
Ask through which receptor-mediated effect on the vessel wall a catecholamine raises pressure in collapse, and which receptor type it mainly acts on.
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