Acronyms

Question 1

AP

Answer 1

Adductor Pollicis

Question 2

Ach

Answer 2

Acetylcholine

Question 3

AchE

Answer 3

Acetylcholinesterase

Question 4

ACG

Answer 4

Acceleromyography

Question 5

Action Potential

Answer 5

The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane

Question 6

Atracurium

Answer 6

Slow acting intermediate lasting NDBA

Question 7

Aspiration

Answer 7

Aspiration happens when food, liquid, or other material enters a person’s airfare and eventually the lungs by accident. It can happen as a person swallows or food can come back up from the stomach. Aspiration can lead to SERIOUS health issues such as pneumonia and chronic lung scarring

Question 8

Bradycardia

Answer 8

Slow heart rate <50bpm

Question 9

Capnography

Answer 9

The term capnography refers to the non-invasive measurement of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled breath expressed as the CO2 concentration over time

Question 10

Cistracurium

Answer 10

Intermediate acting NDBA (4-5 times more potent than Rocuronium)

Question 11

cMAP

Answer 11

Compound muscle action potential

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DBA

Answer 12

Depolarizing blocking agent

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DBS

Answer 13

Double burse stimulation

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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EMG

Answer 15

Electromyography

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FVC

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Forced vital capacity (Amt of air a paitent can forcibly move out of their lungs after taking the deepest breath possible)

Question 17

Glycopyrolate

Answer 17

Medicine often given with Neostigmine to prevent bradycardia and excessive drooling that can be caused by Neostigmine

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Head Lift

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Patients ability to follow a command to hold head up for 5-seconds

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Hertz (60Hz)

Answer 19

How many times per second something occurs

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Impedance

Answer 20

Resistance to the flow of electrical current

Question 21

KMG

Answer 21

Kine,yography

Question 22

mA

Answer 22

Milliamps

Question 23

MAP

Answer 23

Muscle action potential or “Action potential”

Question 24

Mivacurium

Answer 24

Slow acting, short acting NDBA

Question 25

MMG

Answer 25

Mechanomyography

Question 26

NDBA

Answer 26

Non-depolarizing blocking agent

Question 27

Neostigmine

Answer 27

Traditional reversal agent

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NMBA

Answer 28

Neuromuscular blocking agent

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NMJ

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Neuromuscular junction

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NMT

Answer 30

Neuromuscular transmission

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Pancuronium

Answer 31

Slow onset long acting NDBA

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PTC

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Post-tetanic count

Question 33

PTF

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Post-tetanic facilitation

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PTP

Answer 34

Post-tetanic potentiation

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Rocuronium

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Rapid onset intermediate acting NDBA

Question 36

Supramaximal Current

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Point at which increasing the mA output of the stimuli no longer increases the size of the EMG

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ST

Answer 37

Single-twitch

Question 38

Suggamadex (Briton)

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New rapid acting neuromuscular reversal agent for amino steroid NDBA’s Rocuronium and Vecuronium

Question 39

Tachycardia

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Fast heart rate >100bpm

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Tidal Volume

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Amount of air that moves in and out off the lungs in one respiratory cycle

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TOF

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Train-of-four

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TOFR

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Train-of-four ratio

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TOFC

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Train-of-four count (<4 twitches)

Question 44

Vecuronium

Answer 44

Slow acting intermediate acting NDBA