Anaesthesia Flashcards
Sleep =
Period of rest of body and mind. Rapidly reversible with external stimuli
Sedation =
Allows patients to tolerate unpleasant diagnostic/surgical procedures.
What is maintained in sedation?
Verbal contact
Coma =
State of extreme unresponsiveness in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behaviour
Anaesthesia is classified into:
General
Local
Triad of balanced anaesthesia =
Hypnosis
Areflexia
Analgesia
Areflexia =
no response to surgical stimuli
Undesirable effects of anasthesia =
Decreased cardiac contractility
Sympathetic inhibition
Respiratory depression
At too high concentrations, anasthesia can cause =
All brain functions to be depressed
Respiratory failure - death
Classes of general anasthetics
Inhalation
Intravenous
Inhalational anasthetics:
Gas
Liquids
Ex of gas GA
N2O
Cyclopropane
Ex of liquid GA
Halothanes: halothane, isoflurane
Intravenous GA:
Inducing
Dissociative
Neurolept
Inducing GA ex:
Propofol
Thipentane
Etomidate
Dissociative DA ex;
Ketamine
MoA of inducing GA
GABA agonist, increase GABA sensitivity
MoA of ketamine:
NMDA antagonist
Thiopentane is a
Barbituate
Side effects of thiopentane
- CVS depression
- Resp depression
- Bronchoconstrictions
What shouldn’t be given to asthmatics?
Thiopentane
MoA of inhalational GA
NMDA antagonist
Onset of IV vs inhalational
Inhalation: slow, alveolar gas exchange
IV: rapid
Offset of IV vs inhalational:
Inhalational: alveolar gas exchange
IV: redistribution, metabolism
Metabolism of inhalational vs IV
Inhalational: almost none
IV: liver
Types of local anaesthetics:
Esters
Amides
MoA of LA:
Voltage gated Na+ antagonists
Effect of LA depends on:
Diffusion graident
Fiber size
Myelination
Which fibers do LAs work on?
Alpha delta
C fibers