Anaesthetics

Question 1

What is rocuronium

Answer 1

Rapid acting muscle relaxant that relaxes the airway smooth muscle
Helps with itubation

Question 2

What is a cluster headache

Answer 2

Unilateral headache that comes and goes in small intervals
Worse around the eye
Blood Shot eye

Question 3

Treatment for cluster headache

Answer 3

O2 and sumatriptan

Question 4

Patient has anterior skull fracture due to trauma to head
CSF discharge in rhinorrhea
Worse on bending forwards

What should be done next?

Answer 4

CT head scan

Question 5

What is first line pain management for spasmodic pain in palliative patients

Answer 5

Diazepam

Question 6

malignant hyperthermia can be triggered by inhaling which anaesthetic

Answer 6

sevoflurane

Question 7

what is the genetic cause behind malignant hyperthermia

Answer 7

autosomal dominant mutation of RYR1 receptor
this increases levels of calcium in sarcoplasmic reticulum and increases metabolic rate

Question 8

what is prions disease

Answer 8

infection that comes from cows
the contaminated tissue is a source for prions

it is a progressive neurological condition
fatal
causes the misfolded protein (prion) - cell death

mood disturbance
muscle spasms
poor coordination