Anesthetic &operative death

Question 1

Local anaesthesia
Death occurs by

Answer 1

1) over dosage
2) allergic reactions
3) hypersensitivity
4) idiosyncrasy

Question 2

Local anaesthesia
Factors influencing toxicity 7

Answer 2

1) susceptibility 2) general condition of patient 3) total dose
4) rate of administration of agent
5) vascularity of area injected
6) accidental intravascular infection
7) adrenaline used along with local anaesthesia causes tachycardia, palpitations 😅sweat BP ventri.fibrillat

Question 3

Hazards of local anaesthesia are 4

#Incidence to fatal - only 0.05%cases are severe in that very few are fatal

Answer 3

1) over dosage of either anaesthetic or vasoconstrictive agent

2) rapid absorption from absorptive areas or due to local vasodialtion
3) accidental injection to vessel
4) hypersensitivity reactions

Question 4

Local anaesthesia
General effects on CNS

Answer 4

Excitatory - cause convulsions
Depressive - respiratory paralysis
Rarely - heart effected or abnormally high concentration injected directly into nerve,loss function permanently