Ch. 11 Anesthetics Review

Question 0

Infiltration anesthesia is commonly used for minor surgical procedures. it involves injecting the local anesthetic solution____, subcutaneously, or submucosally across the path of____supplying the area to be anesthetized.

Answer 0

Intradermally; nerves

Question 1

Vasoconstrictors such as____are coadministered with a local anesthetics to keep the anesthetic at its local site of action and to prevent systemic absorption.

Answer 1

Epinephrine

Question 2

After surgery and the termination of general anesthesia, the main concern is assessing the patient’s A____, B____, C____ status.

Answer 2

Airway, breathing, and circulation

Question 3

A sudden elevation and body temperature during the post operative. May indicate the occurrence of____ ____, A life-threatening emergency.

Answer 3

Malignant hyperthermia

– An uncommon, the potentially fatal, genetically linked adverse metabolic reaction to general anesthesia. P. 172

Question 4

The elderly patient is_____ affected by anesthesia than the young or middle-aged adult patient because of the effects of aging on the hepatic, cardiac, respiratory, and renal systems.

Answer 4

More

Question 5

Patients receiving neuromuscular blocking drugs require artificial____ventilation because of the resultant paralysis of the____muscles. In addition, they don’t cause____or pain relief. They are used along with, not instead of, general anesthesia during surgery.

Answer 5

Mechanical; skeletal; sedation

Question 6

The antidote for neuromuscular blocking drugs is an anti-cholinesterase drug, such as____ that reverses the effects of neuromuscular blocking drugs.

Answer 6

Negostigimine pyridostigmine

Question 7

Moderate sedation effectively reduces patients anxiety, sensitivity to____ , and _____ of the medical procedure, get a perseveres a patient’s ability to maintain his or her own ____ and respond to verbal commands.

Answer 7

Fear; anxiety; open airway

Question 8

Tachycardia, tachypnea, muscle____, and raised ____are symptoms of malignant hyperthermia, which is treated with cardiorespiratory supportive care as needed to stabilize heart and lung function as well as with immediate treatment with the skeletal muscle relaxant_____.

Answer 8

Rigidity; body 10th; dantrolene