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Exam 10: General Anesthetics Flashcards

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purpose of atropine pre-op

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Prevent bradyarrhythmias that can be caused by general anesthesia

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Fast acting IV agent used to induce anesthesia

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Propofol

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Inhaled anesthetics used to maintain anesthesia after propofol

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N2O plus another inhaled general anesthetic (-flurane)

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emergence excitement

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5-30% of patients experience restlessness, crying, moaning, thrashing when they come out of anesthesia

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Drug that can be used to combat shivering due to hypothermia post-up

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Merperidine

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What property of inhaled anesthetics greatly affects how fast they work?

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Water (blood) solubility
High solubility = slow induction
Low solubility = fast induction

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Measurement of water solubility

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Blood/gas partition coefficient

(concentration in blood)/(concentration in lung) when gas is in equilibrium

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how quickly does N2O work? Why?

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Fast

poorly soluble in blood (low blood/gas partition coefficient

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How do we measure potency of inhaled general anesthetics?

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MAC
Minimum Alveolar Concentration
Inhaled concentration for 50% of patients to not respond to pinprick pain

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How does MAC relate to lipid solubility?

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More lipid soluble = more potent

Less lipid soluble = less potent

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What’s weird regarding lipid/water solubility of anesthetics?

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Poorly water-soluble agents aren’t necessarily highly lipid soluble
Ex. N2O has low lipid and water solubility (fast induction, but low potency)

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What’s a really good way to find out how conscious a sleeping patient is?

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BIS
Bispectral Index
real time computer analysis of patient EEG
Give you a 0-100 scale from deep coma to awake

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N2O side effects (3)

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  1. air pockets (middle ear)
  2. Blood pressure change
  3. Depresses ventillary response to hypoxia
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What is one side effect that N2O does NOT have compared to the other inhaled GAs/

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Malignant hyperthermia

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Inhaled anesthetic still used in 3rd world. Side effects?

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Diethyl ether

Cheap, effective but irritates airway and is flammable

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Problem with cyclopropane

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Spontaneous combustion

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17
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Side effect of halothane

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decreased BP at 1 MAC
Vasodilation
Decreased cardiac output
bradycardia
Decreased GFR
Decreased ventilation rate
Halothane hepatitis
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Pharmacokinetics of halothane

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Blood:Gas partition = 2.3

Slowest induction, recovery

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Rare, 50% fatal side effect of halothane

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Halothane Hepatitis

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Enflurane odor

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Sweet

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21
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Halothane metabolism

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liver

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Enflurane side effects

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Produces electrical seizure activity, though no

evidence, contraindicated for epileptics

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Isoflurane odor

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Pungent

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Where is isoflurane excreted?

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99% unchanged excreted from lungs

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25
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Preferred inhaled GA for neurosurgery? Why?

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Isoflurane

Modest vasodilation in cerebral vasculature, but metabolic rate of brain is decreased

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Desflurane disadvantage

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Irritating- causes coughing, secretions

you have to induce with IV before giving them this

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Where is desflurane excreted?

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99% unchanged excreted from lungs

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Sevoflurane excretion

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99% unchanged excreted from lungs

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Potential danger of sevoflurane

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Causes CO2 absorber to heat up, could potentially cause a fire

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Advantage of sevoflurane over desflurane?

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Non-irritating to airway, so you can use it to induce

31
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Preferred inhaled GA for patients prone to myocardial ischemia? why?

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sevoflurane

does not change cardiac output

32
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2 characteristics of IV general anesthetics

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  1. Act fast (
33
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Sodium thiopental mechanism

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Barbiturate

Enhances effects of GABA at GABAA receptors

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Sodium thiopental metabolism

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Sodium thiopental side effects

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Decreases brain metabolic rate, ICP, and cerebral blood flow
Decreases heart contractility and causes vasodilation
Decreases ventilation

36
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Interesting use of Sodium thiopental

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Lethal injection

37
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Propofol constitution

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Super fatty (white)
Careful with patients with high triglyceride levels
Not water soluble

38
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Most common agent of induction of anesthesia in the USA

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Advantage of propofol over Sodium thiopental

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no hangover (faster discharge, better outcomes)

40
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propofol mechanism

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Enhances effects of GABA at GABAA receptors

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Side effects of propofol

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  1. Decreased ventilation (even more than Sodium Thiopental)
  2. Major decrease in BP (vasodilation and less heart contractility)
  3. May hurt on injection
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Advantages of propofol

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Safe in pregnant women

Anti-emetic properties

43
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Who might be good patients with whom to use Etomidate?

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Those prone to hypotension

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Mechanism of Etomidate

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Enhances effects go GABA at GABAA receptors

Also activates GABAA receptors without GABA being present

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Side effects of etomidate

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Pain on injection
Myoclonic movements
Nausea/vomiting
Inhibit adrenal gland synthetic enzymes

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Advantage of Etomidate over propofil

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It doesnt decrease BP or cardiac output

47
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Ketamine advantage

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Produces profound analgesia

48
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Ketamine mechanism

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NDMA antagonist

Inhibits voltage sensitive Na, K channels

49
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Side effects of ketamine

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Increased cerebral blood flow
Emergence delerium (1 hr post emergence, hallucinations, vivid dreams)
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Ketamine effects of ventilation

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Modest decrease in ventilation

Bronchodilation

51
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Ketamine effects of CV system

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Increases BP, CO and HR

useful for patients at risk of hypotension

52
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Ketamine effects of urogenital system

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Caron abuse leads to severe deterioration of the urinary bladder

53
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What is the point of GA adjuncts

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Decrease the dose of GA needed to reach desired anesthesia

“Balanced anesthesia”

54
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Best benzo pre-op sedation (amnesia)

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Midazolam (versed)
it is water soluble, the others aren’t
also doesn’t irritate blood vessels

55
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Role of opioids in anesthesia

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Minimize vascular reflex to noxious, painful stimuli

Potent analgesics, since only ketamine of the anesthetics has effective analgesic properties

56
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Side effects of opioids

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Nausea, vomiting

Decreased ventilation, HR, BP

57
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What opioid has the shortest duration of action?

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Remifentanil

58
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Dexmedetomidine use in anesthesia

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Alpha 2 agonist
Used for sedation (off label)
Does not decrease ventilation, so it is useful in non-intubated patients

59
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How does anesthesia contribute to hypothermia?

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Vasodilation is a side effect of most of the anesthetics we talked about (convective heat loss)

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Mechanism of malignant hyperthermia

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Ryanodine calcium channels do not close, leading to uncontrolled muscle contraction and heat generation

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How can malignant hyperthermia kill you fast

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Myocytes eventually lyse, releasing potassium which can cause fatal cardiac effects

62
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Treatment for malignant hyperthermia

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Dantrolene

63
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Dantrolene mechanism

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Ryanodine receptor inhibitor

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