General Anesthestics Flashcards
Decreased awareness of pain, sometimed with amnesia
Consciousness impaired, not lost
Stage 1 Analgesia
Patient is delirious or excited
Amnesia occurs, reflexes are enhanced and
Respiration is typically irregular
Retching and incontinence
Disinhibition Stage 2
Patient in unconscious
No pain, relfexesm regular respiration
Maintained BP
Surgical anesthesia
Severe respiratory and cardiovascupar depression that requires mechanical and pharmacologic support
Medullary depression
Common SE of inhaled anethetics
CNS depression
All inhaled anes cause bronchodilatation except
Desflurane
Pungent odor limits its use
Enflurane
Highest potency
Lowest MAC among inhalationals
Methoxyflurane
Lowest MAC
Keast cardiotoxic
Among inhalationals
Nitric oxide
Blocks glutamate at NMDA receptors
IV ANES
Ketamine
Congener of phencyclidine/angel dust
Ketamine
Antidote for fentanyl
Naloxone/nattrexone
Anterograde amnesia
Midazolam
Milk of amnesia
Propofol