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General Anesthetics, Local Anesthetics, Muscle Relaxants Flashcards

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Four stages of Anesthesia

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  1. Analgesia
  2. Disinhibition
  3. Surgical anesthesia
  4. Medullary depression
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A state characterized by unconsciousness, analgesia, amnesia, skeletal muscle relaxation and loss of reflexes

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General Anesthesia

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Stage of anesthesia: patient is unconscious, no pain reflexes, regular respiration and maintained blood pressure

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Surgical anesthesia

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Stage of anesthesia: severe respiratory and cardiovascular depression that requires mechanical and pharmacologic support

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Medullary depression

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Stage of anesthesia: patient is delirious or excited, amnesia occurs, reflexes are enhanced and respiration is typically irregular. Retching and incontinence may occur

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Disinhibition

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Stage of anesthesia: decreased awareness of pain, sometimes with amnesia. Consciousness is impaired not loss

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Analgesia

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Best measure of potency of inhaled anesthetics

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Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration (MAC)

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Defined as the alveolar concentration required to eliminate the response to a standardized painful stimulus in 50% of patients

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Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration (MAC)

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Most inhaled anesthetics are bronchodilators except for ____ which causes Asthma

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Desflurane

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Effect of having increased blood gas partition coefficient on action and recovery

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Increased BG coefficient = slower onset of action, slower recovery
Decreased BG coefficient = faster onset of action, faster recovery

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Inhalational general anesthetic for minor surgery and dental procedures. May cause megaloblastic anemia on prolonged used

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Nitrous oxide

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Lowest potency and least cardiotoxicity among inhalational anesthetics

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Nitrous oxide

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Inhalational general anesthetic with pungent smell. May cause bronchospasm and peripheral vasodilation

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Desflurane

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Inhalational general anesthetic, sweet-smelling and may cause peripheral vasodilation and renal insufficiency

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Sevoflurane - facilitate GABA-mediated inhibition, blocks brain NMDA and ACh-N receptors

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Inhalational general anesthetic that may cause arrhythmias, peripheral vasodilation and coronary steal syndrome

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Isoflurane

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Inhalational general anesthetic that may cause arrhythmias, myocardial depression and postoperative hepatitis

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Halothane - may interact with succinyl choline causing malignant hyperthermia

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Inhalational general anesthetic with highest potency and lowest MAC

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Methoxyflurane

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Ultrashort acting barbiturate that can be used as intravenous general anesthetic. May cause acute intermittent porphyria with additive CNS depression with Ethanol

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Thiopental - SIMD: Methohexital, Thiamylal

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Short-acting benzodiazepine used for intravenous general anesthetic. May cause anterograde amnesia, postoperative respiratory depression

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Midazolam

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IV general anesthetics, used for dissociative anesthesia. May cause emergence delirium, hypertension and increased ICP

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Ketamine

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IV general anesthetic with no analgesic property, for patients with limited cardiac and respiratory reserve. Less side effects

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Etomidate - modulates GABA rceptors containing B3 subunits

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IV general anesthetic, non selective opioid analgesic. May cause respiratory depression in M receptor, chest wall rigidity and constipation.

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Fentanyl

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Antidote for Fentanyl toxicity

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Naloxone

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IV general anesthetic that causes bradycardia and hypotension. Called as Milk of Amnesia, with additive effect with sedative-hypnotic drugs. MAC values decreases in elderly patient

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Propofol - potentiates GABA receptors, blocks Na channels

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Results when sensory transmission from a local area of the body to the CNS is blocked. Can be administered locally by injection or topical application to the target area

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Local anesthesia

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Local anesthetic that has the shortest half-life of 1-2 mins

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Local anesthetic with the longest half life

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Ropivacaine - half life of 4.2 hours

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Condition that enhances local anesthetic activity

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Hyperkalemia

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Condition that antagonizes local anesthetic activity

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Hypercalcemia

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All local anesthetics are vasodilators except?

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Ester Local anesthetic also for extravasation complications from venipuncture and inadvertent intraarterial injections. May cause antibody formation

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Procaine - blockade of Na channels slows, then prevent axon potential propagation

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Ester Local anesthetic also for topical anesthesia. Use cautiously when treating sunburns or large areas of skin

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Benzocaine

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Ester Local anesthetic, drug of abuse. May cause antibody formation, abuse liability, severe hypotension, cerebral hemorrhage, cardiac arrhythmia or MI

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Cocaine - also has intrinsic sympathomimetic activity

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Ester Local anesthetic for spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia. With highest allergic potential

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Tetracaine

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Amide Local anesthetic that has group 1B antiarrhythmic activity

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Toxic dose of lidocaine

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Amide Local anesthetic also for dental anesthesia. May cause methemoglobinemia

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Prilocaine

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Amide Local anesthetic for local, epidural and intrathecal anesthesia. May cause severe cardiovascular toxicity.With caution in pregnant women.

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Bupivacine

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Treatment for Bupivacaine induced cardiotoxicity

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Intralipid (fat emulsion used in TPN)

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Amide Local anesthetic for local and epidural anesthesia. May cause cardiotoxicity. Can be reversed with Intralipid. Had the longest half life

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Ropivacaine

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drugs used to produce muscle paralysis to facilitate surgery or assisted ventilation.

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Neuromuscular blocking drugs

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Drugs used to reduce abnormally elevated tone caused by neurologic or muscle end plate disease

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Spasmolytic drugs

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Two types of neuromuscular blockade

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Depolarizing blockade

Non-depolarizing blockade

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Blockade: neuromuscular paralysis that results from persistent depolarization of the end plate

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Depolarizing blockade

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Blockade: neuromuscular paralysis that results from pharmacologic antagonism at the acetylcholine receptor of the end plate.

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Nondepolarizing or stabilizing blockade

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker with the most rapid onset time

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Rocuronium - onset time of 60-120s

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker. May cause respiratory paralysis, histamine release and recurarization. Relatively contraindicated in MI

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Tubocurarine

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker, short acting, metabolized by pseudocholinesterase

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Mivacurium

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker, intermediate acting, it undergoes Hoffman elimination

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Atracurium - SIMD: Cisatracurium

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker, intermediate acting, undergoes elimination in the bile. Muscle relaxation is potentiated with inhaled anesthetics, aminoglycosides and quinidine

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Vecuronium

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker, intermediate acting. With ost rapid onset time

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Rocuronium

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Novel reversal agent for Rocuronium

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Sugammadex

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Treatment for malignant hyperthermia

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Dantrolene and rapid cooling of the patient

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Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker, long acting, with moderate block on cardiac muscarinic receptors. Used for lethal injection, euthanasia, strychnine poisoning

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Pancuronium

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Earliest sign of malignant hyperthermia?

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Contraction of jaw muscles (trismus)

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Side effects of all Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker can be reversed by what?

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Neostigmine

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Drugs used in lethal injection

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Thiopental 5mg
Pancuronium 100 mg - resp. paralysis
Potassium chloride 100mg - stop the heart

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Phases of Depolarizing blockade

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Phase I: Depolarization

Phase Ii: Desensitization

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Phase: membrane depolarizes with initial electric discharge, transient fasciculations followed by flaccid paralysis

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Phase I: Depolarization

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Earliest sign of malignant hyperthermia?

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Phase: membrane repolarizes but receptor is desensitized to the effects of acetylcholine

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Phase II: Desensitization

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Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker, that may cause muscle pain, hyperkalemia, in severe cases malignant hyperthermia. Metabolized by pseudocholinesterase

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Succinylcholine

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