General Anesthetics, Local Anesthetics, Muscle Relaxants Flashcards
Four stages of Anesthesia
- Analgesia
- Disinhibition
- Surgical anesthesia
- Medullary depression
A state characterized by unconsciousness, analgesia, amnesia, skeletal muscle relaxation and loss of reflexes
General Anesthesia
Stage of anesthesia: patient is unconscious, no pain reflexes, regular respiration and maintained blood pressure
Surgical anesthesia
Stage of anesthesia: severe respiratory and cardiovascular depression that requires mechanical and pharmacologic support
Medullary depression
Stage of anesthesia: patient is delirious or excited, amnesia occurs, reflexes are enhanced and respiration is typically irregular. Retching and incontinence may occur
Disinhibition
Stage of anesthesia: decreased awareness of pain, sometimes with amnesia. Consciousness is impaired not loss
Analgesia
Best measure of potency of inhaled anesthetics
Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration (MAC)
Defined as the alveolar concentration required to eliminate the response to a standardized painful stimulus in 50% of patients
Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration (MAC)
Most inhaled anesthetics are bronchodilators except for ____ which causes Asthma
Desflurane
Effect of having increased blood gas partition coefficient on action and recovery
Increased BG coefficient = slower onset of action, slower recovery
Decreased BG coefficient = faster onset of action, faster recovery
Inhalational general anesthetic for minor surgery and dental procedures. May cause megaloblastic anemia on prolonged used
Nitrous oxide
Lowest potency and least cardiotoxicity among inhalational anesthetics
Nitrous oxide
Inhalational general anesthetic with pungent smell. May cause bronchospasm and peripheral vasodilation
Desflurane
Inhalational general anesthetic, sweet-smelling and may cause peripheral vasodilation and renal insufficiency
Sevoflurane - facilitate GABA-mediated inhibition, blocks brain NMDA and ACh-N receptors
Inhalational general anesthetic that may cause arrhythmias, peripheral vasodilation and coronary steal syndrome
Isoflurane
Inhalational general anesthetic that may cause arrhythmias, myocardial depression and postoperative hepatitis
Halothane - may interact with succinyl choline causing malignant hyperthermia
Inhalational general anesthetic with highest potency and lowest MAC
Methoxyflurane
Ultrashort acting barbiturate that can be used as intravenous general anesthetic. May cause acute intermittent porphyria with additive CNS depression with Ethanol
Thiopental - SIMD: Methohexital, Thiamylal
Short-acting benzodiazepine used for intravenous general anesthetic. May cause anterograde amnesia, postoperative respiratory depression
Midazolam
IV general anesthetics, used for dissociative anesthesia. May cause emergence delirium, hypertension and increased ICP
Ketamine
IV general anesthetic with no analgesic property, for patients with limited cardiac and respiratory reserve. Less side effects
Etomidate - modulates GABA rceptors containing B3 subunits
IV general anesthetic, non selective opioid analgesic. May cause respiratory depression in M receptor, chest wall rigidity and constipation.
Fentanyl
Antidote for Fentanyl toxicity
Naloxone
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
Propofol - potentiates GABA receptors, blocks Na channels