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Induction Drugs - Ketamine Exam 2 Flashcards

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What type of drug is ketamine?

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  • Phenycyclidine derivative
  • NMDA receptor antagonist (PCP; “angel dust”)
  • amnestic and intense analgesic
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What type of anesthesia does ketamine produce?

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  • Dissociative anesthesia (psychedelic)
  • cataleptic state
  • slow nystagmus
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What two properties does ketamine possess?

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  • Amnestic
  • intense analgesia
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What signs and symptoms does dissociative anesthesia (ketamine) produce?

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  • “Zonked” state
  • Non-communicative but awake,
  • Hypertonus & purposeful movements
  • Eyes open but “no one’s home”
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What are ketamine’s two greatest advantages over propofol and etomidate?

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  • No pain at injection (no propylene glycol)
  • Profound analgesia at sub-anesthetic doses
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What are the two greatest disadvantages of ketamine?

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  • Emergence delirium
  • Abuse potential
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What is Benzethonium Chloride? What is its relevance?

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Ketamine preservative that inhibits ACh receptors

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Differentiate S(+)Ketamine vs R(-)Ketamine.

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S-Ketamine (left-handed isomer) is essentially better
More intense analgesia, ↑metabolism & recovery, Less salivation, Lower emergence delirium

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which ketamine isomer has cocaine like effects?

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Racemic ketamine
inhibits reuptake of catecholamines in nerve endings

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What benefits does a racemic ketamine mixture offer?

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Less fatigue & cognitive impairment
Inhibits catecholamine reuptake at nerve endings (like cocaine)

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What is Ketamine’s main mechanism of action?

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  • Non-competitive inhibition of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors
  • decreases pre-synaptic release of glutamate
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What are Ketamine’s secondary receptor sites?

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  • Weak GABA_A effects
  • Opioid (Mu μ, Delta δ, and Kappa κ, weak gamma σ)
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what is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS?

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Glutamate

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What is Ketamine’s time of onset? (IV & IM)

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IV: 1 min
IM: 5 min (mostly for pediatric patients)

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What is Ketamine’s duration of action?

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10-20 min

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What about ketamine’s lipid solubility?

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Highly lipid soluble (5-10x greater than thiopental)

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What is the result of ketamine’s lipid solubility?

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Brain → non plasma bound → peripheral tissue

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What is the Vd and E½ time of ketamine?

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Vd = 3L/kg, E ½ = 2-3 hours

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Name the pharmacokinetic profile of ketamine: Clearance, Metabolism, Excretion.

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Clearance: high hepatic clearance (1L/min), Metabolism: CYP450’s, Excretion: kidneys

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What is the primary metabolite of ketamine and what is its significance?

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Norketamine is metabolite (⅓ potency and prolongs analgesia)

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In what patient population is ketamine tolerance most often seen?

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Burn patients

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What is the induction dose of ketamine IV? What if it is given IM?

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0.5 - 1.5 mg/kg IV, 4 - 8 mg/kg IM

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What is the maintenance dosing of ketamine?

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0.2 - 0.5 mg/kg IV, 4 - 8 mg/kg IM

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What is the subanesthetic/analgesic dose of ketamine?

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0.2 - 0.5 mg/kg IV

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What is the post-operative sedation and analgesia dosing for ketamine in pediatric cardiac surgery cases?
1-2 mg/kg/hour
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What is the neuraxial epidural analgesia dosing of ketamine? What about intrathecal route?
30mg epidural, 5 - 50 mg via intrathecal/spinal/subarachnoid
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Ketamine is a potent sialagogue. What does this mean for your clinical practice?
Manage excessive secretions during intubation & watch for coughing/laryngospasm
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What drug and dosing should be used to treat excessive salivary secretions from ketamine administration?
Glycopyrrolate: 0.2mg
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You gave ketamine and the patient fell asleep within 30 seconds. When would you expect the patient to: Wake up? Be fully conscious? Start remembering things?
Wake up in 10-20 minutes, Full consciousness in 60 - 90 min, Amnestic effects should also wear off in 60 - 90 min
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What patient populations is ketamine best used for?
Acutely hypovolemic patients, Asthmatics, Mental health patients
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When would you do an IM induction of a patient?
Uncooperative and difficult-to-manage mentally challenged patients
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Though ketamine has many indications, when should it be avoided?
Patients with pulmonary HTN and ↑ICP
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What are Ketamine’s effects on ICP? Why?
↑ICP via ↑CBF by 60%, Potent cerebral vasodilator
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At what dosing will the ICP increasing effects of ketamine plateau?
2mg/kg IV
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Due to ketamine’s increased excitatory EEG activity, how much does seizure potential increase with administration?
Trick question. No increase in seizure potential with ketamine
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What does the cardiovascular profile of ketamine look like? How can this side effect profile be blunted?
SNS stimulation ( ↑ in sBP, PAP, HR, CO, etc.) Blunted via pre-med with benzo’s, volatiles, or nitrous
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Say you just gave ketamine and you have an unexpected drop in systolic BP and CO. What happened? How do you treat it?
Depleted catecholamine stores Treat with direct-acting SNS agents (ex. phenylephrine) vs indirect (ex. ephedrine)
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What is the Pulmonary profile of ketamine?
No depression of ventilation with CO₂ response maintained, ↑ salivary excretion, Intact upper airway tone & reflexes, Bronchodilator with no histamine release
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What does emergence delirium present like with ketamine?
Visual, auditory, proprioceptive illusions. Morbid & vivid dreams up to 24 hours
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What is the proposed physiologic mechanism of action for emergence delirium occurrence with ketamine?
Depression of inferior colliculus & medial geniculate nucleus
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What percentage of patients will develop ketamine induced emergence delirium? How can it be prevented?
Psychedelic effects in 5 - 30% of patients Pre-med with benzos
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What “other system” effect does ketamine have?
PLT aggregation inhibition
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What are ketamine’s most common drug interactions?
Volatiles → hypotension, Non-depolarizing NMBs → enhancement, Succinylcholine → prolongation
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Why does ketamine prolong succinylcholine’s effects?
Ketamine is a plasma cholinesterase inhibitor
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Which induction agent has the highest analgesic properties?
Ketamine
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Why would ketamine be a decent induction drug for an OSA patient? Why not?
Preservation of upper airway reflexes & ventilatory function Sialagogue

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