Inhalation Agents Flashcards
ideal inhalation agent
- poorly soluble
- non-pungent
- non-flammabe
- inexpensive
- easy to produce
- potent
- environmentally safe
- no hepatic metabolism
- not a trigger for malignant hyperthermia
- no emetogenic effects (all Vas do)
MAC
alveolar concentration at which 50% of patients wiil move to noxious stimuli
prevents movement in 95% of patients on incision
1.5 MAC (with no other meds)
1 MAC Halothane
0.76%
1 MAC Isoflurane
1.15%
1 MAC Sevoflurane
1.85%
1 MAC Desflurane
6.0%
1 MAC Nitrous Oxide
104%
MAC awake
- voluntary response to command
- usually 1/3 MAC
- Iso (38%), Sevo, Des
- MAC awake for N2O 64% (about 2/3)
MAC aware
- concentration at which patient can remember events/ loses ability to learn
- below MAC awake
- varies for different agents
MAC- BAR
- average alveolar concentration which blunts autonomic response to noxious stimulus
- 2.2 MA for Sevo
- addition of Fentanyl decreases MAC BAR by 50%
site of action of IA
cell membranes in the CNS
goal of inhalational anesthesia
achieve a constant and optimal brain partial pressure (as reflected by PA/ET gas)
PA (ET gas) is used as an index of…
-depth of anesthesia
-recovery from anesthesia
-anesthetic equal potency (MAC)
(1 MAC of all IAs are equipotent, but they have their own individual potencies)
determinantes of PA
- input minus uptake
- delivery into the alveoli (input) minus loss of drug into the blood (uptake)
INPUT
- inhaled partial pressure
- alveolar ventilation and FRC
- characteristics of the anesthetic breathing system