Injectable Anesthetics

Question 1

Barbituate drugs

Answer 1

Thiopental

Phenobarbital, pentobarbital

Question 2

Drug used for euthanasia?

Answer 2

Pentobarbital

Question 3

What injectible anesthtic induction agent should you avoid in sighthounds and patients undergoing splenectomy?

Answer 3

Thiopental

Question 4

What induction injectable anethetic agent can cause Heinz body formation in cats with repeated doses?

Answer 4

Propofol

Question 5

Alfaxalone

What is it? What is it used for? How can it be given?

Answer 5

neurosteroid analog of progesterone
used for rapid induction of anesthesia in dogs and cats
Can be given IV, CRI, or IM

Question 6

Etomidate is good for what kind of patients?

Answer 6

patients who are cardiovascularly unstable

Question 7

When should you not give CRI Etomidate?

Answer 7

To hypoadrenocorticism/Addisons patients

Question 8

Dissociative Agents

Answer 8

Ketamine

Tiletamidine

Question 9

Dissociative agents do what to cardiovascularly and respiratoriliy? Do they cause muscle relaxation?

Answer 9

CV: CO, CVP, HR
Resp: Bronchodilation
No muscle relaxation, catalepsy

Question 10

GABAa potentiator drugs

Answer 10

Barbituates
Propofol
Alfaxalone
Etomidate