Local Anesthetics Flashcards
Local anesthetics reversibly block _____ nerve transmission to produce analgesia and anesthesia without loss of consciouness.
Afferent
What is the order of blockade for LA?
1) Autonomic blockade
2) Somatic sensory blockade
3) Somatic motor blockade
How are local anesthetics used?
- Infiltrated around nerve
- Applies topically to skin/mucous membrane
- Injected into blood vessels (after first exsanguinated BV)
- Subarachnoid and epidurla spaces
How are impulses propagated in unmyelinated fibers?
Impulses travel along length of fiber in a continuous fashion
How are impulses propagated in myelinated fibers?
Conduction is “saltatory” (50x) faster that it appears as if impulses leap from one node of Ranvier to the next
The velocity an impulse travels is ____ proportional to diameter of fiber.
Directly. Larger diameter, higher conduction velocity
What is the average size of A fibers?
1-22 microns
What is average size B fibers?
1-3 micrometers
What is average size of C fibers?
0.1-2.5 micrometers
What do a-alpha fibers control?
Motor and proprioception
What do a-beta fibers control?
Motor, touch pressure
What do a-gamma fibers control?
Motor/muscle tone (muscle spindle)
What do A-delta fibers control?
Pain, temperature, touch
What do B-fibers control?
Preganglionic autonomic
What do C-fibers control?
Dull pain, temperature, touch. Postganglionic autonomic (no myelin)
What is order of size of A fibers?
alpha, beta, gamma, delta
Which fibers are we aiming to block with anesthesia?
A-delta
Which fibers are challenging to block with LA?
A-alpha and A-beta
Large fibers have the _____ conduction velocity and the ____ lowest threshold for excitability.
Highest; Lowest
What is the difference seen in sensitivity of peripheral nerve to LA clinically vs in a lab?
Clinically, we saw sensitivity of p.n. to LA is inversely related to size (why we see autonomic first, sensory second, motor thirt) HOWEVER, in lab, the larger fibers (motor) are actually MORE sensitive to LA than C fibers (unmyelinated and small)
What might account for difference in clinical vs lab observation?
- Larger nerves are found deep in nerve bundles-are therefore harder for LA to reach
- -Variable activity for different nerves (pain fibers fire at high requency)
- -variable ion channel mechanisms
Outer surface of peripheral nerve is known as _____
Mantle
Inner surface of peripheral nerve is known as ___
core
What does the sequence of onset and recovery from local anesthetic block rely on?
Where it is located
What is the clinical sequence of anesthesia?
1) Sympathetic block (vasodilation, warm skin)
2) Loss pain and temperature sensation
3) Loss of proprioception
4) Loss of touch and pressure
5) Motor blockade
What is nerve blockade caused by?
Prevention of voltage dependent increase in Na conductance
Voltage gated sodium channels in ______ ____ serve as receptors for local anesthetics molecules
Inactivated-closed state
Where do local anesthetics bind?
Internal H gate of channel and physically obstruct the external openings of channels
How do local anesthetics prevent passage of sodium ions through these channels?
By bindign and stabilizing them in the inactivated-closed conformational state
Do local anesthetics alter the membrane potential or threshold at all?
No, simply makes depolarization less likely to happen by blocking influx of Na
When do LA access the nerve cell?
Activated-open state
When to LA easily bind to the nerve cell?
Inactivated-closed state
When does the blockade occur more rapidly?
When nerve is frequently cycled through action potential
A resting nerve is ___ sensitive to block than a repetitively stimulated nerve. Why?
less
-Lipid solubility determines the abiilty to achieve block since LA has to diffuse through axonal membrane instead of through Na channel
What contributes to differential nerve block?
Distance between nodes of ranvier in myelinated fibers
-Larger fiber, harder to bind, harder to block
Internodal distance ____ with fiber diameter
Increases
How many nodes of ranvier need to be blocked to blcok nerve?
3 (1cm)
What is a differential nerve block?
Sensory block with incomplete motor block
- Pain conducting fibers (A delta, C fibers) blocked
- Aalpha, beta and gamma fibers not completely blocked.
- Patient will feel pressure but not pain
What are the 2 classifications of LA?
Aminoamides
Aminoesters
What do LA molecules consist of?
- Lipophilic head (aromatic ring),
- Intermediate chain (either amid(NH), or Ester (COO-)) group.
- Hydrophilic tail (tertiary amine)
Which part of molecule allows molecule to penetrate membrane?
Lipophilic head
Which part of molecule allows LA to form bond?
Hydophilic
How can amides be identified?
have an “i” in drug name before -caine part
What effects biotransformation of molecule?
Intermediate chain (ester vs amide)
How are ester linkages metabolized?
Readily hydrolyzed by non-specific esterases in plasma and tissue (mostly liver)
VERY rapid metabolization
How are amide linkages metabolized?
In liver (takes longer, increases toxicity risk)
Highly lipid-soluble anesthetics are _____potent and have a _____ duration of action than water-soluble.
More; longer
Increasing length of intermediate chain ___ the potency and toxicity and alters metabolism rate and DOA
Increases
Increase in length of terminal group located on tertiary amine and aromatic ring ____ potency and toxicity
increase
Enantiomers of chiral drug vary in terms of ___, ___ and ___.
Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicity
What is Cm?
Minimal blocking concentration
How does nerve fiber influence Cm?
Increase diameter= increase Cm
How does motor nerve vs sensory nerve affect Cm?
Motor nerve is high Cm than sensory
How does tissue pH affect Cm?
Higher pH= Decrease in Cm
How does nerve stimulation influence Cm?
More nerve stimulation, Decrease in Cm
What is exparel?
Bupivicaine liposome that allows for prolonged DOA and theoretical decrease in toxicity
Dose: depends on sx site
Max dose: 266 mg or 20 mL
What is absorption governed by?
Physiochemical characteristics or drug
Physiologic conditions at site of deposit
Volume of solution or vehicle used
Concentration of LA
What are physiochemical factors?
pKa, pH, lipid solubitliy
What are physiologic conditions?
- Tissue pH
- Co2
- temperature
- patient characteristics
Absoprtion by type of block? High to low.
- Intravenous
- Tracheal
- Intercostal
- Caudal
- Paracervical
- Epidrual
- Brachial Plexus
- Subarachnoid
- Subcutaneous
Do ionized or non-ionized dugs cross a lipid membrane?
Non-ionized