Mediction Flashcards
What multicellular agent is injected intraocularly and returns the pupil to a round and regular shape?
Acetylcholine
What medication is used to lower intraocular pressure before PKP?
Mannitol 25% in a 50 cc syringe
What topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug are primarily used as postoperative analgesics?
NSAID’s
What anesthesia is used to anesthetize the iris using 0.25 to 0.50 ml of 1% unpreserved lidocaine through a corneal stab incision?
Intracameral Anesthesia
What are chemotherapeutic agents that prevent the production of new collagen that results in scars tissue?
Antimetabolites
What drug employed to shrink the vitreous body and reduce intraocular pressure by draining fluid out of the tissues?
Hyperosmotic
What antimetabolites has proven extremely useful in management of glaucoma in children?
Mitomycin C
What drugs are used to induce pupillary constriction?
Miostat or Miochol
What type of anesthesia is placed in the lower cul-desac of the eye?
Topical Anesthesia
What thick, jelly like substance is used in intraocular procedures to protect the corneal endothelium?
Viscoelastics
What is the most commonly used topical anesthetic drop?
Tetracaine 0.5% and Proparacaine
Where is infiltration anesthetic administered?
Beneath the skin, Conjunctiva, or the Tenon’s capsule
Regional Block infiltrated anesthesia is administered where?
Retrobulbar or facial nerve
When is Retrobulbar anesthesia administered?
10-15 minutes prior to surgery
What is added to lidocaine to reduce bleeding?
Epinephrine
What enzyme is added to anesthesia to increase diffusion?
Hyaluronidase
What is the technique that injects anesthesia into the outer canthal?
Van Lint Technique
What technique injects anesthesia to the anterior of the central ear?
O’Brien Injection Technique
Where is the Peribulbar anesthesia injected?
Down to the floor of the socket, or up to the roof of the orbit
What are the two common techniques of nerve blocks?
Van Lint and O’Brien
What anesthesia technique anesthetize the iris?
Intracameral Anesthesia
What are dilating drops?
Mydriatic Drops
What drug is unstable and is prepared right before injection?
Acetylcholine
What hyperosmotic drug is constrained to the patients with allergies to sulfa?
Acetazolamide
What is used in vitro-retina surgery to replace the vitreous?
Viscoelastics
What enzymes are found in the body that are afferent nerve endings?
Cyclooxygenase
