Mediction

Question 1

What multicellular agent is injected intraocularly and returns the pupil to a round and regular shape?

Answer 1

Acetylcholine

Question 2

What medication is used to lower intraocular pressure before PKP?

Answer 2

Mannitol 25% in a 50 cc syringe

Question 3

What topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug are primarily used as postoperative analgesics?

Answer 3

NSAID’s

Question 4

What anesthesia is used to anesthetize the iris using 0.25 to 0.50 ml of 1% unpreserved lidocaine through a corneal stab incision?

Answer 4

Intracameral Anesthesia

Question 5

What are chemotherapeutic agents that prevent the production of new collagen that results in scars tissue?

Answer 5

Antimetabolites

Question 6

What drug employed to shrink the vitreous body and reduce intraocular pressure by draining fluid out of the tissues?

Answer 6

Hyperosmotic

Question 7

What antimetabolites has proven extremely useful in management of glaucoma in children?

Answer 7

Mitomycin C

Question 8

What drugs are used to induce pupillary constriction?

Answer 8

Miostat or Miochol

Question 9

What type of anesthesia is placed in the lower cul-desac of the eye?

Answer 9

Topical Anesthesia

Question 10

What thick, jelly like substance is used in intraocular procedures to protect the corneal endothelium?

Answer 10

Viscoelastics

Question 11

What is the most commonly used topical anesthetic drop?

Answer 11

Tetracaine 0.5% and Proparacaine

Question 12

Where is infiltration anesthetic administered?

Answer 12

Beneath the skin, Conjunctiva, or the Tenon’s capsule

Question 13

Regional Block infiltrated anesthesia is administered where?

Answer 13

Retrobulbar or facial nerve

Question 14

When is Retrobulbar anesthesia administered?

Answer 14

10-15 minutes prior to surgery

Question 15

What is added to lidocaine to reduce bleeding?

Answer 15

Epinephrine

Question 16

What enzyme is added to anesthesia to increase diffusion?

Answer 16

Hyaluronidase

Question 17

What is the technique that injects anesthesia into the outer canthal?

Answer 17

Van Lint Technique

Question 18

What technique injects anesthesia to the anterior of the central ear?

Answer 18

O’Brien Injection Technique

Question 19

Where is the Peribulbar anesthesia injected?

Answer 19

Down to the floor of the socket, or up to the roof of the orbit

Question 20

What are the two common techniques of nerve blocks?

Answer 20

Van Lint and O’Brien

Question 21

What anesthesia technique anesthetize the iris?

Answer 21

Intracameral Anesthesia

Question 22

What are dilating drops?

Answer 22

Mydriatic Drops

Question 23

What drug is unstable and is prepared right before injection?

Answer 23

Acetylcholine

Question 24

What hyperosmotic drug is constrained to the patients with allergies to sulfa?

Answer 24

Acetazolamide

Question 25

What is used in vitro-retina surgery to replace the vitreous?

Answer 25

Viscoelastics

Question 26

What enzymes are found in the body that are afferent nerve endings?

Answer 26

Cyclooxygenase