PDA Block 3 Overview Flashcards
General Anesthetics: Parenteral
- Sodium Thiopental
- Propofol
- Etomidate
- Ketamine
- Midazolam
Sodium Thiopental
- Induction of anesthesia
Propofol
- Maintain and induce anesthesia
- Useful bc it is an antiemetic
Etomidate
Induce anesthesia in pt at risk for hypotension
Ketamine
- dissociative anesthesia
- use in pt with bronchospasm
Midazolam
- induction agent
- conscious sedation
- anti-anxiety (anxiolytic)
General anesthesia: Inhaled
Isoflurane
Sevoflurane
Desflurane
Nitrous oxide
Local Anesthetics
Cocaine Procaine Tetracaine Benzocaine Lidocaine Bupivacaine Ropivacaine
Major Depressive Disorder
Monoamine Theory of Depression: Depression results from functionally deficiency of NE or serotonin.
Affective disorders are due to imbalance in biogenic amine neurotransmitter systems
Anti-depressant Rx
SSRI: Fluoxetine & Sertraline SNRI: Duloxetine Tri-cyclic: Amitriptylline & Clomipramine MAOi: Phenelzine Atypical: Buproprion & Mirtazapine
Psychosis
- derangement of personality
- loss of contact with reality
- delusions
- hallucinations
Anti-psychotics: Typical
- Chlorpromazine
- Thioridazine
- Fluphenazine
- Haloperidol
Anti-psychotics: Atypical
- Clozapine
- Olanzapine
- Risperidone
- Quetiapine
- Aripiprazole
Anesthesia
state where no movement occurs in response to what should be painful; loss of consciousness
Components of anesthetic state – amnesia, unconsciousness, analgesia, immobility, attenuation of autonomic responses
Minimal Alveolar Concentration (MAC)
[anesthetic] that prevents movement in response to pain in 50% of subjects