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Principles Of Anesthesia 2024-2025 > Pharamacology Lecture > Flashcards

Pharamacology Lecture Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 types of anaesthesia and examples

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General-the whole body
regional- a part of the body for example spinal epidural and peripheral nerve block
Local-small area of the body

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Pre assessment examples before surgery

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Previous anaesthesia and problems
Post operative nausea or vomiting
Past and present medical history
Consent
Airway management using mallampati score system

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What’s included in a medical history

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Cardiac history Ischaemic heart disease
Respiratory Asthma
Metabolic Diabetes
Musculoskeletal Arthritis
Neurological Multiple sclerosis
Renal Kidney failure

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Balanced anaesthesia

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Using a combination of drugs to limit the dose and toxicity of each drug

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Induced agents

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Get u to sleep

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6
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Opioid narcotics

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Stop your pain

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Muscle relaxants

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Stop u from moving and breathing

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Vasopressors

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Increase your blood pressure

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Benzodiazepines

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Chill u out

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10
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Anti emetics

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Stop u from doing sick

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Antagonists

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Reverse the drugs

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12
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Local anaesthetics

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Make u numb

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13
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Anticholinergic agents

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Increase your heart rate

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Triad of anaesthesia

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Unconsciousness/sleep- hypnosis
Analgesia - pain relief
Muscle relaxation - paralysis

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Induced agent drug examples

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Propofol - Most commonly used
Etomidate
Thiopentone
Ketamine

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16
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Propofol

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Induction and maintenance of anaesthesia
Rapid affect

17
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Propofol side effects

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Airway obstruction
Apnoea
Hypotension
Pain on injection specially small hand veins

18
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Adrenaline

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Increase blood pressure and heart rate known as an emergency drug

19
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Phenylephrine

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Improves BP
Can drop your heart rate

20
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Ephedrine

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Increases heart rate and blood pressure

21
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Metaraminol

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Increases BP like phenylphrine

22
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Examples of anti emetics

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Cyclizine
Ondanstron
Dexamethasone
Metaclopromide
Prochlorperazine
Droperidol

23
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Inhalation of anaesthesia

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Isoflurane. Purple
Sevoflurane. Yellow
Desflurane. Blue

Principles Of Anesthesia 2024-2025 (6 decks)

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