Pharmacology

Question 1

What would be the characteristics of your ideal inhalation agent?

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Question 2

What are the different classes of muscle relaxants?

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Question 3

What are the side effects of suxamethonium?

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Question 4

What is the structure of sugammadex and how does it work? What are its side effects?

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Question 5

What kind of opioid receptors are there and how do they work?

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Question 6

What re the advantages and disadvantages of patient controlled analgesia?

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Question 7

What is a local anaesthetic? How do they work?

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Question 8

How are local anaesthetics metabolised?

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Question 9

What determines the onset and duration of action of a local anaesthetic?

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Question 10

How might local anaesthetic toxicity present and how would you treat it?

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Question 11

What drugs can be used to cause induced hypotension?

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Question 12

What is clonidine? What are its uses in anaesthesia?

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Question 13

How do antibiotics work?

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Question 14

Discuss the management of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Question 15

Compare sevoflurane and desflurane.

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Question 16

Draw the log-dose response curve of a drug. How is this affected by competitive and non-competitive antagonists?

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Question 17

Compare morphine and buprenorphine.

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Question 18

Describe the structure and function of the acetylcholine receptor.

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Question 19

What is propofol? How is it presented? How does it work?

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Question 20

What are the main effects and side effects of propofol?

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Question 21

What are the advantages of TIVA?

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Question 22

What are the physical properties of nitrous oxide? What are its uses?

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Question 23

What is context sensitive half time?

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Question 24

What is remifentanil and how is it used?

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Question 25

What different calcium channel blockers are there and what are they used for?

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Question 26

What are the different anti arrhythmic drugs and how do they work?

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Question 27

What are the clinical uses of anticholinesterases?

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Question 28

What is the presentation of organophosphate poisoning and what is the treatment?

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Question 29

What are the treatment options for intraoperative atrial fibrillation?

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Question 30

Where are beta receptors found? What are their clinical uses?

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Question 31

What are the main equations relating to blood pressure?

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Question 32

What is an inotrope? What different kinds are there and how do they work?

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Question 33

What are the risk factors for post op nausea and vomiting? How do antiemetics work?

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Question 34

What are the anaesthetic implications of lithium use?

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Question 35

What are the pharmacokinetic properties of propofol?

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Question 36

What are the pharmacokinetic properties of ketamine?

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Question 37

What are the immunological complications of blood transfusions?

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Question 38

To whom should blood transfusion reactions be reported?

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Question 39

What are the indications for TIVA?

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