Regional Anesthesia

Question 1

Neuraxial blocks

Answer 1

spinal, epidural, combined spinal-epidural

Question 2

Peripheral blocks

Answer 2

UE, LE, other

Question 3

Drugs for regional anesthesia

Answer 3

Lidocaine/Bupivacaine, Midazolam, Fentanyl, Propofol, Oxygen

Question 4

Lidocaine/Bupivacaine

Answer 4

Clinical uses – local infiltration, spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia

Question 5

reversing lidocaine bupivacaine

Answer 5

Hypotension – due to sympathetic blockage, reverse with Ephedrine/Phenylephrine
Bradycardia – due to blockage of thoracic cardioaccelerator fibers, reverse with Atropine

Question 6

Common Drugs for MAC

Answer 6

Oxygen, Propofol, Midazolam, Fentanyl

Question 7

Inhaled anesthetics are the

Answer 7

only complete anesthetics because they provide all 4 components of anesthesia – but you have to give too much to achieve this which causes side effects so you use balanced technique instead

Question 8

Balanced anesthesia

Answer 8

requires the use of specific agents for specific anesthetic goals rather than using a single inhaled anesthetic