Seizure, Anesthetics, Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Flashcards
Anticonvulsant drug that can cause fetal hydantoin syndrome
Phenytoin
anticonvulsant drug that is the DOC of trigeminal neuralgia
Carbamazepine
Anticonvulsant that is the DOC for generalized tonic clonic seizure and acute mania
Valproic acid
Anticonvulsant that can cause neural tube defects
Valproic acid
Preferred antiseizure drug in children and pregnant
Phenobarbital
DOC for absence seizures
Ethosuximide
Benzodiazepine used for infantile spasms
Clonazepam
Anticonvulsant for neuropathic pain and migraine
Gabapentin
Anticonvulsant that can csuse steven johnson syndrome
Lamotrigine
Anticonvulsant that selectively binds to SV2A and modifies synaptic release of glutamate and GABA
can cause psychosis and increased suicidal ideation
Levetiracetam
DOC for Lennox -Gastaut syndrome and West syndrome
Topiramate
Stages of anesthesia
Analgesia
Disinhibition
Surgical anesthesia
Medullary depression
Best measure of potency of inhaled anesthetics
MAC
Minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration
Least potent inhaled anesthetic
Nitrous oxide
Most potent inhaled anesthetic
Methoxyflurane
Inhalational anesthetic that is used for minor surgery
Laughing gas
Megaloblastic anemia on prologed exposure
Nitrous Oxide
Inhalational anesthetic that is pungent and can cause bronchospasm
Desflurane
Inhalational anesthetic that can cause renal insufficiency
Sevoflurane
Inhalational anesthetic that can cause catecholamine induced arrhythmia
Isoflurane
Inhalational anesthetic that lowers threshold for seizure
Enflurane
Inhalational anesthetic that can cause post operative hepatitis
Halothane
Intravenous anesthesia for awake procedures
Can cause dissociative amnesia and emergence delirium
Ketamine
General anesthesic used in patients with limited cardiac or respiratory reserve
No analgesic properties
Etomidate
Antidote for opioids
Naloxone
General anesthetic that is also called the milk of amnesia
Propofol
Which local anesthetic has the longest half life?
Ropivacaine
Which local anesthetic has the shortest half life?
Procaine
All local anesthetics are vasodilators except
Cocaine
Topical anesthesia that can inhibit gag reflex and cause skin irritation
Benzocaine
Most allergenic local anesthesia
Used for spinal anesth
Tetracaine
Used for dental anesthesia
Prilocaine
Local anesthetic that can cause methemoglobinemia
Prilocaine
Most cardiotoxic local anesthetic
Contraindicated in intravenous regional anesthesia
Bupivacaine
Treatment for bupivacaine cardiotoxicity
Intralipid
Most rapid onset nondepolarizing blocker
Rocuronium
Long acting nondepolarizing NM blocker used during intubation and general anesthesia.
Can cause recurarization
Tubocurarine
Antidote for tubocurarine
Neostigmine
Short acting neuromuscular blocker that is metabolized by pseudocholinesterase
Mivacurium
Intermediate acting neuromuscular blocker that undergoes Hoffman elimination (rapid spontaneous breakdown)
Atracurium
Intermediate acting neuromuscular blocker that undergoes elimination in bile
Vecuronium
Reversal agent for rocuronium
Sugammadex
Long acting neuromuscular blocker that is used in lethal injection
Pancuronium
Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker that can cause malignant hyperthermia
Succinylcholine
Early sign of malignant hyperthermia
Trismus
Treatment for malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
