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