Skeletal muscle relaxants

Question 1

Non depolarizing blocker metabolized by cholinesterase

Answer 1

mivacurium

Question 2

Non depolarizing blocker eliminated in bile

Answer 2

Vecuronium (intermediate acting)

Question 3

Non depolarizing blocker renal elimination

Answer 3

metocurine, pancuronium

Question 4

Non depolarizing blocker w/c undergoes rapin spontaneous breakdown (hofmann elimination)

Answer 4

Atracurium (intermediate acting)

Question 5

Non depolarizing blocker w/ the most rapid onset time

Answer 5

Rocuronium

Question 6

Antidote for Non depolarizing blocker overdose

Answer 6

Cholinesterase inhibitor (neostigmine)

Question 7

Non depolarizing blocker used for euthanasia, lethal injection, strychnine poisoning

Answer 7

Pancuronium

Question 8

Drugs used in lethal injection

Answer 8

Thiopental (5 g)
Pancuronium (100 mg)
Potassium chloride (100 mEq)

Question 9

Depolarizing neuromuscular blocker that may cause malignant hyperthermia

Answer 9

Succinylcholine

Question 10

Life threatening condition characterized by massive calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle

Answer 10

Malignant Hyperthermia

Question 11

Treatment for malignant hyperthermia

Answer 11

Dantrolene