Support Drugs used in anesthesia Flashcards
Support drugs used in anesthesia
- analgesics
- Fluids
- Resp stimulants
- Cardiovascular support
- Neuromuscular blocking agents
Effects of general anesthesia
- CNS depression
- CVS depression
- Respiratory depression
CNS depression from anesthesia
- Loss of consciousness
- Damping of reflexes
-cardiovascular= hypotension
-respiratory= hypoventilation
-thermoregulatory= hypothermia
-postural= reduced muscle tone - Central modulation of nociception
Cardiovascular system Depression
-Reflex suppression (central and peripheral)
-changes in autonomic balance
-changes in vasomotor tone (drug effects, centrally and peripherally)
-myocardial depression (direct drugs, indirect hypoxemia, hypercapnia)
**OVERALL= hypotension
Respiratory depression
Reflex suppression:
-Decrease ventilatory response to increase CO2 pressure. Leads to decrease in pH and O2 pressure
-reduced muscle activity
-alveolar collapse/small airway closure (atelectasis)
-reduced functional residual capacity
-entilation/perfusion mismatch
OVERALL EFFECT: hypoventilation (hypercapia/hypoxemia)
Analgesics drugs
-nociceptive pathways can be stimulated during anesthesia
-sympathetic nervous system stimulation
-may require higher doses of anesthetic drugs= increased side effects
What is the only drug with both anesthetic and analgesic properties?
Ketamine
Fluid therapy rates
Dogs: 5ml/kg/hr
Cats: 3ml/kg/hr
Why supply fluid therapy?
- Replace losses due to:
-evaporation from body surfaces
-bleeding from surgical sites
-urine production - To offset hypotension:
-vasodilation common side effect of inhalant anesthetic
-increase venous return and CO
Fluids to use during anesthesia
- Isotonic crystalloid solution
- Colloids
- Blood products
Isotonic crystalloid solution
-balanced electrolyte
-lactated ringers
-normosol R/plasmalyte
Colloids
-larger molecules provide oncotic pressure similar to albumin
-stay in circulation longer than crystalloids
-starches (hetastarch)
-Gelatin- based **not in Canada
Blood products as fluids
-whole blood
-plasma
-packed red cells
Respiratory stimulants
-not often used during anesthesia- best to ventilate lungs using anesthetic breathing system and O2
-may use in field situations where no apparatus to ventilate lungs and for some rests for laryngeal paralysis
what does Doxapram cause?
-directly stimulates the CNS and respiratory center
-increases the sensitivity of peripheral and central chemoreceptors to CO2 and O2
-increases tidal volume and resp rate
- increases cerebral and myocardial oxygen demand which can be detrimental with patient not breathing or already hypoxemic
-stimulates vasomotor center= increase in BP
-increase plasma catecholamine concentration
Doxapram timing
-Can be given IM, IV, buccal
-onset immediate, effect lasts 1-2 mins
Hypotension during anesthesia
- Reduced CO
- Vasodilation
- Bradycardia
Reduced cardiac output
-depressed cardiac contractility
-reduced venous return (relaxation of great veins)
-position of animal, procedure and use of IPPV will also affect venous return
Vasodilation
-depress vasomotor control= vasodilation throughout the entire body
-directly relax vascular smooth muscle as well as skeletal muscle
Bradycardia
CO= HR x SV