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1
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What drug is thiopental

A

Barbiturate

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Local anesthetics work at the internal or external membrane of the sodium channel?

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Internal

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Thiopental is a strong base or strong acid

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Strong acid (barbituric acid)

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5
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Which intravenous anesthetic also has a protective effect against post-operative nausea and vomiting?

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Propofol (anti-emetic properties)

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6
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Unconsciousness produced by inhaled anesthetics is reversible or non-reversible?

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Reversible

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7
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Ketamine is most like what drug?

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PCP

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8
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What is the treatment for local anesthetic toxicity?

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Intralipid

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9
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Ture or false, local anesthetics do NOT block sympathetic nerves?

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False, act on all nerves

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10
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What is the effect of inhaled anesthetics on EEG

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Flatten EEG

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What disease is associated with inhaled anesthetics that results in increased temperature and results in death?

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Malignant hyperthermia

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12
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Which inhaled anesthetics is least soluble in blood: isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane?

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Desflurane: rapid onset and offset

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13
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Which intravenous anesthetic results in more deaths at pearl harbor than the actual attack? When induced in soldiers that were hypovolemic, soldiers will die in sleep

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Thiopental

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14
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Emergence from inhaled anesthetics depends on which, elimination or metabolism?

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Elimination. Inhaled anesthetics DON’t undergo metabolism!!

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15
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Which local anesthetic has more rapid onset: bupivacaine (pKA 8.1), lidocaine (pKA 7.9)

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Lidocaine: closer to body pKa assodicated with faster onset

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16
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Which induction agent is contraindicated in egg allergy?

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Propofol

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17
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Which IV anesthetic has minimal effects on the cardiovascular system?

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Etomidate - profound hemodynamic stability

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18
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Which of the following drugs is the mechanism of action clear? IV, inhaled, or local anesthetics?

A

Local anesthetics

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19
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Rapid induction of anesthesia is done with an inhaled or IV anesthetic?

A

IV anesthetic

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20
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Maintenance of anesthesia occurs with an inhaled or IV anesthetic?

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Inhaled anesthetic

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21
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What hair color increases MAC?

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Red hair (also resistant to inhaled anesthetic)

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22
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What is the effect of inhaled anesthetic on minute ventilation?

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Goes down - increased respiration can’t compensate for decrease in tidal volume

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23
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For inhaled anesthetics, speed of onset is determined by which property?

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Blood solubility

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24
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What gas is typically administered for analgesia?

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Nitrous oxide

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25
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What is the effect of inhaled anesthetics on uterine tone?

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Decreases uterine tone (increase bleeding)

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26
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What does the injection if IV opioids due to MAC?

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Decrease MAC - don’t need as much inhaled anesthetics

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27
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What do the inhaled anesthetics due to ventilatory response to low blood oxygen?

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Decreases - areflexia (also to bronchomotor tone)

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28
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What do the inhaled anesthetics due to bronchiolar tone?

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Bronchodilates

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29
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What do the inhaled agents do to cerebral blood flow?

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Increase cerebral blood flow - don’t use for patients with ICP

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30
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The inhaled agents are supplied from the manufacturer in what form?

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Liquid and then converted to a vapor

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31
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What class of drugs are the inhaled anesthetics?

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All ethers (C-O-C configuration)

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32
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For the termination of a drug effect, which is more important: redistribution or elimination?

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Redistribution

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33
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What drug is contraindicated with acute intermittent porphyria?

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Thiopental (IV anesthetic)

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34
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What does propofol due to cerebral blood flow?

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Decrease cerebral blood flow

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35
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What is the amount of IV anesthetic to prevent awareness?

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Don’t know! inhaled anesthetics have MAC

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36
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Which IV anesthetic can also be given IM?

A

Ketamine

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37
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In addition to potassium chloride and panchorinium, which anesthetic is used for lethal injection?

A

Thiopental

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38
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Thiopental causes hypotension by myocardial depression and …?

A

vasodilation

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39
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The term for the longer you infuse a drug, the longer it takes to eliminate

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Context-sensitive half life

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40
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The term for how drugs get to the effect site

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Pharmacokinetics

41
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The term for the drug effect due to receptor binding

A

Pharmacodynamics

42
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What is the most common cause of abuse (death) in anesthesiologist <35?

A

Substsance abuse

43
Q

Give an example in which EMLA would be used?

A

Lumbar puncture in pediatric patients: lidocaine and prilocaine

44
Q

What local anesthetic is also used as an anti-arrhythmic?

45
Q

Which of the following OTC drug contains a local anesthetic?

A

Bactine - anti-septic and lidocaine

46
Q

What medication is added to a local anesthetic to prolong duration of blockage?

A

Epinephrine

47
Q

When a certain area receives local anesthetic and does not respond to local stimuli, this is called?

A

Regional anesthesia

48
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What property of local anesthetic influences its duration?

A

Speed of onset and lipid solubility

49
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What protein channel do local anesthetics work?

A

Sodium channel

50
Q

What stereoisomer of bupivacaine is more cardiotoxic?

51
Q

Which year was the first medical school established in the US?

A

Penn! 1765

52
Q

What type of local anesthetic is cocaine?

53
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Inhaled anesthetic has been linked to which disease in adults?

A

Alzheimer’s

54
Q

The population variants of inhaled anesthetics are large or small?

A

Small! also works in different species

55
Q

Induction of anesthesia begins at the beginning or end of anesthesia?

56
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The concentration of inhaled anesthetics necessary to prevent awareness is higher or lower than the amount needed to prevent pain?

A

Less (MAC)

57
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Which inhaled anesthetic has the highest MAC?

A

Desflurane (less lipid soluble, faster offset/onset)

58
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Why is propofol used for sedation in the ICU?

A

Anti-nausea, quickly reversed

59
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Which induction agent is also metabolized in the lung and small intestine?

60
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Which anesthetic was first used for surgery?

61
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Which local anesthetic is more rapidly metabolized if injected by IV? Chloroprocaine or bupivacaine?

A

Chloroprocaine! Esters are much more rapidly metabolized

62
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Which organ metabolizes amide local anesthetic?

63
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Is there an antagonist to the inhaled anesthetics?

A

No, just blow it off

64
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Which depends on a drug metabolism: distribution half-life or elimination half-life?

A

Elimination half-life

65
Q

Propofol potentiates the effects of which neurotransmitters

66
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Primary termination of clinically effective IV anesthetics is metabolism or redistribution?

A

Redistribution

67
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Local anesthetics bind to which configuration of the sodium channel

A

Open & Inactive state

68
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The aromatic ring on the local anesthetic is hydrophilic or lipophilic?

A

Lipophilic

69
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Which local anesthetic has the larger potential for allergic reaction? Lidocaine or tetrocaine?

A

Tetrocaine - Ester –> PABA

70
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Which IV anesthetic does not depress respiration?

71
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Which will achieve a peak level first, inhaled or IV?

A

IV - that’s what you use for induction

72
Q

Inhaled anesthetics have been linked to the progression of which disease in kids?

A

Developmental delay or learning disability

73
Q

In the resting state, the sodium channel is in which configuration?

74
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What is the first sign of local anesthetic toxicity from lidocaine? Numbness of the tongue, seizure, ventricular tachycardia?

A

Numbness in the tongue, often metallic taste

75
Q

Which local anesthetic causes vasoconstriction?

A

Cocaine: reason why they use it for topical anesthetics

76
Q

Inhaled anesthetics with low blood solubility will have a slow or fast onset of action?

A

Fast onset: lower blood solubility, the faster onset. More soluble has slower onset.

77
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Which IV anesthetic would be good to induce for a patient that is scheduled to go home?

78
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When the ENTIRE body does not respond to anesthesia, this is called:

A

General anesthesia

79
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What is the breakdown product of local anesthetics?

80
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Which IV anesthetic increases ICP?

A

Ketamine - stimulates blood flow (don’t use for trauma patients)

81
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What is the primary organ for metabolism of IV anesthetics?

82
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Do the inhaled anesthetics provide analgesia?

83
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What do local anesthetics bind to in the blood?

A

Albumin and alpha-1-glycoprotein

84
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What is the effect of inhaled anesthetics on blood pressure?

85
Q

Which IV anesthetics increase ICP and cerebral blood flow

86
Q

Local anesthetics are weak acids or bases?

87
Q

The pka determines what of a local anesthetic?

A

Speed of onset

88
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Name one of the two intermediate chains of local anesthetics:

A

Amides or esters

89
Q

What is the term for concentration of vapor that prevents movements in response to 50% of the population?

90
Q

Which term describes an unaware patient that does not respond to pain?

A

Anesthesia

91
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Which of the following organs has the greatest uptake of anesthesia following accident IV injections: stomach, brain, muscle, skin?

92
Q

Which IV anesthetic has analgesic properties?

93
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What determines speed of onsets of the inhaled anesthetic?

A

Blood solubility

94
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What is the effect of inhaled anesthetics on temperature?

A

Decreases temperature

95
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What property of a loca anesthetic influences potency?

A

Lipid solubility

96
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Which anesthetic causes adrenocortical suppression?

97
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What enzyme hydrolyzes local anesthetics?

A

Pseudocholinesterase

98
Q

Antihistamines have sedative and hypnotic effects, true or false?

Anesthesiology Team Challenge (2 decks)

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