TERMS

Question 1

the absence of feeling or sensation

use of chemical agents and/or anesthetic technique to facilitate the performance of surgery or painful procedure

Answer 1

anesthesia

Question 2

minimum anesthetic required to suppress motor response in 50% of patients to a standard stimuli

Answer 2

minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)

Question 3

what drug?

sedative/intravenous anesthetics usually not as significant depression, but it may

Answer 3

benzodiazepines

Question 4

what drug?

dissociative anesthetic, analogue of PCP, maintains sympathetic tone, resp. stimulant, excellent analgesic

Answer 4

ketamine

Question 5

what drug?

versatile induction and IV anesthetic

Answer 5

propofol

Question 6

what drug?

induction agent with minimal effect on CO, like propofol lite

Answer 6

etomidate

Question 7

what drug?

(analgesic), profound respiratory depressant

Answer 7

narcotic

Question 8

class of drug associated with severe allergic and anaphylactic reactions like cocaine and procaine

cocaine is metabolized by?

Answer 8

esters

ester hydrolysis as oppose to plasma cholinesterases