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Drug list... make flashcards |
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What are these the goals of? |
Pre-anesthetic medication |
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How long before surgery should you administer oral drug? What about IM? |
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What is the purpose of the benzodiazepines? Any analgesia? |
Sedation, amnesia, anxiolysis |
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What drug provides anti-dopamine/cholinergic/histaminergic effects?
What drug lowers the threshold for seizures?
What are antihistamines used for? |
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Where do opioids act? What are four examples? What are some problems that can come from using opiates? |
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What drugs should you use for pain post-surgicaly?
Why would NSAIDS be problematic? What do COX-2 inhibitors inhibit?
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Why is it important to neutralize stomach acid?
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What drugs are used to neutralize stomach acid? What are some common side effects? |
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What is used to neutralize the EXISTING gastric acid contents?
Name two drugs (bolded for some reason) |
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What drug is used to accelerate gastric emptying? Dangerous central effects? What can it be antagonized by?
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Don't forget... drugs that alter stomach emptying time can alter absorption of other drugs |
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What are the receptors in the vestibular area and the chemotrigger zone that can be targeted for antiemetic effects? |
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What is used to prevent allergic reaction? |
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What is prophylaxis of infection aimed at? |
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What is effective vs. most staph and strep? What is preferred for bowel anaerobes? What is used where MRSA is a problem? |
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What are anticholinergics used for? |
Mitigate reflex bradycardia Block muscarinic stimulation from anti-cholinesterase drugs (nico and mus) Dry tracheobronchial secretions |
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Why is high oxygenation given right before intubation? |
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What is the purpose of each?
Lidocaine Fentanyl Atropine Vecuronium |
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What are these? Risk factors? |
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What can be used to reverse respiratory depression? Failure may produce what? |
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What can you give for hypotension (obvious + a drug)? What drug can you give for hypertension? What drug prevents reflex effects on the heart? |
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Patient won't wake up?
What agonists can be given? What can be discounted in the absence of significant respiratory depression?
Does lidocaine overdose often present as unconsciousness?
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What drug has low incidence of NV? Which drug has high incidence of NV? |
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What drugs can cause delirium and cognitive decline? |
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Review |
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The more drugs you give, the greater the risk of drug-drug interaction. |
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Is it better to stop medications before surgery or power through? |
Power through. Modify anesthesia, not drug regimen |
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When should you stop oral hypoglycemics? What duration of insulin should you take the night before and morning of surgery?
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What are these? |
Anaphylactic reaction in anesthesia |
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Wat are some well-known anaphylactoid drugs? |
Bone cement, radiocontrast dye |
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What are all of these? |
Ways to manage anaphylaxis |
