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Isoflurane, advantages?
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Cardiovascularly safer
Minimal liver metabolism Medium induction and medium recovery. Disadvantages? |
Occasionally stormy recoveries
Respiratory depression Mid-range money Malignany arrhythmias |
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Sevoflorane, advantages?
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Highest rapid induction and recovery rate
non-pungent odor good muscle relaxation nonarrythmagenic |
respiratory depression
rapidly crosses placenta Much more money |
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Halothane, advantages?
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Less respiratory depression
Rapid induction and recovery (slowest of the three) |
Malignant arrythmias
cardiac depression and hypotension little analgesia hepatotoxic |
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2% Lidocaine is used for?
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Cats to place endotracheal tube. Who places it?
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Tech
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Pulse oximeter?
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Uses light on a lingual clip to track heart rate and percent blood oxygen saturation
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Poor probe placement, hypothermia, hypotension and tachycardia lead to problems with reading
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P wave of EKG?
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Electrical activity of blood through the upper chambers (atria)
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QRS complex of EKG?
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Record of electrical activity through the ventricles
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ST segment?
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Period when ventricles are contracting and no electrical activity is present
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Appears as straight line between QRS and T wave
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T wave?
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Relaxation of the ventricle, preparing electrically for another contraction
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Systolic blood pressure?
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Blood pressure when blood is leaving the ventricles
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Diastolic blood pressure?
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Blood pressure when the ventricles relax. Normal?
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60-110 mmHg
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Ways of detecting blood pressure?
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Indirect using a cuff and doppler ultrasound.
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Should cover 40% of limb. Size is important! Direct involving arterial cut-down
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End title CO2
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Measures CO2 levels on expired breath. Helps to determine depth of anesthesia. Called?
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Capnography
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Clipper blade for clippering?
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40 blade. What must be empty first?
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Bladder
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