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1
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highest MAC (lowest potency), SE: euphoria

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Nitrous Oxide

2
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General Anesthetics: pulmonary irritant

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Desflurane

3
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General Anesthetics: post-op hepatitis, malignant hyperthermia with succinylcholine

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Halothane

4
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lowest MAC (highest potency), slowest induction and recovery

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Methoxyflurane

5
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Dissociative amnesia, NMDA receptor blocker, SE: emergence delirium

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Ketamine

6
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Anesthesia for patients with limited cardiopulmonary reserve, SE: adrenal suppression

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Etomidate

7
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Prolonged sedation, “milk of amnesia”, SE: hypotension

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Propofol

8
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2 Types of Local Anesthetics

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Esters (1 i), Amides (2 i’s)

9
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Local Anesthetics: shortest half-life

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Procaine (1-2 min)

10
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Local Anesthetics: longest half-life

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Ropivacaine (4.2 h)

11
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Why shouldn’t you inject Lidocaine into an abscess?

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Lidocaine does not work in an acidic environment (below pKa - protonated form cannot penetrated tissues)

12
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Toxic Dose of Lidocaine

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5 mg/kg

13
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How much Lidocaine is there in a 1% solution?

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10 mg/mL

14
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Prototype non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker, SE: orthostatic hypotension

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Tubocurarine

15
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Most frequently used non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker, undergoes Hoffman elimination, SE: bronchospasm

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Atracurium

16
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Non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker, lethal injection, Strychnine poisoning

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Pancuronium

17
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Reversal agent for non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockers

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Neostigmine (indirect cholinomimetic)

18
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The only depolarizing neuromuscular blocker, SE: malignant hyperthermia with halothane

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Succinylcholine