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Pharm of Inhatation Agents

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What is the partial pressure of a gas?   The force exerted by the gas on the liquid it is dissolved in.  
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Partial Pressure of gas   A force that attempts to drive molecules out of a solution and into the gas phase.  
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PA   Alveolar Partial Pressure  
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Pb   Brain Partial Pressure  
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Pa   Arterial Blood  
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Why is the PA used as an index of the depth of anesthesia?   It is an indirect measure of Pb, therefore is used to index depth of anesthesia  
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Is a factor that will effect the partial pressure gradients necessary for anesthesia?   Transfer of inhaled anesthetic from machine to alveoli (anesthetic input)  
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Is a factor that will effect the partial pressure gradients necessary for anesthesia?   Transfer of inhaled anesthetic from alveoli to arterial blood  
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Is a factor that will effect the partial pressure gradients necessary for anesthesia?   Transfer of inhaled anesthetic from arterial blood to brain (anesthetic loss)  
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What factor will effect alveolar partial?   Input into the alveoli minus the loss into the arterial blood.  
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Input factor   Inspired partial pressure  
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Input factor   Alveoli ventilation  
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Input factor   Characteristics of breathing  
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Input factor   Functional residual capacity  
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loss factor   blood gas partition coefficient  
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loss factor   cardiac output  
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loss factor   alveolar to venous partial pressure difference  
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How does the inspired concentration of inhaled anesthetic effect the rate of increase of the alveolar concentration?   A high PI (Inhaled partial pressure) from the anesthetic machine is needed during initial administration to offset the impact of uptake. Time helps accelerate induction of anesthesia.  
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Second gas effect   ability of high volume uptake of one gas to accelerate the rate of increase on PA of a concurrently administered companion gas  
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Second gas effect   simultaneous adm. of slower agent (halothane) with a faster drug (nitrous oxide) in high concentrations can speed the onset of the slower agent.  
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How does the inspired concentration of inhaled anesthetic effect the rate of increase of the alveolar concentration?   A high PI (inhaled partial pressure) from the anesthesia machine is needed during initial adm. to offset the impact of uptake. This helps accelerate induction of anesthesia.  
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How does alveolar ventilation effect the rate of the increase in PA?   Increased ventilation promotes input of inhaled anesthetic to offset uptake into blood.  
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Increased ventilation   net effect is more rapid rate of increase in the PA and thus an increase in induction  
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Controlled ventilation as hyperventilation and decreased venous return   accelerates rate of increase in PA by increased input (increased VA) and decreased uptake (decreased cardiac output)  
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Spontaneous ventilation of inhaled anesthesia   produces a dose dependent depressant effect on alveolar ventilation  
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Spontaneous ventilation   has a protective negative feedback mechanism that prevents excessive depth of anesthesia when ventilation is decreased  
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Spontaneous ventilation   when concentration of partial pressure in the brain decreases to a certain threshold then ventilation increases to deliver more anesthesia  
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Mechanical ventilation   the protective mechanism against development of an excessive depth of anesthesia is lost  
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Mechanical ventilation   it may be appropriate to decrease the PI of volatile anesthesia to maintain PA similar to spontaneous  
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Volume of Anesthetic Breathing System   acts as a buffer to slow the attainment of PA  
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Solubility of inhaled anesthetics in the rubber or plastics components of the Breathing System   initially slow the rate at which PA rises, and at conclusion of anesthesia may slow the rate at which PA decreases.  
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Gas inflow from anesthetic machine   helps to negate the buffering effect  
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Subsequent reuse of same breathing system   can lead to malignant hyperthermia  
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What is FRC?   Functional residual capacity  
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The greater the alveolar ventilation to FRC ratio   the more rapid is the rate of increase in PA  
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The greater the alveolar to FRC ratio   the quicker the induction  
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Arterial tension   is directly dependent on both the rate and depth of ventilation  
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An increase in ventilation   can increase arterial tension of anesthetics of moderate to high blood solubility (halothane) but only slightly increase that of one with low blood solubility (nitrous oxide)  
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What factors of pulmonary ventilation effect the rate of PA   hyperventilation or hypoventilation  
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hyperventilation by mechanical control   increases the speed of induction with inhaled anesthetics that would normally have a slow onset  
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depression of ventilation   may slow onset of anesthesia of SOME inhaled agents  
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increase in pulmonary blood flow   decreases the induction rate  
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in shock patients   decreased CO and increased ventilation may accelerate the induction process  
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slows induction rate   more soluble gases  
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low blood solubility   few molecules are needed to raise its partial pressure and the arterial tension rises quickly  
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Intermediate soluble   Isoflurane  
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Poorly Soluble   Nitrous Oxide  
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Poorly Soluble   Desflurane  
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Poorly Soluble   Sevoflurane  
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blood:gas PC Isoflurane   1.46  
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brain:blood PC Isoflurane   1.6  
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muscle:blood PC Isoflurane   2.9  
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fat:blood PC Isoflurane   44.9  
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oil:gas PC Isoflurane   98  
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blood:gas PC Nitrous Oxide   0.46  
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brain:blood PC Nitrous Oxide   1.1  
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muscle:blood PC Nitrous Oxide   1.2  
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fat:blood PC Nitrous Oxide   2.3  
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oil:gas PC Nitrous Oxide   1.4  
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blood:gas PC Desflurane   0.42  
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brain:blood PC Desflurane   1.3  
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muscle:blood PC Desflurane   2  
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fat:blood PC Desflurane   27.2  
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oil:gas PC Desflurane   18.7  
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blood:gas PC Sevoflurane   0.69  
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brain:blood PC Sevoflurane   1.7  
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muscle:blood PC Sevoflurane   3.1  
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fat:blood PC Sevoflurane   47.5  
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oil:gas PC Sevoflurane   55  
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oil gas PC   parallels anesthetic requirements  
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MAC   150/oil:gas PC  
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150 constant   average value of the oil:gas solubility and MAC for several inhaled anesthetics with widely divergent lipid solubilities  
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high cardiac output   results in rapid uptake which slows PA  
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low cardiac output   speeds up PA since there is less uptake into the blood  
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Alveolar to venous partial pressure differences   tissue uptake of the inhaled anesthetics  
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highly perfused tissue   brain, heart, kidneys  
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equilibrate rapidly with PA   vessel rich group (high perfused)  
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poorly perfused tissues   skeletal muscle  
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how inhalant agents are eliminated   once inhalant agents of gas ceases the alveoli-blood-brain gradients are reversed and the pulmonary epithelium becomes the channel of elimination  
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drug characteristic has greatest effect on elimination   lower the solubility the faster the rate of elimination  
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drug characteristic that effects elimination   higher the solubility, the higher the extent of accumulation over the same exposure of time  
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how inhalant agents are metabolized   liver metabolism is significant for halothane (15%) but only 2-5% for enflurane and 0.2% for isoflurane  
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MAC   that concentration at 1 atmosphere pressure which causes immobility in 50% of patients when exposed to a noxious stimuli  
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1.3 MAC   effective in 99% of patients  
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MAC bar   the dose that blocks adrenergic and cardiovascular response in 50% of individuals  
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increases MAC   hyperthermia  
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increases MAC   chronic alcohol use  
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increases MAC   drug induced increases in CNS catecholamine levels (MAOI, cocaine, ephedrine, levodopa)  
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increases MAC   hypernatremia  
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increases MAC   hyperthyroid  
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decreases MAC   hypothermia  
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decreases MAC   increasing age  
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decreases MAC   pre-op meds  
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decreases MAC   drug induced decreases in CNS cathecolamine levels  
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decreases MAC   alpha 2 agonist  
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decreases MAC   acute alcohol ingestion  
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decreases MAC   post-partum (returns to normal in 24-72 hrs)  
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decreases MAC   pregnancy  
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decreases MAC   lithium  
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decreases MAC   neuraxial opioids  
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decreases MAC   lidocaine  
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decreases MAC   hypoxia  
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decreases MAC   blood pressure < 40mmHG  
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decreases MAC   cardiopulmonary bypass  
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decreases MAC   hyponatremia  
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decreases MAC   anemia  
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decreases MAC   metabolic acidosis  
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decreases MAC   opioids  
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decreases MAC   opiod agonist-antagonist  
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decreases MAC   diazepam  
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decreases MAC   methyldopa  
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decrease MAC   reserpine  
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decreases MAC   chronic dextroamphetamine  
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decreases MAC   alpha-2 agonist  
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decreases MAC   lithium  
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decreases MAC   ketamine  
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decreases MAC   pancuronium  
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decreases MAC   physostigmine (10x clinical dose)  
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decreases MAC   lidocaine  
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decreases MAC   chlorpromazine  
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decreases MAC   verapamil  
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decreases MAC   hydroxyzine  
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decreases MAC   ^9 tetrahydrocanabinol  
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Isoflurane vapor pressure   240  
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Desflurane vapor pressure   681  
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Sevoflurane   160  
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Isoflurane MAC   1.2  
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Desflurane MAC   6  
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Sevoflurane MAC   2  
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highly perfused tissues   equilibrate rapidly with the Pa.  
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after 3 time constants   95% of the returning venous blood is at the same partial pressure as the Pa  
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uptake of gas is decrease   after 3 time constants  
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continued uptake of gases after saturation of vessel rich groups   leads to anesthesia of the skeletal and fat tissues  
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sustained tissue uptake of the anesthestic into the large tissue mass (skeletal/fat)   causes the returning venous blood to be at a lower partial pressure than the Pa  
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when the returning venous blood is at a lower partial pressure than the Pa   the (alveolar to venous) Av-D difference is maintained and the uptake from the lungs continues for several hours.  
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