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Opiods/induction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many times more potent is fentanyl than morphine? | 100 times |
| How fast does respiratory depression occur after administration of fentanyl? | 5- 15 mins |
| What is the duration of fentanyl? | 30 min- 1 hr |
| What is the half-life of fentanyl? | 219 min |
| What is the volume of distribution of fentanyl? | 4 L/kg |
| What percentage of the first dose undergoes first pass metabolism? | 75% |
| Is fentanyl metabolized into active or inactive metabolites? | inactive |
| What receptors does fentanyl mostly affect? | Mu |
| What is fentanyl's low dose regimen for minor procedures? | 1-3 mcg/kg, titrated to affect |
| What is fentanyl's moderate dose that blunts the response to direct laryngoscopy and sudden changes in the level of surgical stimulation? | 3-10mcg/kg |
| What is the large dose of fentanyl used for cardiac anesthesia? | 50-150mcg/kg |
| What receptors are associated with dysphoria? | |
| What drug is affected least by genetic variability of the CYP system? | Fentanyl |
| What has been shown to be opioid sparing and reduces undesirable opioid side effects? | multimodal therapy |
| What drug is the gold standard of opioids? | Morphine |
| What is the half life of the parent compound of morphine? | 114 min |
| What is the half life of the active metabolite M6G? | 173 min |
| How many times more powerful is sufentanyl than fentanyl? | 10 times |
| What is sufentanyl ideal for? | continuous infusions |
| How is sufentanyl dosed? | mcg/kg/hr |
| True/False: Sufentanyl is the highest lipophilic drug of the family? | True |
| How long before expected wake up should sufentanyl be turned off? | 40 mins |
| What drug is used for infusion only because bolus causes profound apnea? | Remifentanyl |
| How is remi metabolized? | hydrolysis of the ester linkages by blood and tissue esterases |
| What deficiency does not affect Remi? | pseudocholinesterase deficiency |
| What is hydromorphone commonly known as? | dilaudid |
| What is the onset and duration of hydromorphone? | onset- 5 min duration 4-5 hours |
| What is meperidine commonly known as? | demerol |
| What active metabolite is produced by meperidine? | normaperedine |
| What has increasing levels of normaperedine resulted in? | seizures |
| What patients are not recommended to receive meperidine? | sickle cell, CNS disorders, renal failure, or children |
| Meperidine should not be combined with what which could result in respiratory depression, hypotension, circulatory collapse? | MAOIs |
| What opioid receptor has been credited with being responsible for respiratory depression? | mu II |
| What is a subjective phenomenon of unpleasant wavelike sensations in the throat or epigastrium? | nausea |
| What drug is a synthetic opioid agonist/antagonist? | nalbuphine |
| What agonist activity provides analgesia with less risk of respiratory depression? | kappa |
| What partial agonist can cause respiratory depression? | buprenorphine |
| What antagonist is frequently given to patients with respiratory depression or sedation from opioids? | Naloxone (Narcan) |
| What receptors are blocked primarily by narcan? | Mu |
| What is the half life of narcan? | 64 min |
| Narcan can precipitate what untoward effect? | flash pulmonary edemaH |
| One Amp of Narcan (0.4 mg/ml) is diluted in what? | 10 ml syringe of NS to yield 40mcg/ml |
| How is Narcan delivered until the desired effect is achieved? | 0.5 ml q 5 min |
| What is dexmedetomidine also known as? | precedex |
| What drug is a highly selective and potent alpha-2 adrenergic agonist? | precedex |
| Is precedex a narcotic? | NO |
| Precedex is 10 times more selective for alpha 2 receptors than what? | clonidine |
| What kind of cases can precedex be used in? | MAC cases with natural airway and general anesthesia cases |
| What are the loading dose and infusion doses for precedex? | loading: 0.5mcg/kg infusion: 5-10mcg/kg/hr |
| What antagonist rapidly reverses the effects of precedex? | atipamezole |
| Precedex effectively treats emergence delerium in what patient population? | children |
| What is the prototypical alpha 2 agonist that inhibits catecholamine release, renin release with subsequent vsodilation? | clonidine |
| What is utilized in neuro monitoring cases because it does not interfere with signals achieved by the neurophysiologist? | TIVA |
| What is the keystone of barbiturate induction agents? | sodium thiopental |
| Sodium thiopental is derived from what, which by itself lacks CNS activity? | barbituric acid |
| Chmical structure changes to which carbon positions alters barbituric acid to provide sedative hyponotic effects? | # 2 &5 |
| Substitution of a methyl radical at #5 produces a pro-epileptic effect. What drug is created? | Methohexitol or brevitol |
| Addition of the phenol group at number 5 carbon produces enhanced anti convulsive properties. Which drug is this? | Phenobarbitol |
| When sulfur is substituted at the number 2 carbon position, what is formed? | Thiopental |
| What has been used for physician assisted suicide? | Pentobarbitol (Nembuitol) |
| Barbiturates exert their sedative hypnotic effect by interacting with what inhibitory system? | GABA |
| What is the primary determinant of barbiturate distribution? | lipid solubility |
| What accounts for the cessation of the effects associated with the use of barbiturates? | Redistribution away from the CNS |
| What serves as a reservoir for barbiturates, resulting in slow awakening? | fat |
| What barbiturate induces involuntary muscle contractions? | Methohexitol |
| Barbiturates are contraindicated in patients with what problem? | inducible porphyias |
| Sulfur containing thio-barbiturates (thiopental) can evoke what? | Mast cell mediated histamine release |
| T/F Oxybarbiturates do not cause histamine release? | T |
| How are extravasations of barbiturates treated? | procane 1% and local application of heat |
| What kind of compound is contained in etomidate? | carboxylated imidazole |
| What is induced upon induction with etomidate that can be reduced by coadministering a benzo or opioid? | myoclonis |
| Etomidates predominant isomer structure is? | R (+) |
| What is the hallmark of etomidate? | stable cardiovascular profile |
| Dose of etomidate? | 0.3 mcg/kg IV |
| What function dose etomidate suppress even after a single dose? | adrenocortical |
| What are required to prevent hyperdynamic swing with DL? | Opioids |
| How does etomidate inhibit steroidogenesis? | By blocking the conversion of cholesterol to cortisol. |
| Use etomidate (amidate) with extreme caution when administering to an acutely hypovolemic patient = | profound hypotension |
| Administer with caution in patients with what, as this drug increases beta wave activity | focal epilepsy |
| Etomidate is capable of terminating what? | status epilepticus |
| Ketamine is usually provided as what kind of preparation? | Racemic |
| What does receptors does ketamine bind to? | opioid, nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors |
| De-methylation of ketamine via P450 oxydase pathways yields what? | Nor-ketamine |
| Ketamine increases ________ _______ _____, but does not significantly increase ICP in the presence of mechanically ventillated patients | cerebral blood flow |
| Ketamine is a potent bronchodilator that has been used successfully in ? | status asthmaticus |
| What receptors does propofol exert its sedative hypnotic effect on predominantly? | GABA |
| What patient population requires a larger induction dose due to larger volume of distribution, and an elevated clearance rate? | pediatrics |
| What is the dose of propofol for sedation? | 25-100mcg/min |
| Propofol TIVA dose? | 100-300 mcg/kg/min |
| What reflex is depressed by propofol? | baroreceptor |