Anesthetic Drugs ||

As a rough guideline, to maintain surgical anesthesia safely, the vaporizer should be set at about:

1.5 x MAC

No more than ____ nitrous oxide should be delivered to an anesthetized patient.

70%

Propofol

Can be given in incremental doses

Mask inductions are

More appropriately used in calm dogs and cats

When comparing inhalation anesthetics, you should use the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) as a guide in assessing

Potency of the agent

What step is taken to prevent hypoxemia when inducing anesthesia?

Pre-oxygenate for 3-5 minutes

Propofol sometimes causes transient apnea. To avoid this, the anesthetist should

Titrate this drug in several boluses

Nitrous oxide cylinders are painted what color?

blue

Etomidate is a good choice for patients with what condition?

brain trauma

________ is a concern when recovering a patient from anesthesia if nitrous oxide has been used.

diffusion hypoxia

Define mydriasis

dilation of the pupil

________ can cause convulsions when administered alone at high doses

dissociative anesthetics

The adverse effects of anesthetic compounds are

dose dependent

An anesthetic agent that has a low blood-gas partition coefficient will result in ______ induction and recovery time.

fast

Compared with methoxyflurane, isoflurane is considered to have a:

higher vapor pressure

Which inhalant anesthetic is biotransformed to the greatest extent in the animal body?

nitrous oxide

Inhalant anesthetics with low ________ have short induction and recovery periods.

solubility coefficient

Unused portions of PropoFlo28 can be stored at room temperature for up to how many days?

28 days

The effect of intravenous administration of any anesthetic drug is usually detected in

30-60 seconds

Isoflurane is mainly eliminated from the body by the

?

Which of the following statements regarding MAC is incorrect?

A patient at the MAC value is at a surgical plane of anesthesia.

A CNS side effect commonly seen with propofol use is nystagmus; nystagmus is defined as:

A rhythmic, involuntary oscillation of both eyes.

Which of the following defines apnea?

A temporary absence of spontaneous breathing

Which of the following preanesthetic drug classes does not have an effect of induction and recovery?

Anticholinergics

What is described as a measure of the solubility of an inhalant anesthetic in blood as compared with alveolar gas?

Blood:gas partition coefficient

Use of nitrous oxide in anesthesia

Decreases the amount of inhalation anesthetic required

What inhalant anesthetic has the lowest blood-gas partition coefficient and is sometimes referred to as "one-breath anesthesia"?

Desflurane

Which of the following is (are) not characteristic(s) of propofol

Good postanesthesia analgesia

Which of the following is (are) not characteristic(s) of propofol?

Good postanesthesia analgesia

Malignant hyperthermia is a phenomenon associated with the use of what inhalant anesthetic?

Halothane

Which inhalant anesthetic drug is most likely to cause cardiac arrhythmias in dogs?

Halothane

Which inhalant anesthetic is associated with the longest induction and recovery times?

Halothane

An overdose of a barbiturate anesthetic can appropriately be treated with all of the following except

Increase the concentration of isoflurane

Halothane concentrations of 1% to 2% may produce any of the following except

Increased cardiac output

Which drug is a halogenated organic compound?

Isoflurane

Which inhalant anesthetic is considered to have the fewest adverse cardiovascular effects?

Isoflurane

Which statement concerning the use of intravenous anesthesia in large animals is least accurate?

It works well on procedures that require complete immobilization of the patient.

Which induction drug also has analgesic effects?

Ketamine

Apneustic breathing patterns are frequently seen in cats with use of A Pentobarbital

Ketamine/ Guaifenesin

The drug used for epidural anesthesia is

Lidocaine

What is defined as the lowest concentration at which 50% of patients show no response to painful stimulus?

Mean Alveolar Content

An animal that was hit by a car yesterday is having is diaphragmatic hernia repaired. Which of the following anesthetics would be the least desirable?

Nitrous oxide and halothane

Propofol is a/an

Nonbarbiturate, intravenous anesthetic with hypotensive potential

The MAC of an anesthetic agent will change for all the following reasons except

Patient's breed

Which of the following drugs is a substituted phenol?

Propofol

The following general anesthetic agents can be delivered to effect except

Telazole given IM

Sevoflurane is primarily eliminated from the body by

Respiration

Which inhalant anesthetic is the best choice for mask and chamber inductions?

Sevoflurane

Which of the following has the lowest blood-gas partition coefficient?

Sevoflurane

Which of the following is the anesthetic with the lowest blood-gas coefficient?

Sevoflurane

What gas anesthesia demands the greatest degree of patient monitoring, because anesthetic depth changes occur most rapidly

Sevoflurane (SevoFlo)

Which of the following agents is NOT a barbiturate

Telazol

What does the blood gas partition coefficient indicate about a particular inhalant?

The speed of induction and recovery when using a given inhalant

Apneustic breathing patterns are frequently seen in cats with use of A Pentobarbital

Thiamylal

Adverse effects common with isoflurane include

depression of respiration

___ may occur because of rapid recovery from isoflurane anesthesia.

emergence delirium

To which class of drugs does Alfaxalone belong?

neurosteroid

What does the Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC) indicate about a particular inhalant?

potency of anesthetic

Sevoflurane is primarily eliminated from the body by

respiration

Isoflurane is mainly eliminated from the body by the

respiratory system

What is defined as a measure of the tendency of a liquid anesthetic to evaporate?

vapor pressure

Define 'pharmacokinetics'

what the body does to the drug