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1
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unique because

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  • administered and eliminated through the lungs

- nothing depends on liver/kidney

2
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chemistry

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  • organic other than NO

- halogenated (dec. reactivity and inc potency, nonflammable)

3
Q

Halothane uses a ______ whereas Isoflurane does not

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preservative

-> arrythmias

4
Q

difference between iso and haloflurane

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iso has an ether bond

5
Q

which are gases v. vapors?

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NO is gas, most inhalants are vapors

6
Q

vapors still abide by same gas laws as gases T/F?

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T

7
Q

have to give ______ concentration of inhalant in lower pressured areas (mountains) to give the same pp of inhalant.

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higher

8
Q

Can you give 100% iso?

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nope, vapor pressure doesn’t allow it

9
Q

As temperature decreases vapor pressure ______

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decreases

10
Q

boiling point is close to room temperature and so…

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desflurane, requires headed vaporizer, needs a outlet

11
Q

solubility expressed as a

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partition coefficient

molecules in blood/ molecules in gas

12
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why is solubility important

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predicts the speed of anesthetic induction, recovery,

lower the coefficient the faster the onset and recovery

13
Q

vapor pressure determines the number of

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molecules of inhalant available to produce anesthesia

14
Q

Desflurane is most_____ (not including N2O)

Iso is most ______ (not including halothane)

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insoluble (fastest onset of action)

soluble

15
Q

inhalant anesthetics sites of action

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brain (amnesia)
spinal cord (immobility)
(pp of inhalant in brain/cord is what causes anesthesia)

16
Q

potency

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dose required to reach a desired effect (only related to dose!!!!)

17
Q

minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) has to do with

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potency (=1/potency)
=ED50
(prevents gross purposeful movement in 50% patients)
(many different kinds of MACs)

18
Q

N2O cannot be used

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alone

19
Q

3 factors influence anesthetic uptake (out of lungs and into blood)

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  1. solubility
  2. CO
  3. Alveolar-venous anesthetic pp difference
20
Q

The higher the alveolar pp the higher the _____ pp. Caused by minimizing the uptake.

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brain

21
Q

how to speed up induction

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  1. turn up concentration
  2. turn up flow rate
  3. make sure patient is breathing
22
Q

more soluble =

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more ‘reluctant’ to leave the blood

23
Q

Faster induction with _____ Cardiac output.

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low

think super excited puppy, will take longer to induce

24
Q

must exist for uptake to occur

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Pa - Pv gradient!

25
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Elimination is affected by

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  1. solubility (-)
  2. CO (+)
  3. duration of anesthesia
26
Q

toxic metabolites can be produced.
Iso desflurane -> _____
Sevoflurane ->______

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CO (not a big concern)

compound A

27
Q

inhalants decrease cerebral _______ and increase _______

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metabolic rate

cerebral blood flow (increases intercranial pressure)

28
Q

worst side effect is: all inhalants decrease cardiac ______

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output

negative inotropic, decrease peripheral vascular resistance/ BP

29
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in pulmonary system the inhalants can act as a safety mechanism

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when Pbrain inc. -> dec. ventilation -> dec. uptake ->

dec. Pbrain

30
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inhalant depresses spontaneous

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ventilation

can potentially cause apnea

31
Q

use ____ in hapatocompromised

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iso

32
Q

malignant hyperthermia

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  • most common in pigs
  • genetic, when exposed to inhalant, sarcolemma inc. Ca+ -> ->death
  • tx. dantrolene and get off that machine