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What is the primary determinant of testing membrane potential?

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Potassium!

Decreased serum K+ —> RMP is more negative

Increased serum K+ —> RMP is more positive

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What is the primary determinant of threshold?

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Calcium!

Hypocalcemia —> TP becomes more negative

Hypercalcemia —> TP becomes more positive

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What determines the cell’s ability to depolarize?

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The difference b/t RMP and Threshold

When RMP is closer to threshold, the cell is easier to depolarize

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Are local anesthetics acids or bases?

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Weak bases

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What binds to the local anesthetic binding site (alpha-subunit)? Does it bing inside or outside?

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Conjugate acid
Binds INSIDE the cell

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When considering the molecular structure of local anesthetics, what determines lipophilicity?

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Aromatic ring

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When considering the molecular structure of local anesthetics, what determines hydrophilicity or the ability to accept a proton?

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Tertiary amine

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When considering the molecular structure of local anesthetics, what determines drug class, metabolism, and allergic potential?

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Intermediate chain

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What are examples of esters?

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Benzocaine
Cocaine
Chloroprocaine
Procaine
Tetracaine

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What are examples of Amides?

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Bupivacaine
Dibucaine
Lidocaine
Mepivacaine
Ropivacaine

Amides have two “i”

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How are ester local anesthetics metabolized?

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Pseudocholinesterases

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How are amide local anesthetics metabolized?

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Hepatic clearance (P450)

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Which local anesthetic class has cross sensitivity within its own class?

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Esters

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What is the equate to the following items? Think local anesthetics

Onset ~
Potency ~
Duration is action ~

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Onset ~ pKa (also dose/concentration)

Potency ~ lipid solubility (intrinsic vasodilating effect)

Duration of action ~ protein binding (lipid solubility, addition of vasoconstrictors)

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How do local anesthetics have a biphasic response on vascular smooth muscle?

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At lower concentrations (below clinical use) they cause vasoconstriction

At higher concentrations (clinical use) they cause vasodilation.

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Ionization is dependent on what two factors?

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The pH of the solution
pKa of the drug

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What is the pKa of Bupivacaine?

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8.1

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What is the pKa of Ropivacaine?

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8.1

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What is the pKa of Lidocaine?

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7.9

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What is the pKa of prilocaine?

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7.9

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What is the pKa of Mepivacaine?

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7.6

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What is the pKa of procaine?

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8.9

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What is the pKa of Chloroprocaine?

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8.7

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What is the pKa of tetracaine?

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8.5

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What is the pKa of benzocaine?
3.5!! This is an odd man out!
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What is a significant risk with benzocaine?
Methemoglobinemia
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What are the levels of absorption of local anesthetics (from most to least) What is the mnemonic
I Think I’ll Ingest cookies each Beautiful Friday for a Special Snack I: IV Think: Tracheal I’ll: Interpleural Ingest: Intercostal Cookies: Caudal Every: Epidural Beautiful: Brachial Plexus Friday: Femoral For a Special: Sciatic Snack: subcutaneous
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What protein to local anesthetics preferentially bind to?
Alpha 1-acid glycoproteins
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How is exparel dispense and what is the max dose?
133 mg in 10 mL or 266 mg in 20 mL Max dose: 266 mg
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What are the rules for administering Lidocaine and exparel to a patient?
After administering lido —> no bupi for at least 20 mins After administering Bupi —> no lido (in any form) for at least 96hours
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Bupivacaine?
2.5 mg/kg 175 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Bupivacaine with epi?
3 mg/kg 200 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Ropivacaine?
3 mg/kg 200 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Lidocaine?
4.5 mg/kg 300 mg
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Mepivacaine?
7 mg/kg 400 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Lidocaine with epi?
7 mg/kg 500 mg
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Prilocaine?
8 mg/kg < 70 kg ~ 500 mg > 70 kg ~ 600 mg
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Procaine?
7 mg/kg 350 - 600 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Chloroprocaine?
11 mg/kg 800 mg total
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What is the max dose (in both total dose and mg/kg) for Chloroprocaine and with Epi?
14 mg/kg 1,000 mg total
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What is the most common cause of toxic plasma concentrations?
Inadvertent intravascular injection
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Is LAST more common with peripheral nerve blocks or epidural anesthesia?
Peripheral nerve blocks
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At what plasma concentration of Lido would you see analgesia?
1-5 mcg/mL
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At what plasma level of lidocaine do you see tinnitus, numbness, and/or blurred vision? AND hypotension/cardiac depression?!
5-10 mcg/mL
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At what plasma level of Lido do you see seizures and/or LOC?
10-15 mcg/mL
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At what plasma level of lidocaine do you see coma and/resp arrest?
15-25
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What are factors that increase CNS toxicity with local anesthetics?
Hypercarbia —> increased Blood flow Acidosis —> decreases convulsion threshold Hyperkalemia —> raises RMP
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What factors decreases CNS effects?
Hypocarbia —> decrease cerebral blood flow Hypokalemia —> decreases resting membrane potential CNS depressants —> raise seizure threshold
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Which local anesthetic has a greater affinity of voltage gated sodium channel receptors in the heart?
Bupivacaine > Levobupivacaine > Ropivacaine >Lidocaine
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What is the primary risk of cocaine toxicity?
Excessive SNS stimulation
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What is the dose for cocaine? Mg/kg and max?
1.5-3 mg/kg 150-200 mg total
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In terms of LAST, what should be avoided as far as vasopressors?
Avoid vasopressin Keep epi dose low 1mcg/kg
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What is the 20% lipid emulsion therapy for someone > 70 kg
Bolus: 100 mL over 2-3 minutes Infusion: 250 mL over 15-20
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What is the 20% lipid emulsion therapy for someone < 70 kg
Bolus: 1.5 mL over 2-3 minutes Infusion: 0.25 mL/kg/min
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What is the maximum dose of lidocaine during tumescent anesthesia?
55 mg/kg
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What is the most common cause of death in liposuction?
PE
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When is general anesthesia recommended when administering a tumescent infusion?
> 2-3 L
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What are some causes of acquired methemoglobinemia? Local anesthetics
Benzocaine (also bupi is in Cetacaine) Prilocaine (together with Lido = EMLA) Lidocaine
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What is the light waveform for deoxygenated blood?
Red 660
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What is the light waveform for oxygenated blood?
Infrared 940
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What is the light absorption for methemoglobin?
Both Red 660 AND infrared 940!!
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What are the key findings in methemoglobinemia?
Decreased SpO2 (usually 85%) Normal PaO2
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What is the treatment to methemoglobinemia? What is the dose?
Methylene blue 1-2 mg/kg
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When does methemoglobinemia occur? MOA?
It’s produced when the iron molecule becomes oxidized to its ferric form (Fe 3+)
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How does methemoglobin affect the oxyhemoglobin curve?
Shifts to the left
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What are some S&S of methemoglobinemia?
Chocolate colored blood Hypoxia Cyanosis (slate grey pseudocyanosis)
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What is the max dose of EMLA?
0-3 months (<5kg): 1 g 3-12 months (>5kg): 2 g 1-6 years (>10kg): 10 g 7-12 years (>20kg): 20g
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What drugs prolong the duration of action of local anesthetics?
Epinephrine Decadron Dextran
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What drugs provide supplemental analgesia to local anesthetics?
Clonidine Epinephrine Opioids
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What drugs shorten onset time of local anesthetics?
Sodium bicarb

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