Nitrous Flashcards
1
Q
Levels of sedation
A
Minimal
Moderate
Deep
General
2
Q
Minimal sedation
A
Normal response to verbal
3
Q
Moderate sedation
A
Purposeful response to verbal/tactile
4
Q
Deep sedation
A
Purposeful response after repeated or painful stimulus
5
Q
How often does someone die in dental chair
A
every 5.4 weeks
6
Q
MAC
A
Minimum alveolar concentration required for 50% of people to be affected
7
Q
10-20 20-30 20-40 30-50 50-70
A
10-20:Warmth, tingling 20-30: perioral/thigh numbness 20-40: Laughing, mouth numb 30-50: sweating, nausea, sleepy 50-70: dreaming
8
Q
Quick onset quick offset is characterstic ic
A
Low solubility
9
Q
How does solubility relate to partition coefficient
A
Inversely
10
Q
Pharmacokinetics vs dynamics
A
Kinetics is how body affects the drug
Dynamics is how the drug affects body
11
Q
Nitrous effect on cardio?
A
Increase resistance but also decrease sympathetic anxious response
12
Q
For minimal sedation how long to avoid heavy meals?
A
4 hours
