General Anesthesia Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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General Anesthesia Flashcard Deck - 59 Cards
Flashcard 1: Factors affecting Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC): No answer _____
Answer: :)
Flashcard 2: Hyper_____, Hypercalcemia, Hypermagnesemia and HyperH+ (acidosis) will all decrease the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: carbia
Flashcard 3: _____ administration may lead to salivation and lacrimation which can be prevented by premedication with glycopyrrolate
Answer: Ketamine
Flashcard 4: Inhaled anesthetics with _____ solubility in blood have a slower onset of action
Answer: higher
Flashcard 5: Hypo_____, hypotension, hyponatremia and hypoxia will all decrease the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: thermia
Flashcard 6: _____ manouvre is used in rapid-sequence induction to reduce the risk of aspiration
Answer: Sellick's
Flashcard 7: Neuro/Psych _____ and etomidate are IV anesthetics that exert their effects via potentiation of the GABAA receptor complex
Answer: Propofol
Flashcard 8: _____ can cause adrenocortical supression
Answer: Etomidate
Flashcard 9: Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are a contraindication to the use of which anesthetic?_____
Answer: Ketamine
Flashcard 10: _____ will decrease the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: Pregnancy (Reproductive factor)
Flashcard 11: _____ anesthesia is the first choice for most patients with severe preeclampsia with coagulopathy
Answer: General
Flashcard 12: The intravenous induction agent of choice in circulatory failure or hypotension is _____
Answer: ketamine
Flashcard 13: Which inhalational anesthetic has no cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and nephrotoxicity and does not undergo metabolism?_____*mechanism of action?
Answer: Xenon
Flashcard 14: _____ ethanol use will decrease the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: Acute (Acute/Chronic)
Flashcard 15: _____ has the most epileptogenic potential among anesthetic induction agents
Answer: Etomidate
Flashcard 16: _____ amphetamine use will decrease the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: Chronic (Acute/Chronic)
Flashcard 17: Which benzodiazepine is used preferable as an intravenous anesthetic induction agent?_____
Answer: Midazolam
Flashcard 18: Which inhaled anesthetic is associated with megaloblastic anemia?_____
Answer: N2O
Flashcard 19: _____ contributes the most to increased climate impact among all the other inhalational anesthetics
Answer: N2O
Flashcard 20: _____ is an IV anesthetic agent that can cause myoclonic movement on infusion
Answer: Etomidate
Flashcard 21: What is the inhaled anesthetic with the highest MAC (lowest potency)?_____
Answer: Nitrous oxide
Flashcard 22: What is the inhalational anesthetic of choice for induction?_____
Answer: Sevoflurane
Flashcard 23: Which prodrug of propofol is associated with no pain on injection site?_____
Answer: Fospropofol
Flashcard 24: _____ is an intravenous induction agent that can be addictive because of its hypnotic property and development of tolerance
Answer: Propofol
Flashcard 25: _____ has the maximum global warming potential among all the other inhalational anesthetics
Answer: Desflurane
Flashcard 26: _____ is the only anaesthetic that increases peripheral arteriolar resistance and thus reduces redistribution hypothermia in hypovolemic patients
Answer: Ketamine
Flashcard 27: What is the most cardiac stable anesthetic agent?_____
Answer: Etomidate
Flashcard 28: Which inhalational agent is used along with other agents to hasten the induction of anesthesia?_____
Answer: Nitrous oxide
Flashcard 29: What is the inhalational anesthetic of choice in patients with liver disease?_____
Answer: Sevoflurane
Flashcard 30: Which IV anesthetic has the highest incidence of nausea and vomiting among inducing agents?_____
Answer: Etomidate
Flashcard 31: Which inhalational induction agents are highly pungent and hence can cause laryngospasm?_____
Answer: Desflurane and Isoflurane
Flashcard 32: _____flurane can produce increased blood pressure and heart rate when the concentrations are rapidly increased
Answer: Des
Flashcard 33: _____ is the most commonly used anaesthetic agent in electroconvulsive therapy
Answer: Methohexital
Flashcard 34: Which inhalational agent is associated with bradycardia and reduction in cardiac output?_____
Answer: Halothane
Flashcard 35: What is the inhaled anesthetic with the lowest MAC (highest potency)?_____
Answer: Halothane
Flashcard 36: Which IV anesthetic induction agent functionally "dissociates" thalamus from the limbic cortex?_____
Answer: Ketamine
Flashcard 37: In a _____ position, the patient's head is lower than the feet.
Answer: trendelenberg
Flashcard 38: In an non-actively wheezing asthmatic patient, who is hemodynamically stable _____ is the induction agent of choice
Answer: propofol
Flashcard 39: What are the induction agents of choice in liver disease?_____
Answer: Sevoflurane/isoflurane
Flashcard 40: What is the inhalational anesthetic of choice in the elderly population?_____
Answer: Desflurane
Flashcard 41: _____ effect is the increase in the partial pressure of the 2nd gas due to the rapid uptake of first gas during induction of anesthesia
Answer: Second gas
Flashcard 42: _____ is an inhalational anesthetic drug associated with seizures, especially in pediatric population
Answer: Sevoflurane
Flashcard 43: Which intravenous anesthetic preserves airway reflexes the best?_____
Answer: Ketamine
Flashcard 44: An ultra-short acting anesthetic agent metabolised by plasma esterases is _____
Answer: remifentanil
Flashcard 45: In an actively wheezing asthmatic patient, who is hemodynamically unstable _____ is the induction agent of choice
Answer: ketamine
Flashcard 46: Which inhaled anesthetic is environmentally safe unlike others?_____
Answer: Xenon
Flashcard 47: _____ is the only anesthetic with no intrinsic antiepileptic property.
Answer: Methohexital
Flashcard 48: Thiopentone is used as a _____% solution.
Answer: 2.5
Flashcard 49: Minimum alveolar concentration is highest at the age of _____
Answer: 6 months
Flashcard 50: What is the inhaled anesthetic with the lowest solubility/Blood-Gas coefficient (fastest induction)?_____
Answer: Xenon
Flashcard 51: Xenon is a _____teratogenic inhalational anesthetic
Answer: non-
Flashcard 52: _____ activates epileptic foci and is useful to facilitate electroconvulsive therapy.
Answer: Methohexital (General anesthetic)
Flashcard 53: _____ does not elicit pain on injection
Answer: Ketamine (GA)
Flashcard 54: _____ lowers IOP to levels lower than those achieved with other agents.
Answer: Sevoflurane (general anesthetic)
Flashcard 55: What is the inhalational anesthetic of choice in patients with obesity?_____
Answer: Desflurane
Flashcard 56: _____ alcohol use will increase the minimum alveolar concentration for an anaesthetic agent
Answer: Chronic
Flashcard 57: Recommended range of Bispectral index (BIS) for general anesthesia is _____.
Answer: 40-65
Flashcard 58: Patient is placed in _____ position while performing proof puncture (Antral lavage) under GA
Answer: Rose's
Flashcard 59: The order of sequence is of MAC in different age groups is _____ > _____ > _____
Answer: infants; neonates; adults
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