Amide Local Anesthetics — Flashcards

Symptoms such as metallic taste, perioral numbness, visual changes, twitching, and seizures in a patient on local anesthesia point towards _____

Ropivacaine has a _____ duration of action than bupivacaine

The maximum dose of bupivacaine given with adrenaline for infiltration anesthesia should not exceed _____mg/kg

Administration of 20% _____ therapy is considered at first signs of local anaesthesia systemic toxicity (LAST), after airway management

Alkalinization of local anesthetics can lead to a _____ onset of action and improved quality of block

The CC/CNS dose ratio for Bupivacaine is _____

Bupivacaine has a tendency to provide more _____ block over motor block (sensory/motor)

Neurotoxicity from neuro-axial (epidural or spinal) placement of local anesthetic solution is maximum with _____

_____ is the mainstay rx for cardiac arrest due to bupivacaine