Inhalants
Most commonly used inhalant agent for all species
What is Isoflurane?
This drug provides 4-5 hours of anesthetic activity with a 20-30 minute onset
What is Bupivicaine?
Name the reflexes that are lost when using dissociatives
What is none? they retain swallow, laryngeal, pharyngeal and corneal reflexes
Class of sedatives effective in ferrets, rabbits, and swine but unreliable in cats and young dogs.
What are benzodiazepines?
The drug classification of dexmedetomidine and xylazine
What is alpha2 agonist?
Required to protect the anesthetist from waste gasses
What is gas scavenging?
Using this dosage ratio of lidocaine and bupivacaine provides quick onset and longer duration of analgesia
what is a 1:1 or 50:50 ratio?
This dissociative drug is commonly used for chemical restraint in a wide range of species
What is Ketamine
Class of sedatives are considered effective in dogs and cats but less so in swine.
What are phenothiazines
An anticonvulsant that is poorly absorbed and irritating when given IM
What is Diazepam?
This gas inhalant is used in combination with other inhalants to enhance their effects
What is Nitrous Oxide (NO2)?
The addition of this drug can prolong a local anesthetics activity and intensity
What is epinephrine or a vasoconstrictor?
Add a drug from this class to Ketamine to prevent skeletal muscle hypertonia
What is an alpha-2 agonist?
This drug is used to reverse Benzodiazepines
What is Flumazenil?
Drug is used to reverse low heart rate and respiratory rate caused by alpha2 agonists
What is atipamezole
A minimum oxygen flow of 1L/min must be used with this anesthetic gas to prevent production of "Compound A"
What is sevoflurane?
Used to deliver continuous local anesthetics to incision sites
What is wound infusion or a soaker catheter?
Name the side effect of ketamine that anticholinergics are used to mitigate
What is excessive salivation or bronchial/salivary secretions?
This water-soluble benzodiazepine is well absorbed and non-irritating when given IM
What is midazolam?
Give 25% of this lipophilic anesthetic q30 seconds to avoid apnea
What is propofol?
Amount of a vapor needed to prevent movement in 50% of surgical subjects
What is Minimum Alveolar Concentration or MAC?
MAC values can be determined as the concentration at which either 50% of a group of animals respond, or an individual animal responds 50% of the time, to a standardized noxious stimulus.
An IV injection of a local anesthetic may result in this
What is Cardiac Arrest or Death?
This drug's brand name is a combination of a dissociative and a benzodiazepine that is commonly used in swine anesthesia protocols
What is Telazol?
The mechanism of action for the effects of benzodiazepines
What is enhance binding of inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA?
Non-irritant IV anesthetic without cumulative effects. Related to steroid hormones
What is Alfaxan® (Alphaxalone)