Week 1/2
The term for administering multiple drugs to the same patient during one anesthetic event
What is Balanced Anesthesia
Ideal BCS for dogs and cats
What is 5/9 or 3/5
True or False the injectable dosing of Cerenia is 1mg/kg
What is true
Dextormitor + ketamine + opioid (torb or hydro)
What is Kitty Magic
What class of drugs are all controlled?
Opioids
This file includes:
Patient history including the patient signalment
Complete physical examination findings
Results of a preanesthetic diagnostic workup
What is the Minimum Patient Database or MPD
True or false: Pediatric patients should be fasted
What is false
what is:
Minimal hepatic metabolism
Minimal renal excretion
Little retention in body fat
Well tolerated in animals with hepatic and renal disease, neonatal and geriatric animals
A term for a profound state of sedation and analgesia induced by simultaneous administration of an opioid and a sedative
What is neuroleptanalgesia
True or False: NSAIDs and steroids can be administered concurrently?
What is false
Name Classification of Patient Anesthetic Risk: LOW PATIENT WITH MILD SYSTEMIC DISEASE
PS2 or Physical Status 2
Describe 2 ways to measure for an ET tube
What is
- measure the space between the nares
- divide the patient's weight in kg by 4 then add 4
- use the ASPCA chart
This term is the lowest concentration of an anesthetic agent at which 50% of patients show no response to a painful stimulus
What is the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC)
This drug can cause the following effects:
Cats with repeat doses
Heinz body formation on red blood cells (RBCs)
Diarrhea, anorexia, prolonged recoveries
Sighthounds - prolonged recovery
Also other breeds
If maintained on propofol > 30 minutes
What is Propofol
Name 2 local anesthetic agents
What are:
- lidocaine
- bupivacaine
- mepivacaine
- procaine
List the TPR values of canines
What is
T: 37.8-39.2 degrees C
P: 60-180bpm
R: 10-30brpm
What is the correct order of oxygen flow in a rebreathing circuit from the source, towards your patient, when not using the oxygen flush valve.
What is
- oxygen tank
- flow meter
- vaporizer
- common gas outlet
- breathing circuit
- patient
What is the MAC factor and vaporizer setting for a healthy patient for surgical anesthesia?
1 x MAC = light stage III anesthesia
1.5 x MAC = surgical anesthesia
What is 1.5 x MAC = surgical anesthesia
ex) 1.3 x 1.5 = 1.95 → turn setting to 2%
This injectable anesthetic drug has:
Short duration of action
Wide margin of safety
Use for IV for induction anesthesia and maintenance
Use IM in cats for deep sedation/light anesthesia
Used for small exotics
What is alfaxalone
What opioid would you choose to treat mild to moderate pain?
What is 200-300 mL/kg/min
An obese feline patient weighing 13 kg, with a BCS of 9/9, needs some light sedation with
butorphanol (10 mg/ml) for radiographs. If my dose for this patient is 0.4 mg/kg of butorphanol,
calculate the amount needed for sedation.
What is 0.37 mL of torb
Name 1 preanesthetic from each class:
Benzodiazepines
Anticholinergics
Alpha-2-Agonists
Opioids: Agonists
Benzos: Midazolam, Diazepam, Clonazepam or Lorazepam
Anticho: Glycopyrrolate or Atropine
A2 Agonists: Xylazine, Dexmedetomidine, Detomidine, Romifidine
Opioids: Agonists:Hydromorphone, Morphine, Oxymorphone, Fentanyl, and Meperidine
Bentley is a 3 year old male Beagle cross coming in for an orchiectomy. His BCS is 6/9, and his current
weight is 12 kg. Calculate his ideal body weight, and amount of dexmedetomidine needed as part of his
premedication. The concentration of dexmedetomidine is 0.5 mg/ml. The dose we will use for him is 4 micrograms/kg
IDW: 10.9 kg
Amount of dexmedetomidine: 0.09 ml
A 35 kg, 5 year old MN GSD needs dental surgery to remove all 4 fractured canine teeth.
a) What is the maximum amount of bupivacaine 0.5% that he can have using a drug dose of 2
mg/kg?
b) Approximately how much bupivacaine can be injected at each dental nerve block site?
c) If he has 4 fractured canines and needs injections at 4 quadrants, am I exceeding the
maximum dose recommended?