Intro to Anesthesia
This part of the anesthetic protocol serves to provide analgesia, sedation, and reduce anxiety in patients
What is Pre-Medication?
Patient history/signalment, complete PE, preanesthetic diagnostics make up this profile of your patient
What is the minimum database?
Dehydration can be identified by these lab values:
What is high PCV/TP?
Term for elevated BUN and creatinine
What is azotemia?
Healthy puppy or kitten coming in for a spay or neuter
What is ASA 1?
Patients that cannot be fasted due to the risk of developing hypoglycemia/dehydration
What are neonates/pediatric patients?
Most common fluid type administered during anesthesia
What are crystalloids?
State in which the patient cannot be roused with painful stimuli
What is General Anesthesia?
These type of animals have special anesthetic concerns
What are sighthounds, brachycephalic breeds, draft horses?
Anemia or overhydration identified by can be defined by these lab values/results:
What is low PCV/TP?
Major cause of pre-renal azotemia
What is dehydration?
Moribund, not expected to live 24 hours with or without surgery
What is ASA 5?
Device protecting airway from aspiration
What is a cuffed Endotracheal Tube?
Category of fluids used to expand blood volume and increase blood pressure
What are colloids?
Drug induced CNS depression/drowsiness
What is sedation?
Animals in these age groups have special anesthetic concerns
Most pre-surgical lab work captures these values
What is liver and kidney values?
These values on lab work tell us information about patient's water and osmotic fluid pressure analysis
What is electrolyte analysis?
Patient with severe systemic disease that limits activity
What is ASA 3?
Drugs that decrease heart rate (general category)
What is a negative chronotrope?
Specific fluid types that provide volume expansion through administration of large, oncotic molecules
What is hetastarch or vetstarch?
Drug induced state commonly seen with use of narcotics (opioids)
What is narcosis?
The term for the percentage of blood composed of RBCs
What is PCV?
BUN
What is blood urea nitrogen?
Major extracellular cation
What is sodium?
Incapacitating, life threatening systemic disease
What is ASA 4?
Drugs that decrease cardiac contractility (general category)
What is a negative inotrope?
Start animal at 5ml/kg/hr for first hour, then reduced rate after the first hour
What is the surgical fluid rate for a canine?
Loss of sensation to a limited area of the body produced by epidural, nerve blocks
What is regional anesthesia?
These values tell us about hydration status, O2 carrying capacity, oncotic pressure
What is PCV/TP?
Lab result seen with impaired renal function
What is an elevated BUN level?
Major intracellular cation (important for normal muscle fxn and nerve impulse transmission)
What is potassium?
Patient with mild systemic disease
What is ASA 2?
Where two thirds of total body is found
What is the intracellular space?
Start animal at 3ml/kg/hr for the first hour, then reduced rate after the first hour
What is the surgical fluid rate for a feline?