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NURS 4600 Pharm - Exam 4 Anesthesia Study Guide local anethesia MOA - Ans:-stops axonal conduction by blocking sodium channels. all nerve conduction is lost - loss of sensation AND motor activity local anesthesia adverse reactions - Ans:-CNS excitation followed by depression, bradycardia, aller...

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NURS 4600 Pharm - Exam 4 Anesthesia
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local anethesia MOA - Ans:✔✔-stops axonal conduction by blocking sodium channels. all nerve

conduction is lost - loss of sensation AND motor activity


local anesthesia adverse reactions - Ans:✔✔-CNS excitation followed by depression, bradycardia, allergic

reactions, paresthesia, anxiety, tremors, tinnitus, vasodilatation.


local anesthesia infiltration - Ans:✔✔-involves injecting the local anesthetic solution directly ---dental

surgery and suturing.


nerve block - local anesthesia - Ans:✔✔-injection of a local anesthetic along a nerve before it reaches the

surgical site-allows large amounts of an anesthesia to be delivered to a specific area without effecting

the whole body.


Intravenous regional anesthesia - Ans:✔✔-anesthetize extremities---injection into distal vein.


Epidural vs. Spinal anesthesia - Ans:✔✔-Epidural---via a small catheter a local anesthetic given outside

the dura mater so that the nerve roots are blocked at the point after they emerge from the dura mater

(pain management).


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Spinal---injecting into the subarachnoid or epidural space---blocks nerve roots of lower body---different

nerve roots can be anesthetized.


wet tap - Ans:✔✔-- leaking csf fluid


- *postural headache* that is worse wtith sitting up and improved with lying down after delivery


What are the two main types of local anesthetics? - Ans:✔✔-amides and esters


Amide anesthetics MOA - Ans:✔✔-Stabilizes the neuronal membrane by binding to and


inhibiting voltage-gated sodium channels, thereby inhibiting


the ionic fluxes required for the initiation and conduction of


impulses and effecting local anesthesia.


prototype - lidocaine


esters MOA and prototype - Ans:✔✔-Decreases the influx of sodium into the nerve cell and depresses

depolarization to prevent conduction of the nerve impulse.


Chloroprocaine


Which local anesthetic has increased risk of allergic reactions? - Ans:✔✔-esters have more allergic rxns


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