Anesthetics, antiepileptics, antidepressants, and antipsychotics with mechanism and one signature side effect per card.
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- What is the mechanism of action of nitrous oxide as a general anesthetic?
- NMDA receptor antagonist
- Nitrous oxide can cause ____ if 100% oxygen is not given at the end of anesthesia.
- diffusion hypoxia
- What is the signature toxicity of halothane?
- Hepatotoxicity (halothane hepatitis)
- Malignant hyperthermia is triggered by volatile anesthetics or succinylcholine in patients with a ____ gene mutation.
- RYR1
- What drug is used to treat malignant hyperthermia?
- Dantrolene
- What is the mechanism of action of propofol?
- Potentiates GABA-A receptor activity
- What is a signature side effect of propofol?
- Hypotension from myocardial depression
- What is the mechanism of action of ketamine?
- NMDA receptor antagonist
- What signature side effect is associated with ketamine?
- Emergence delirium (hallucinations on awakening)
- What is a signature side effect of etomidate?
- Adrenocortical suppression
- What is the mechanism of action of local anesthetics?
- Block voltage-gated sodium channels from the intracellular side
- Ester-type local anesthetics are metabolized by plasma cholinesterase, while ____-type local anesthetics are metabolized by the liver.
- amide
- What is the mechanism of action of phenytoin?
- Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (use-dependent)
- What signature side effect is associated with phenytoin?
- Gingival hyperplasia
- What is the mechanism of action of carbamazepine?
- Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels