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What are the general characteristics of Anaesthesia?
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1. Block cardiovascular and respiratory reflexes
2. Loss of Consciusness 3. Reversible 4. Failure to respond to noxious stimulas 5. Amnesia |
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Desirable Actions of Anesthetics
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1. Loss of Consciousness
2. Amnesia 4. Analgesia 5. Muscle Relaxtions |
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Stages of Anaesthesia
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1. Analgesia: loose awareness of pain
2. Excitement 3. Surgical Anaesthesia 4. Imminent Death |
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Uptake of Anaesthetic into brain
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1. Concentration of Anaesthetic in blood, brain and air
2. rate of pulmonary ventilation 3. concentration of anesthetic in inspired air 4. cardiac output |
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What is MAC?
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It is the minimum alveolar concentration of inhalational anaesthetic in alveolus that makes 50% of patients from responding to pain
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Intravenous Anesthetics
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thypentol propofol and ketamine
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