Pharmacology + Anesthesia

______ is a short-acting narcotic opioid given intramuscularly for preoperative sedation

Meperidine

______ is a rapid onset, depolarizing muscle relaxant used for intubation

Succinylcholine/Anectine

Demerol is classified as a(n)

analgesic

_____ can be used as a topical jelly during cystoscopy procedures

Xylocaine/Lidocaine

Dextran is a plasma volume expander, classified as a(n) _____. It is used to treat hypovolemia.

colloid

Pilocarpine has a _____ effect

miotic

an ________ is used to maintain the airway around the relaxed tongue after the patient is extubated

oropharyngeal airway

an emergency drug given to stabilize ventricular fibrillation is _____

isoproterenol

_____ can treat intraoperative ventricular arrhythmias

epinephrine

a _____ test determines the ratio of erythrocytes to whole blood

hematocrit

Isoflurane is used in general anesthesia. It is administered as an _____ agent

inhalation

Thrombin maintains its potency for…

3 hours

the _____ method of inhalation anesthesia allows complete rebreathing of expired gases

closed

histamine (H2) blockers decrease ____

gastric secretions

Depo-Medrol is a topical steroid used in ____ surgery

eye

____ is a dissociative drug that produces a short-term trancelike state, amnesia, and hallucinations. It is an NMDA receptor antagonist.

Ketamine/Ketalar

Thrombin is extracted from _____ blood, and is used for topical hemostasis

bovine

A microscopic blood exam that estimates the percentage of each type of white blood cell within a sample is called a ______

differential blood count

Warfarin inhibits ______ and is administered orally or intravenously

blood coagulation

______ reverses the effect of muscle relaxants

Prostigmin

Furosemide is pharmacologically classified as a(n) ______

diuretic