TY - CHAP
T1 - Drugs producing anesthesia and neuromuscular blocking
AU - Benson, Andrew R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/11/7
Y1 - 2012/11/7
N2 - • Anesthesia is a loss of feeling or sensation. • Balanced anesthesia is a combination of anesthetic agents used to decrease the depth of anesthesia and keep the patient safe. • Anesthetic agents are divided into inhaled and intravenous agents. • Isofl urane (Forane) is a halogenated inhaled anesthetic. Nursing management of patients recovering from isofl urane anesthesia includes carefully monitoring residual CNS depression, manifested as respiratory depression. • Nitrous oxide is an infl ammable gas used to increase the effectiveness of halogenated agents without severely depressing the depth of coma. • Propofol (Diprivan) is the prototype intravenous anesthetic. It has a quick onset and short duration of action. • Ketamine (Ketalar) causes dissociative anesthesia. • Local anesthetics such as lidocaine produce local or regional anesthesia by blocking nerve conduction. They are used to facilitate various types of procedures. • Nondepolarizing NMJ blockers, such as tubocurarine, prevent nerve impulses from exciting muscle; paralysis ensues because the muscle is unable to respond. • Depolarizing NMJ blockers, such as succinylcholine, cause muscle paralysis by overexcitement (depolarization) and subsequent exhaustion of the muscle. • The NMJ blockers are primarily used as adjuncts to general anesthesia, to facilitate endotracheal intubation, or to facilitate mechanical ventilation.
AB - • Anesthesia is a loss of feeling or sensation. • Balanced anesthesia is a combination of anesthetic agents used to decrease the depth of anesthesia and keep the patient safe. • Anesthetic agents are divided into inhaled and intravenous agents. • Isofl urane (Forane) is a halogenated inhaled anesthetic. Nursing management of patients recovering from isofl urane anesthesia includes carefully monitoring residual CNS depression, manifested as respiratory depression. • Nitrous oxide is an infl ammable gas used to increase the effectiveness of halogenated agents without severely depressing the depth of coma. • Propofol (Diprivan) is the prototype intravenous anesthetic. It has a quick onset and short duration of action. • Ketamine (Ketalar) causes dissociative anesthesia. • Local anesthetics such as lidocaine produce local or regional anesthesia by blocking nerve conduction. They are used to facilitate various types of procedures. • Nondepolarizing NMJ blockers, such as tubocurarine, prevent nerve impulses from exciting muscle; paralysis ensues because the muscle is unable to respond. • Depolarizing NMJ blockers, such as succinylcholine, cause muscle paralysis by overexcitement (depolarization) and subsequent exhaustion of the muscle. • The NMJ blockers are primarily used as adjuncts to general anesthesia, to facilitate endotracheal intubation, or to facilitate mechanical ventilation.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84971321456
SN - 9781451187663
SP - 317
EP - 341
BT - Drug Therapy in Nursing
PB - Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP)
ER -