IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT AFFECT DRUG METABOLISM IN THE ELDERLY
Category Archives: Anesthesia
Antibiotics for infections by Elizabethkingia meningosepticum
Cotrimoxazole
Ciprofloxacin
Rifampin
Minocycline
Novobiocin
Vancomycin (problem is it’s high MIC)
ETOMIDATE BASED ANESTHESIA- FACTS
Etomidate is an imidazole derivative
It has higher incidence of PONV than other induction agents
It causes pain on injection
A potential for triggering porphyric crisis, has been described
The REVERSIBLE BLOCKADE of the adrenocortical enzymes 11β -hydroxylase and 17α-hydroxylase, reduces BOTH corticosteroid and mineralocorticoid synthesis and the effect LASTS FOR 3–6 hours after a bolus dose.
The effect of a bolus of etomidate is terminated by redistribution of drug to peripheral tissues
The standard dose for induction of anaesthesia is 0.3 mg/ kg
pH and [H+]
RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF HCV
TYPES OF NERVE FIBRES
VASOACTIVE AGENTS; DO YOU KNOW?
DISINFECTION: PLASMA STERILIZATION
DISINFECTANTS: ETHYLENE OXIDE
TRANSFORMATION OF A PREGNANT LADY (When does the physiology changes back to normal?)
