Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Explain the following concepts as they relate to drugs administered via intravenous: half-life, therapeutic range, metabolism, redistribution, elimination and target organ
• Identify intravenous drugs used in the induction, maintenance and emergence of general anesthesia, including indications for use, mechanism of action, and common side effects
• Identify inhalation anesthetic agents used in the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia including mode of delivery, indications of use, mechanism of action, concept of minimum alveolar concentration and common side effects
• Describe modalities used to control pain in the perioperative period: opioids, NSAIDs (including Acetaminophen), steroids, regional techniques and local anesthesia. Explain how analgesics are used in a mulitmodal fashion.
• Explain the presentation and management of pseudocholinesterase (plasma cholinesterase) deficiency as an example of a pharmacogenetic disease.

Tags

Pharmacology Anesthesia Rotation Clerkship Anesthesiology Pharmacology Analgesics [D27.505.696.663.850.014] Analgesics, Opioid [D27.505.954.427.040.325] Anesthetics [D27.505.696.277.100] Pharmacology [H02.628]