Exam 9: Surgical Pharmacology and Anesthesia

Which type of pharmaceutical agent binds to another agent's receptor site, preventing the other agent from binding there and causing its desired effect?

In which anatomical organ does biotransformation of drugs most often take place?

The anesthesia provider would assign which physical status classification rating to a patient with severe systemic disease, massive obesity, poorly controlled hypertension, or status postmyocardial infarction?

Drugs used for ophthalmological procedures are similar to those for systemic use but must be:

Which type of medication container would pose the highest risk of injury to the handler and contamination of the medication by glass particles?

Benzodiazepines are classified by the Controlled Substances Act as which class?

A patient prescribed sublingual nitroglycerin for angina would:

Which type of drug is used to treat possible postoperative nausea and vomiting?

The ratio of a solution's solute to solvent is its:

How are most drugs absorbed by the body?

What is the chemical name for a chemical or drug that causes birth defects?

Which category of drug is used to outline hollow or tubular anatomical structures for radiographic visualization?

What is the name of the device used to support or modify the curvature of an endotracheal tube during intubation?

Which drug is an anticoagulant antagonist used to reverse the effects of heparin?

What is done to an upper extremity with an Esmarch bandage prior to inflation of the double-cuffed tourniquet used in Bier block anesthesia?

Cough syrups containing codeine would be placed in which classification of controlled substances?

Match each term below with its description. -Study of the interaction of drug molecules with the target cells of living tissue

Match each term below with its description. -Reversal agent for opioids that works by competing for CNS receptor sites preventing opioid binding; naloxone HCl (Narcan) is commonly used

Lidocaine, bupivacaine, and ropivicaine are examples of which type of nerve conduction blocking agents?

To convert weight in pounds to kilograms for a near estimate in an emergency, divide the pounds in half and then subtract the first digit of the answer from the answer itself to get the conversion total.For example, 160/2 = 80, 80 - 8 = 72.