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Pharmacology
Unit 2: Applied Surgical
Pharmacology
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Unit 2
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Focus is on:
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Specific drugs
Purposes
General information
Make drug cards to learn information
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Chapter 5
Antibiotics
Note
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This chapter covers only antibiotics.
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Also known as antibacterials
There are also antivirals, antifungals, etc.
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Antibiotics are
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Natural chemicals produced by microbes
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Possibly occurring in nature to give a microbe an
advantage over other microbes?
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Antibiotics are
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Natural microbial chemicals altered in the
pharmaceutical laboratory
Source: semi-synthetic
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Note
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Antibiotics only assist the immune system to
fight an infection.
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Bacteriostatic
Bactericidal
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Review C&S
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Culture and sensitivity
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Grow bacteria in colony
Identify organism
Determine which antibiotic works most effectively
Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Test (RAST)
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Review Gram’s stain
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Series of stains showing type of cell wall
Gram negative
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Red
Gram positive
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Purple
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Gram’s identification
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Staining properties
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Plus morphology
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Negative, positive
Round, oblong, spiral
Allow general identification of microbe
Determine course of therapy
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To be effective
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Agent must work against microbes without
harming host
Called: selective toxicity
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Objective 1
Define terminology related to
antimicrobial therapy.
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Objective 1. Define terms
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Antibiotic resistance
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Bactericidal
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Ability of some strains of pathogenic microorganisms to
prevent or overcome the activity of antibiotic agents
Bacteria-killing: destructive to bacteria
Bacteriostatic
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Bacteria-stopping: inhibiting the growth of bacteria
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Objective 1. Define terms
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Culture and sensitivity (C&S)
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Endogenous
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Source from within the patient
Eukaryotes
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Series of tests used to identify pathogenic microorganisms
and determine their susceptibility to various antibiotics
Multicelled organisms
Exogenous
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Source from outside the patient
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Objective 1. Define terms
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Gram’s staining
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Morphology
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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Nephrotoxicity
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Study of shapes (to identify bacteria)
MRSA
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A process used to identify major groups of bacteria by staining
characteristics
Toxic or harmful to the kidney
Ototoxicity
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Toxic or harmful to the ear
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Objective 1. Define terms
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Polymicrobic infections
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Prokaryotes
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Caused by more than one microorganism
Single-celled organisms
Prophylaxis
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Prevention
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Objective 1. Define terms
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Selective toxicity
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A characteristic of antibiotics in which the agent is
toxic to the infecting microorganism without
harming the host
VRE
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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Objective 2
Discuss the purpose of antibiotic
therapy in surgery.
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Objective 2. Discuss purpose
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Prophylaxis
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Prevention of infection
Given
• Preoperatively
• Intraoperatively
• Postoperatively
IV and topical
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Objective 2. Discuss purpose
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Treatment
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Wound infections
Given
• Preoperatively
• Intraoperatively
• Postoperatively
IV, topical, oral
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Objective 3
Describe various ways in which
antibiotics work.
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Objective 3
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Review basic concepts of microbiology
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Bacteria cause surgical site infections (SSI)
Treat without harming host
Determine differences between host and bacterial
cells to find site for drug action
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Review basic microbiology
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Prokaryotic cells
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Single celled organisms
No true nucleus
Bacteria are prokaryotic
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Review basic microbiology
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Eukaryotic cells
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Multicelled organisms
Have a true nucleus
Humans are eukaryotic
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Prokaryotic
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Two main structural differences:
Bacteria have
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Cell walls
Smaller size ribosomes
Many antibiotics target cell wall or ribosome
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Antibiotic may
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Kill or suppress microbe
Have a broad or narrow spectrum of activity
But still acts in one of 5 major ways
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Objective 3
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Inhibit cell wall synthesis
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Prevent formation
Make it weak
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Objective 3
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Interfere with protein synthesis
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Bind to ribosomes
 Prevent protein assembly
 Stops all vital cell functions
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Objective 3
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Alter cell membrane function
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Disrupt it, make it “leaky”
Inhibit DNA/RNA synthesis
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Prevent replication
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Objective 3
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Interfere with cell metabolism
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e.g., substitute for something needed like chemical cell
needs to make folic acid
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Objective 4
Discuss antibiotic resistance.
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Objective 4
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Define the term
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Ability of some strains of pathogenic microbes to
prevent or overcome the activity of antimicrobial
agents.
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Presents a major problem
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Few truly new antibiotics in the last 15 years
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Second, third, fourth generation of same antibiotic
Microbes have mutated faster than antibiotics have
developed
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Objective 4. Resistance
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Resistance mechanisms
Microbe makes enzymes
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Prevent agent from
working
• e.g., penicillinase
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Objective 4. Resistance
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Resistance mechanisms
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Prevent agent from contact
Alter target area
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Objective 4. Resistance is shared
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Inheritance (mother to daughter)
Mutation
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Random
Transformation — transfer
Transduction — phage
Conjugation
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How do we contribute to antibiotic
resistance?
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Taking antibiotics for viral infections
Not taking complete dose
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Objective 5
List categories of antibiotics used in
surgery and examples of each.
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Objective 5
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Aminoglycosides
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Amikacin
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Gentamicin
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Streptomycin
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Neomycin, kanamycin
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Objective 5
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Cephalosporins
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1st generation
• Ancef, Keflex, Keflin
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2nd generation
• Mefoxin, Ceclor, Zinacef
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Objective 5
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Cephalosporins
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3rd generation
• Suprax, Rocephin
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4th generation
• Maxipime
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Objective 5
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Macrolides
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Erythromycin, azithromycin
Penicillins
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Methicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin
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Objective 5
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Tetracylines
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Vibromycin
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Aureomycin
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Objective 6
Identify the category of various
antibiotics.
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Objective 6
The best way to learn this item is to make
flash cards for antibiotics.
 Generic and trade name on one side
 Category on the other side
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Objective 7
Use resources to gather pertinent
information on antibiotics.
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Objective 7
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Various types of resources
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Most common at the hospital
• PDR
Practice using PDR to look up familiar drugs
Then look up new drugs
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