13a- Clinical Correlations: Hypoxemia Flashcards

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What is hypoxemia? How do we measure it?

A

Reduced oxygen tension (partial pressure) below that normally experienced by that organism-low pO2

measured by pulse ox or arterial blood gas (ABG)

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What is hypoxia? How is it diagnosed?

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when low oxygen levels cause end organ/tissue dysfunction

**just like how it is azotemia until there are symptoms and then it is uremia**

Diagnosed clinically

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Anoxia

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total lack of oxygen at the tissue level which causes end organ dysfunction

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What is:

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a

FIO2

How many mmHg is 1 Torr?

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A: alveolar

a-arterial

FIO2- fraction of inspired oxygen

1 Torr-1mmHmg

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5
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What are the PaO2 values for the different classifications of hypoxemia?

Normal

Mild hypoxemia

Moderate hypoxemia

Severe hypoxemia

A

Normal 80-11 mmHg

Mild hypoxemia 60-80mmHg

Moderate hypoxemia 40-60 mmHg

Severe hypoxemia <40 mmHg

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What are the 4 types of hypoxia?

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Hypoxemic

Anemic

Stagnant

Histotoxic

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What are the 4 causes of hypoxemia?

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  • decreased partial pressure of oxygen in atmosphere
  • decreased diffusion across the alveolar or capillary membrane
  • slow or absent blood flow in the capillaries that afects ability of oxygen to travel into the blood
  • metabolic derangements as acidosis or fever
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What is Dalton’s Law?

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each of the gases present in a space contribute to the total pressure in proportion to it’s relative abundance

760mmHg= PO2 + PCO2 + PN2

760mmHg x .21(FIO2) about 150 mmHg

total pressure= sum of individual gads pressures

partial pressure= pressure that each gas would exert if it were alone

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What is Henry’s Law of Gases?

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At a constant temperature, the amount of gas that dissolved in a certain type/ amount of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas when in equilibrium with that liquid

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10
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What things can cause left shift on the hemoglobin dissociation curve?

WHat things cause a right shift?

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left: increased pH, decreased DPG, decreased temp

Right: decrease pH, increase DPG, increase temp

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How pO2 change as you move from the air to the alveoli and then into the blood?

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PO2 in the air is 150

PAO2 is 100

PVO2 is 40 and then PaO2

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What is the A-a gradient? What is the equation? In a perfect world what should it be?

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  • PAO2-PaO2
  • used to help define the mechanism of hypoxemia
  • assesses the integrity of the alveolar-capillary unit
  • alveolar oxygen partial pressure

simplified on room air at seal level with 100% water vapor in alveolus equation is:

A-a gradient: 150-5/4(PaCO2)-PaO2

A typical gradient is 5-10mmHg (but in a perfect worl it would be 0)

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13
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Calculate the A-a gradient. Compare it to a normal gradient:

pH=7.35

pCO2=60

pO2= 65

HCO3=30

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A-agradient= 150-5/4(PaCO2)-PaO2

A-a gradient=150-5/4(60)-65

A-a gradient=10

This is normal! normal is 5-10.

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What is Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure?

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total pressure=sum of individual gas pressures

partial pressure=pressure that each gas would exert if it were alone

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If the A-a gradient is 10, and pCo2=60 and pO2=65, why are they hypoxemic?

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Not a diffusion problem because gradieent is normal

They are hypoxemic becasue they have high CO2 so according to Dalton’s law pO2 must decrease

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16
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What are the 3 pathologic causes of an elevated A-agradient? What is one physiologic cause?

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Pathologic:

  • diffusion defects
  • V/Q mismatch
  • Systemic shunts (right to left shunt)

Physiologic: increases with age!

17
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What is this picture demonstrating? In what disease is it often found?

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Clubbing of fingers often found in interstitial lung disease

18
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What usually happens to the DLCO during interstitial lung disease? Why does it change?

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it decreases! Sometimes all the way down to 50%

Increased thickness of the interstitium