23.2 Flashcards
A patient who underwent a thoracotomy 6 months ago reports ongoing pain caused by light brushing of clothes against the skin on the chest wall. This is known as
a) Hyperalgesia
b) Allodynia
c) Hyperaesthesia
d) dysasthesia
Mechanical allodynia
Allodynia IASP definition: pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
“The term allodynia was originally introduced to separate from hyperalgesia and hyperesthesia, the conditions seen in patients with lesions of the nervous system where touch, light pressure, or moderate cold or warmth evoke pain when applied to apparently normal skin.”
References IASP https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/terminology/?ItemNumber=1698
And APMSE 5th Ed pg64.
Dysaesthesia: spontaneous and unpleasant sensation
According to Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR) guidelines, during advanced life support for ventricular fibrillation, adrenaline 1mg should be administered
a) As soon as possible
b) Before shock
c) After 2nd shock
d) After 3rd shock
C.
Shockable:
Adrenaline 1mg after 2nd shock
Then every second cycle
Amioderone 300mg after 3 shocks
Non-shockable
Adrenaline 1mg immediately
(then every second cycle)
The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score is used in intensive care for the
assesment of sepsis. This score does NOT include the:
a) MAP
b) FiO2/PaO2
c) INR
d) GCS
e) Plts
Previous Q (23.1) with different options.
ANSWER C (INR)
In an adult patient with reduced mouth opening, insertion of a classic design LMA may be easier than with other supraglottic airways because of its
a) Bite block
b) Gastric port
c) Low profile
d) Preformed curve
a) low profile
Resource:
ANZCA PG56(A)BP Difficult airway equipment BP 2021
First generation SADs (page 19)
“classic design LMAs (cLMAs) with their low profile and lack of preformed curve have several advantages.”
You are asked to assess a patient in the intensive care unit who has a tracheostomy that may have become dislodged. To assess if the tracheostomy is patent you should NOT
a) Put in a bougie
b) Suction cath
c) Deflate cuff
d) Remove speaking valve
e) Remove inner cannula
A
High risk of creating a false passage
Blue book 2017 page 21
No reference
Albumin is contraindicated in
No remembered options.
Answer could be:
Traumatic Brain injury
Direct allergy
Cardiac Failure
SAFE trial
A bleeding patient has ROTEM results including (ROTEM results shown). The most
appropriate treatment is
a) Plts
b) FFP
c) Cryo
d) TXA
c) Cryo
Cryo or TXA,
TXA first line treatment however patient has low fibrinogen and requires fibrinogen replacement.
A 56 year old patient presents with exertional syncope. The most likely diagnosis is
a) HOCM
b) Long QT
c) CCF
d) Myocardial ischaemia
Repeat: 20.2
HOCM if these remembered options are correct
Alternative is Aortic Stenosis which is more common than HOCM in this age group
As per Cardiology
The shoulder joint receives sensory innervation from all of the following nerves EXCEPT the
a) Axillary
b) Long thoracic
c) Lateral pectoral nerve
d) Supra scapular
e) Sub scapularis
b) Long thoracic
The most likely diagnosis for the following electrocardiograph is
a) VF
b) AF w bundle branch block
c) SVT w BBB
d) VT
e) Sinus w BBB
d) VT
https://litfl.com/ventricular-tachycardia-monomorphic-ecg-library/
The nerve labelled with an arrow in the diagram below (diagram of lumbar plexus shown) is the
a) Obturator
b) Accessory obturator
c) Genitofemoral
d) Ilioinguinal
e) Iliohypogastric
Genitofemoral
A pregnant woman requires a caesarean section delivery within 30 minutes for fetal distress.
Her body mass index (BMI) is 26 kg/m2. She has multiple sclerosis with lesions in her brain and spinal cord and receives monthly injections of the disease-modifying drug ofatumumab.
The most appropriate plan for her delivery is
a) Spinal
b) GA
c) CSE
d) Epi
a) Spinal
Makarla
Epidural and vaginal delivery
? GA
all are safe in MS
The MAN I think is to signify advanced MS
(Really there isn’t heaps of evidence)
Source World Fed Anaesthetists
https://resources.wfsahq.org/wp-content/uploads/359_english.pdf
(What a terrible question)
The needle whose tip is pictured is a
a) Sprotte
b) Quinke
c) Touhy
d) Whitacre
c) Touhy
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the most common form of atlantoaxial instability have a widened atlantodental interval. This is measured between the
A. distance from posterior surface of dens to anterior surface of posterior arch of atlas
B. distance from anterior surface of dens to anterior surface of posterior arch of atlas
C. distance from posterior surface of dens to anterior surface of anterior arch of atlas
D. distance from posterior surface of dens to posterior surface of posterior arch of atlas
E. distance from anterior surface of dens to posterior surface of anterior arch of atlas
Repeat 23.1
E. distance from anterior surface of dens to posterior surface of anterior arch of atlas
The atlantodental interval is used in the diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dissociation injuries and injuries of the atlas and axis.
The anterior atlantodental interval is the horizontal distance between the posterior cortex of the anterior arch of the atlas (C1) and the anterior cortex of the dens in the median (midsagittal) plane
Normal values for anterior atlantodental interval are:
radiographs:
adults:
males: <3 mm
females: <2.5 mm 1 (although most authors describe <3 mm ref)
children:
<5 mm ref
CT: adults: <2 mm
Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressure greater than
a) 15mmHg
b) 20mmHg
c) 25mmHg
d) 30mmHg
b) 20mmHg
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001136
The classification of PH has evolved over the years from the 1973 World Health Organization symposium8 to the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH)9 in 2018 and the European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PH,10 which decreased the PH threshold from an mPAP ≥25 mm Hg to an mPAP >20 mm Hg (2 SDs above the mPAP of a healthy patient at rest, 14.0±3.3 mm Hg11), differentiated PH on the basis of PVR >2 Wood units (instead of ≥3 Wood units),10 added granularity to the traditional group 1 to 5 classifications, included a hemodynamic definition for exercise PH,10 and provided more detailed hemodynamic classifications of precapillary and postcapillary PH (Table 1).
An inappropriate irrigation solution when using monopolar diathermy during transurethral resection of prostate would be
a) 1.5% Glycine
b) 5% dextrose
c) 3% Mannitol
d) 0.9% Saline
e) Sorbitol
d) 0.9% Saline
Other fluids are all electrolyte free except 0.9% Saline
The technique of airway pressure release ventilation
a. Has a prolonged expiratory time
b. Augments cardiac output in hypovolaemic patients
c. Results in reduced mean airway pressures
none of the remembered options
Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is an open-lung mode of invasive mechanical ventilation mode, in which spontaneous breathing is encouraged.
APRV uses longer inspiratory times; this results in increased mean airway pressures, which aim to improve oxygenation.
Brief releases at a lower pressure facilitate carbon dioxide clearance.
The terminology and methods of initiation, titration, and weaning are distinct from other modes of mechanical ventilation.
The use of APRV is increasing in the UK despite a current paucity of high-quality evidence
high intrathoracic pressure decreases the transmural left ventricular pressure, reducing the work of contraction and increasing cardiac output. In the context of hypoxaemia, a mode of mechanical ventilation that improves arterial oxygenation will improve myocardial oxygen delivery, myocardial function and cardiac output. As APRV is a spontaneous breathing mode, in addition to the benefits of spontaneous ventilation, reduced doses of sedative drugs can often be used, with subsequent reduction of requirement for vasoactive drugs and improvement in haemodynamic state.
Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is an open-lung mode of invasive mechanical ventilation mode, in which spontaneous breathing is encouraged. APRV uses longer inspiratory times; this results in increased mean airway pressures, which aim to improve oxygenation
https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(19)30178-7/fulltext
https://derangedphysiology.com/main/required-reading/respiratory-medicine-and-ventilation/Chapter%20518/airway-pressure-release-ventilation-aprv-ards
The modified Aldrete scoring system uses all of the following EXCEPT the
a) BP
b) Pain score
c) Resp rate
d) sedation level
b) Pain score
Aldrete score, which includes five elements (activity, respiration, circulation, consciousness, oxygen saturation) [16].
The original scoring system was developed before the invention of pulse oximetry and used the patient’s colouration as a surrogate marker of their oxygenation status. A modified Aldrete scoring system was described in 1995 which replaces the assessment of skin colouration with the use of pulse oximetry to measure SpO2.
The Modified Aldrete system includes five additional elements that are particularly useful during the Phase II recovery period prior to discharge to home (dressing, pain, ambulation, feeding, urine output)
The ventilator waveforms shown represent (actual image from exam)
a) Triggered breaths
b) Bronchospasm
c) Obstructive pattern
d) Gas trapping
C) Obstructive Pattern
https://thoracickey.com/ventilator-graphics/
Image 9.6
An absolute contraindication to transoesophageal echocardiography is
A. Dysphagia
B. GORD
C. Oesophageal stricture
D. oesophageal webbing
E. oesophageal varices
C. Oesophageal stricture
https://www.asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2013_Performing-Comprehensive-TEE.pdf
According to the ATACAS trial, the continuation of low-dose aspirin prior to cardiac surgery is associated, in the postoperative period, with
a) No increased risk of bleeding
b) Decreased risk of MI
c) Increased risk of Thrombotic events
d) Increased risk of seizures
a) No increased risk of bleeding
There is no evidence that pre-operative aspirin administration resulted in a lower risk of death or thrombotic complications, or a higher risk of haemorrhage.
The study aim (and title) was to compare stopping vs continuing aspirin, however the design insisted on all patients stopping aspirin and then being given a single dose of aspirin or placebo prior to surgery (and presumably all patients were given aspirin after surgery) – this method hasn’t really investigated the theory
TheBottomLine.org.uk
See Poise 2 trial results- increased bleeding
A 43-year-old man is undergoing an elective endovascular coiling procedure for an 8 mm
middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Midway through the procedure the interventionalist tells you they have ruptured the aneurysm. All of the following are appropriate initial
interventions EXCEPT
A. Decrease BP
B. Give protamine
C. Urgent transfer to theatre
D. Continue coiling
E. Mild hyperventilation
REPEAT
Answer: c. Urgent transfer to theatre
BJA Anaesthesia for interventional neuroradiology
https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/8/3/86/293346
Clinical signs of a rise in ICP or a sudden rise in blood pressure with or without a fall in heart rate should alert the anaesthetist to this possibility. Extravasation of contrast may also be seen. The goals are to increase coagulability by reversing heparin, decrease bleeding by lowering blood pressure (to the level before the bleed), control ICP with hyperventilation, head elevation, steroids and osmotic agents, control seizures, and initiate cerebral protection. Once the bleeding is controlled, the pressure may be raised to check for leaks. Usually, the coiling continues; rarely, a ventriculostomy may be required. If the coiling is unsuccessful, a rescue craniotomy and clipping will be required. Management may also involve performance of CT scans and subsequent transfer to ICU.
A patient will open her eyes in response to voice, speak with inappropriate words and
withdraw to a painful stimulus. Her Glascow Coma Scale score is
E3 V3 M4 = GCS 10
Intravenous dexmedetomidine use does NOT result in
a) hypotension
b) Unchanged PACU length of Stay
c) residual sedation
4) Reduced in pain
c) residual sedation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35085107/#:~:text=Conclusions%3A%20The%20use%20of%20dexmedetomidine,sedation%20or%20bradycardia%20in%20PACU