25/6 Weekend SAQ LOs Flashcards
Describe inter ventricular dependence in IPPV
IPPV -> increased intrathoracic pressure on inspiration
Increased pulmonary pressure and right heart after load. Bulging of septum to left compressing LV -> reduce LV preload.
Write out law of LaPlace
Wall tension = transmural pressure x radius / (2x wall thickness)
How does IPPV improve the cardiac function of someone in heart failure?
Heart failure -> venous congestion -> person operates at the top end of the Frank-Stalin curve.
- IPPV preload reduction puts the person back to optimal position on FS curve
- Reduction in after load is good.
Why would ageing cause LV concentric hypertrophy?
Stiff aorta from calcification -> LV after load
What is the consequence of connective tissue replacing LV myocytes?
decrease compliance
concentric hypertrophy
reliance on atrial kick
Tachycardia poorly tolerated
What is the effect of baroreceptor reflex attenuation in aging?
orthostatic hypotension, syncope
What is the relative increase in risk of difficult intubation for pregnant women?
7-10 folds
What is the effect of relaxin in rib cage in pregnancy?
increase AP / transverse diameter of thoracic cage to partially compensate for cephalad diaphragm displacement
Describe the changes in lung volumes in pregnancy
Reduced FRC and RV.
TLC minimal reduction
Vital capacity unchanged.
What is the effect of respiratory alkalosis in pregnancy
Increase foetal CO2 gradient of transfer.
What is the Monroe-Kellie doctrine
Cranium is a closed space with one major outlet
Any increase in one intracranial substance must come at the expense of another or else pressure rises drastically .
Graph of the ICP and ischaemia, what are the axis and units
Y-axis intracranial pressure in mmHg (20-50 focal, >50 global)
X-axis volume of intracranial substance in mL
Describe the hydrostatic change of head down position
~10mmHg for 13cm head down from heart
- Increase arterial pressure slightly, small increase in arterial volume
- Increase venous pressure from to +10, large increase in venous volume
- Compensate by CSF displacement
Describe urea recycling
Urea is freely filtered, 50% reabsorbed, same 50% secreted in LOH and same 50% reabsorbed at medullary collecting duct.
What are the issues of using urea as a marker of renal function?
Not an ideal marker as it is both reabsorbed and secreted
Variation with degree of protein metabolism
[Urea] is inversely proportional to hydration
Describe the graph of GFR vs. Creatinine, units and implications
Y axis - creatinine in micromol/L, range 45-100
X axis - GFR ml/min, range 0-120
Sharp increase in creatinine when GFR < 40
Greater than 50% decrease in GFR before significant increase in creatinine or urea
What is the formula for estimating GFR and what is its problem?
Cockcroft-Gault equation, incorporating lean body weight and serum creatinine
Estimation only, multiple variables
Renal failure -> increased secreted fraction -> overestimation of GFR
In hypovolaemic shock, what other factors can exacerbate lactic acidosis (aside from anaerobic glycolysis)
Increased cardiac work -> increased lactic acid production
decreased liver lactic acid clearance
Increased respiratory work
What is the effect of hypovolaemic shock on the respiratory system
Metabolic acidosis
- Right shift Hb-O2 curve
- Pulmonary vasoconstriction
Increased dead space
Describe the MOA and effect of local anaesthetic and cardiac toxicity
Inhibition of cardiac VDNaC with very high affinity
First phase increased HR and MAP
Second phase myocardial depression
Third phase peripheral vasodilation -> arrhythmia and arrest
What is the effect of tissue-blood partition coefficient on volatile wash in?
N2O < des < sevo
Lower TBPC -> reduce tissue uptake -> increase rate of rise