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apneic threshold

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highest blood CO2 level at which a pt can remain apneic if holding their breath

IOW: how high their CO2 can climb before they have to take a breath

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high apneic threshold

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pt who can hold breath longer
have less drive to breathe

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low apneic threshold

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pt who cant hold breath as long
have more drive to breathe

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what can raise the apneic threshold

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volatile agents
narcotics
propofol
versed

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how do anesthetics raise apneic threshold

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suppress pts drive to breathe
it will take higher CO2 to stimulate breathing

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what lowers the apneic threshold

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pain

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how does pain lower apneic threshold

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stimulates respirations (faster RR)
difficult to hold breath while in pain

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Steps to get pt to spontaneously ventilate prior to wakeup

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  1. Reverese muscle paralysis (if necessary)
  2. allow pt CO2 to increase
    - slow RR
    - allow them to go completely apneic
  3. pt begins to breath when apneic threshold is reached
    - aka - when the CO2 is high enough
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hypoxic drive

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lowest oxygen level at which the pt can no longer remain apneic

*makes pts w/high CO2 (smokers) breathe

  • if pt is holding breath, lowest level of O2 that a pt can tolerate before they have to take breath
  • O2 level is stimulating pt breathing
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hypoxic drive level (normal pt)

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PaO2 ~ 60mmHg
SpO2 = 90%

  • if CO2 didnt stimulate breathing, a normal pt could hold their breath until SpO2 dropped to 90%
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do smokers have high or low CO2 levels?

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high

decrease alveolar gas exchange
decrease exhalation
increase CO2

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what stimulates breath in healthy pts

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hypercarbia»hypoxia
high CO2»low O2

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what stimulates breath in pts w/lung disease

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hypoxia»hypercarbia
low O2»high CO2

*less responsive to CO2 increase

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apneic threshold and hypoxic drive correlation

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inverse

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central chemoreceptors

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responsible for apneic threshold

respond to change in [H+] in CSF which is determined by PaCO2

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peripheral chemoreceptors

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responsible for hypoxic drive

respond to changes in PaO2

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Primary reasons volatile agents are given

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  1. prevent movement (non-paralyzed pts)
  2. prevent anesthetic awareness (all pts)
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is pt ready for surgical incision?

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  1. is pt going to move?
  2. is pt going to remember?
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is it easier to prevent movement or awareness during surgery?

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awareness is easier than movement

*takes more VA to keep someone STILL than it does to keep them ASLEEP

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if we give enough inhalational agent to keep someone STILL…

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its impossible for them to have awareness

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if we only need the agent to prevent awareness and not movement

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we dont need to give as much agent

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2 ways to prevent MOVEMENT

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  1. give paralytics
  2. give high enough concentration of volatile agent
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why would you give a paralytic, even if the surgeon doesnt require one?

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to keep the pt still withouth having to keep them as deeply anesthetized

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higher concentration of volatile agent can make __________ more likely

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hypotension

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Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC)
minimum alveolar concentration of an exhaled gas that will prevent movement in 50% of pts during incision *a pt is 50% likely to move if they are exhaling the MAC percentage of agent
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< 1 MAC means
more than 50% likely to move
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>1 MAC means
less than 50% likely to move
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1 MAC Desflurane
6%
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1 MAC Sevoflurane
2%
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1 MAC Isoflurane
1.2%
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1 Mac Nitrous Oxide
105%
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most potent volatile agent
Isoflurane
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lease potent volatile agent
Desflurane
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what does MAC tell us clinically?
how much volatile agent we need to give in order to prevent someone from moving
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inspiratory concentration
concentration of agent in the machine/inspiratory limb of the circuit
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inspiratory concentration matches
concentration of the agent selected on the vaporizer dial
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expiratory concentration "end tidal"
concentration of agent that the pt is actually exhaling
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which concentration do we care about for MAC values?
expiratory (et)
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expiratory concentration ____ inspiratory concentration
et less than in
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MAC values reflect
potency
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pts are less likely to move when breathing a ______percentage of agent
higher percentage (MAC value)
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MAC Awake
0.4 MAC
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MAC Awake is needed to
prevent awareness w/o surgical incision
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prevent awareness during surgery w/narcotics/paralytics
0.8 MAC
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prevent awareness during surgery w/o narcotics/paralytics
1 MAC
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how much MAC will prevent movement in 95% of pts
1.3 MAC
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0.4 MAC Sevo
0.8%
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0.4 MAC Iso
0..48%
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0.4 MAC Des
2.4%
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0.8 MAC Sevo
1.6%
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0.8 MAC Iso
0.96%
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0.8 MAC Des
4.8%
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1.3 MAC Sevo
2.6%
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1.3 MAC Iso
1.56%
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1.3 MAC Des
7.8%
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when do you look at RR for guaging pt readiness for incisions?
spontaneously ventilating pts only
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SV pt w/high RR
might not be anesthetized enough to tolerate incision w/o moving need more narcotic/volatile agent
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SV pt w/low RR
more likely to tolerate an incision w/o moving
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DECREASE MAC requirement
we dont need to give as high of a concentration to achieve same effect
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7 factors that DECREASE MAC requirement
Pregnancy Blood (hypoxia, hypercarbia, anemia, hypotension) IV anesthetics Old age Temperature (hypothermia and mild hyperthermia) Acute alcohol intoxication Signs of Infection (sepsis)
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how much does MAC decline w/age?
4-6% each decade decline starts before age 40
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how does pregnancy decrease MAC req?
pregnancy is a high progesterone state progesterone is sedative and decreases reqs by up to 40%
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hypotension MAP that decreases MAC
<40mmHg
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INCREASE MAC requirement
we have to give more of the agent to have same effect
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4 factors that INCREASE MAC requirements
Young (peds pt) Hot Salty Alcoholics
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Young
sevo - highest MAC req is from 0-1 mo others - highest MAC req is 6 mo
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Hot
extreme hyperthermia (<42C) burn injury
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Salty
hypernatremic pts
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Alcoholics
Chronic alcohol abuse
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do thyroid conditions impact MAC values?
nope :)
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