Anaesthesia and Analgesia Flashcards
What are 5 things you should consider when making an GA plan
Signalment
Brief History
Current medication
Procedure
What should be done for a clinical exam of a patient before a GA
Temperature pulse rate and quality heart ausc chest ausc MM CRT Weight
What are Dobermanns prone too
DCM
Vonn Willebrans disease - coagulation issues
What can ACP cause in boxers
vasovagal syncope, hypotension and collapse
What are some complications that can arise for a patient during induction
Apnoea
Collapse
Hypoventilation
Regurgitation and aspiration
What are some complications that can arise for a patient during a GA
Hypotension Hypoxia Hypoventilation Regurgitation and aspiration Hypothermia Hypercapnia
What is the definition of SAP ( Systolic arterial pressure )
the pressure during cardiac contraction
What is the definition of MAP (Mean arterial pressure)
average pressure in the vessels during one cardiac cycle
What is the definition of DAP (dilated arterial pressure)
the pressure during cardiac relaxation
What is Cardiac output (CO)
The amount of blood pumped from the left ventricle per minute
What is Stroke Volume (SV)
The amount of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat
What is SVR (systemic vascular resistance
The resistance that must be over come to push blood through the circulation and create flow.
What is preload
The initial stretching of the cardiac muscle cells prior to contraction
What is afterload
The force against which the heart has to contract to eject blood
What is cardiac contractility
Myocardial contractility is the ability of the heart muscle
How do you treat hypotension
- Determine underlying cause (bleed)
- Reduce volatile agents
- Restore any deficits (bolus?)
- Ensure other parameters are normal
- vasopressors ( noradrenaline, ephedrine)
When is hypoventilation likely?
Due to reduced ventilatory drive (drugs hypothermia CNS depression)
Inability to ventilate properly (open thorax, muscle failure, incorrect tube placement)
What does a normal breathing pattern entail
Ribs moving in and out
Negative pressure is produced
What are 5 factors effecting respiration
Overweight
Tumours
Environment factors
Species variation (brachy)
What are some abnormalities with a dog with BOAS
Stenotic nares Nasal turbulence Elongated/thickened soft palate Laryngeal collapse Fibrotic lungs
What should be avoided in a patient with BOAS
Stress
Heat
High doses of sedation
What are some examples of procedures that have respiratory comprised patients under GA
BOAS
Bronchoscopy (e.g BAL)
Thoracotomy
What is oxygenation
The process of delivering oxygen from the alveoli to the cells of the body.
How is oxygenation monitored
Pulse oximetry
Arterial blood gas
What is Ventilation
The process of delivery air to the alveoli within the lungs. ‘The act of breathing’
What is capnography
A measurement of inspired and expired carbon dioxide
What is end tidal CO2
The partial pressure of cO2 at the end of exhaled breath
What can a decreased CO2 mean
reduced cardiac output
reduced metabolic rate
hypothermia