Anaesthetics Flashcards
What is the name for assessing fitness for surgery?
ASA grading
What are the stages of ASA grading?
- Normal healthy patient
- Mild systemic disease/ >80
- Systemic disease that causes definite functional limit to life
- Severe systemic disease that’s a constant threat to life.
- Moribund patient unlikely to survive 24hours without surgery
What are the grades of surgery?
- MINOR, excision of skin lesion, drainage of abscess
- INTERMEDIATE, inguinal hernia, tonsillectomy
- MAJOR, thyroidectomy, total abdo hysterectomy
- MAJOR+, colonic resection, total joint replacement
What are the fasting times for surgery?
8hours: Heavy meal
6hours: Non-human milk, formula, light meal
4hours: Breast milk
2hours: Clear liquids (no limit)
Alcohol: At least 24hours before surgery
What delays gastric emptying?
Metabolic: DM, ESKD Anatomical: Pyloric stenosis Trauma Mechanical: Pregnancy, obesity High fat content Anxiety
How is the airway assessed before surgery?
- Hx & Ex
- Mallampatti
- Teeth
- Thyromental & sternomental distance
- Neck movement
- 1-2-3
- Cormack & Lehane
What are METs?
Metabolic Equivalents 1= eating & dressing 3= light household activity/ walk 100m @ 2-3mph 4= climb stairs 6-7= short run
What components make up a general anaesthetic?
Amnesia
Analgesia
Akinesis
What are the most common inducing agents
Propofol
Thiopentone
Ketamine
Etomidate
Propofol:
- Properties
- Reason for use
- Side effects
- MOST COMMON
- Lipid based
- Excellent suppression of airway reflexes & dec PONV (anti-emetic properties)
- SE: drop in HR & BP, pain on inj, involuntary movements
Thiopentone:
- Properties
- Reason for use
- Side effects
- Example
-Barbituate
-Faster acting than propofol
-RSI
Antiepileptic properties & protects the brain
-SE: drops BP, rise HR, rash & bronchospasm, intraA injection
-CI in porphyria
-Pt w/GI perf
Ketamine:
- Properties
- Reason for use
- Side effects
- Example
- Dissociative
- Anterograde amnesia
- Slow onset (90secs)
- Activates sympathetic system
- Bronchodilation
- Moderate-strong analgesic properties
- SE: Rise in BP & HR, N&V, emergence phenomenon
- Change dressings for burns patients
Etomidate:
- Properties
- Reason for use
- Side effects
- Example
- Rapid onset
- Haemodynamically stable
- Lowest incidence of hyperS
- SE: pain on inj, spont movements, adreno-cortical suppression, PONV
- HF patient
What is adreno-cortical suppression & what is it associated with?
Etomidate
Cortisol level suppressed >72hours after bolus. Not used in critically ill/septic patients
What is the problem with intra-arterial injection & what is this associated with?
Thiopentone
Blockage of capillaries due to large crystals can lead to thrombosis & gangrene
When are inhaled agents used?
After inducing agent to maintain amnesia and continued till the end of the operation
Name the most common inhaled agents
Isoflurane Sevoflurane Desflurane Enflurane NO
What is MAC?
Minimum alveolar concentration
Concentration of inhaled agents
Isoflurane:
- MAC
- Properties
- Example
- 1.15%
- Can be used as inhaled amnesic
- Least effect on organs
- Donor-recipient operations
Sevoflurane:
- MAC
- Properties
- Example
- 2%
- Sweet smelling, inhalation induction
- Chubby kid w/ no IV access