Anaesthetics at WWBH Flashcards
Anesthesia Definition
Anesthesia: lack of sensation/perception
Toronto notes 2016
4 steps to Anaesthetics
- pre-operative assessment
- patient optimization
3. plan anesthetic various types of anesthesia pre-medication airway management monitors induction maintenance extubation
- Post-operative care
Toronto notes 2016
6 As of General Anesthesia
Anesthesia Anxiolysis Amnesia Areflexia (muscle relaxation not always required) Autonomic stability Analgesia
Toronto notes 2016
Types of Anesthesia
- general
- regional
- local
- sedation
Toronto notes 2016
Evaluation of Difficult Airway:
LEMON Look – obesity, beard, dental/facial abnormalities, neck, facial/neck trauma Evaluate – 3-2-1 rule Mallampati score Obstruction – stridor, foreign bodies Neck mobility
Toronto notes 2016
To Assess for Ventilation Difficulty:
To Assess for Ventilation Difficulty: BONES Beard Obesity (BMI>26) No teeth Elderly (age>55) Snoring Hx (sleep apnea)
Toronto notes 2016
Classification of oral opening
Mallampati
1. full view of uvula (body and base of uvula), can see tonsillar pillars
2 body and base of uvula, tonsillar pillars and tonsils (partial view)
3 base of uvula and post-pharyngeal wall
4 hard palate and no other structures visible
• routine pre-operative investigations are only necessary if there are comorbidities or certain
B
Chest Radiograph
C
ECG
B-hCG
Electrolytes and Creatinine
Fasting Glucose Level
H
CBC
Sickle Cell Screen
INR, aPTT
American Society of Anesthesiology Classification
• common classification of physical status at the time of surgery
• a gross predictor of overall outcome, NOT used as stratification for anesthetic risk (mortality rates)
• ASA 1: a healthy, fit patient
• ASA 2: a patient with mild systemic disease
ƒ e.g. controlled Type 2 DM, controlled essential HTN, obesity, smoker
• ASA 3: a patient with severe systemic disease that limits activity
ƒ e.g. stable CAD, COPD, DM, obesity
• ASA 4: a patient with incapacitating disease that is a constant threat to life
ƒ e.g. unstable CAD, renal failure, acute respiratory failure
• ASA 5: a moribund patient not expected to survive 24 h without surgery
ƒ e.g. ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), head trauma with increased ICP
• ASA 6: declared brain dead, a patient whose organs are being removed for donation purposes
• for emergency operations, add the letter E after classification (e.g. ASA 3E)
Layers traversed by spinal needle
google: The layers traversed by the spinal needle are the skin, subcutaneous tissue, supraspinous ligament, interspinous ligament, ligamentum flavum and the dura
max dose of ligdocaine
Trilon said 2mg/kg
Lx spinous processes found between iliac crests
L4 spinous processes found between iliac crests
Preoperative medication to stop: oral antihyperglycemic
stop morning of surgery
Preoperative medication to stop: antidepressant
stop on morning of surgery
Preoperative medication to stop:
ACE inhibitors and angiotension receptor blockers
may stop on morning of surgery (controversial)
Preoperative medication to stop:
ASA, NSAIDs
discussed with surgeons
Preoperative medication to stop:
ASA in non-cardiac surgery
in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, starting or continuing low-dose aspirin in the perioperative period does not appear to protect against post-operative MI or death, but increases the risk of major bleeding
– note: this does not apply to patients with bare metal stents or drug-eluting coronary stents
3 medications to adjust in pre-operative period
• insulin (consider insulin/dextrose infusion or holding dose), prednisone, bronchodilators
BP targets perioperatively
BP <180/110 is not an independent risk factor for perioperative cardiovascular complications
• target sBP <180 mmHg, dBP <110 mmHg
• assess for end-organ damage and treat accordingly
• ACC/AHA Guidelines (2014) recommend that at least x days should elapse after a MI before a noncardiac surgery in the absence of a coronary intervention
60
- this period carries an increased risk of reinfarction/death
mortality with perioperative MI is x
20-50%
perioperative β-blockers
-may decrease cardiac events and mortality (controversial, as recent data suggests increased stroke risk)
continue β-blocker if patient is routinely taking it prior to surgery
- consider initiation of β-blocker in: patients with CAD or indication for β-blocker OR intermediate risk surgery, especially vascular surgery
smoking effect on physiology that negatively impacts surgery
adverse effects: altered mucus secretion and clearance, decreased small airway caliber, and altered immune response
how long to abstrain from smoking preoperatively
abstain at least 8 wk pre-operatively if possible
if unable, abstaining even 24 h pre-operatively has shown benefit