Basics Comprehensive Exam Flashcards
When does smoking cessation lead to improvement of pulm. mechanics?
> 8 weeks
When does smoking cessation not decrease risk of resp. complications?
<4 weeks
Mallampati score acronym
PUSH
Delay surgery for how long post MI?
60 days
Delay surgery for how long post DES?
6 months
Delay surgery for how long post BMS?
30 days
OSA screening
STOPBANG
Snoring
Tired
Observed
high Pressure
BMI
Age>50
Neck circ
Gender (Male)
Liver failure screening and what does it consist of
Child-Turcotte-Pugh
Ascites
Bili
Albumin
PT
Encephalopathy
What vessels supply blood to nasal mucosa
maxillary
ophthalmic
facial arteries
What innervates the nose
maxillary and ophthalmic branches of trigeminal nerve (sensory)
PNS- CN VII (facial)
SNS- superior cervical ganglion
What does the nasopharynx lie anterior to
C1
What does the oropharynx lie anterior to
C2-C3
Where is the hypopharynx
C5-C6
Where is the larynx
C3-C6
What innervates the pharynx, larynx, and soft palate
glossopharyngeal
vagus
spinal accessory
What does the SLN internal do
sensory ABOVE vocal cords
What does the SLN external do
motor to cricothyroid muscle
Where is the R. RLN
loops around brachocephalic artery
Where is the L. RLN
loops around aortic arch
What does the RLN do
provides sensory to subglottic area and trachea
motor to ALL except cricothyroid
What nerve provides cough reflex
vagus
3 single cartilages
cricoid
thyroid
epiglottis
3 paired cartilages
arytenoids
corniculate
cuneiform
intrinsic muscles do what
control tension of VC and opening/closing of the glottis
extrinsic muscles do what
connect the larynx, hyoid bone, and neighboring anatomic structures and adjust the position of the larynx during phonation, breathing, and swallowing
Which muscles depress the larynx
omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
SNS innervation of trachea
1-5 thoracic ganglia
PNS innervation of trachea
vagus
Difficult BMV
BONES- beard, obesity, no teeth, elderly, snoring
Difficult intubation
LEMONS- look, eval 3-3-2, Mallampati, obstruction, neck mobilization, scaring
3-3-2 rule- interincisor, hyoidmental distance, thyrohyoid distance
Difficult cric
SHORT- surgery, hematoma, obesity, radiation, tumors
LMA intracuff pressure not to exceed
60 cmH2O
Muscles that ADDuct VC
lateral cricoarytenoids, thyroarytenoid, cricothyroid
Muscles that ABDuct VC
posterior cricoarytenoids
What does the Genioglossus muscle do?
opens nasopharynx: relaxation causes OSA obstruction
Narrowest region of larynx for adult
glottic opening
Narrowest region of larynx for child (fixed and dynamic)
fixed- cricoid ring
dynamic- VC
Where is the trachea
C6-T4
What innervates the diaphragm and where does it arise
phrenic innervation (arises from C3-5)
What muscles are used for inspiration
diaphragm, external intercostals, accessory muscles
What muscles are used for normal expiration
passive recoil and internal intercostals
What muscles are used for forced expiration
I let the air out of my TIRES (transverse abdominis, internal oblique, rectus abdominis, external oblique)
What is the intrapleural pressure at end exp
-4
What does the intrapleural pressure do during inspiration
becomes more negative
What does the intrapleural pressure do during forced expiration
more positive
What does a Mapleson D- Bain system contain
pop off valve only
What L and psi is the O2 flush valve
50 psi
35-75L
What type of valve is the O2 flush valve
type 3
In event of double hanger yolk, one tank is empty, other has 2200 psi, floating check valve prevents what
transfilling of the tanks
What type of valve is the first stage regulator
diaphragm style
How is O2 produced
fractional distillation of liquefied air
How is N2O produced
thermal decompensation of ammonium nitrate
Soda lime reaction
Water + Co2=
Carbonic acid breaks down into ions
End product: sodium and calcium carbonate and water
How much water do the sodalime molecules need to contain
11-19%
Steel cylinder abbrev
AA
Most complex part of gas scavenging system
interface
Aluminum cylinder abbrev
AL or ALM
What does the GE pressure sensor shut off do
shuts off N2O and doesn’t proportionally restrict
PISS for air, O2, N2O
Air 1,5
O2 2,5
NO2 3,5
Who regulates purity?
Who regulates purity- FDA and pharmacopeia
Full tank of O2
660L, 2000psi
How long does a 500g soda lime canister last
10 hr
100g soda lime absorbs how much CO2
26L
International O2 color
white
How often to check cylinder
q5yr unless special permission for q10 years
Features of des vaporizer
heated to 39, pressurized to 2 atm, CPU chip, dual circuit design, back pressure, diaphragm
Retaining screw and there’s a cylinder on hanger yolk, crank it down but its hissing
washer issue-one time use
Full N2O canister
745 psi
1590 L
intraalveolar/intrapulm pressure in absence of air movement
atm
intraalveolar/intrapulm pressure during insp
decreases
intraalveolar/intrapulm pressure during exp
increases
transpulm pressure define
net pressure that distends lungs during insp or PPV
Difference b/w intraalveolar and intrapleural pressure
measure of lung compliance
transpulm pressure pneumo
0
transpulm higher pressure =
more distended lungs