Exam 1/ Lecture1: Pre-Op Unit 1 Flashcards
Lecture 1/16/23
Which system would lead to serious perioperative adverse events and account for almost the perioperative mortalities?
Cardiovascular system
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What type of interventions can modify risks for cardiovascular morbidity and mortatlity?
Perioperative
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What are the 2 biggest cardiovascular complication that acconet for almost half the perioperative mortalities?
MI and ischemic event
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What is the parameters to set when monitoring a patients baseline BP?
20% above and below the patients baseline
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Which 2 population of individals that may present ishchemic heart disease symptoms (adominal pain or fatigue) differnently than the regular population ?
This is mostly discovered in the operating room
Diabetic patients and female patients
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Related to Heart Failure: What 2 types of cardiovacular disorder if discovered within a patient that we do not want to take into the OR?
Unstable angina and decompensating heart failure
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Instead of foucusing on EF of a pateint heart what cardiovascular disorder should we focus on
Valvular Heart disease
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When it comes to patients with rhythm disturbances what are the 2 things that we tend to forget?
atrial kick and electrolyte imbalance
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What are some of the question that a CRNA should ask regarding a patient with a coronary stent?
What type of stent
How long the stent been place
If they are on any anticoagulation
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What type of Anesthesia effects the respiratory function and lung physiology and mechanics
General Anesthesia
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What type of adverse respiratroy event can occur during anesthesia
Hypoxemia
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What is an example of a situration given during lecture of an adverse respiratory event?
Patient that would receive propfol infusion on room air
may cause periods of apnea and peri- apnea
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What are the predictors of respiratory function outcomes following anesthesia and surgery?
Intergrative measures
back-up plan if stop breathing, open airway with chin
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What type of pulmonary disorder that we are now starting to see more cases in adults than children?
Upper respiratory tract infection
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What pulmonary disorder the CRNA may not know the extent of the disorder until the patient is in the OR
Asthma and COPD
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True or False. Current the CRNAs are starting to see less chronic smokers
True
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Which pulmonary disorder is most likely to obstruct their airway when given propfol?
Obstructive sleep apnea
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True or False: A CRNA may see a decrese in young people needing lung resections?
False
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What is the most common endocrine disorder that a CRNA encounter in pre-op?
Diabetes Mellitus
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What is the second most common endocrine disorder a CRNA may encounter in pre-op and what are some other things to take in consideration regarding this endocrine disorder?
Thyriod disorders
May cause physical difficults due to mass or change in body habitus
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What would be a concern of a CRNA regarding adminstering GA to a patient with Hypothalamic, pituitary and /or adrenal disorders?
A very strange feed back system
( their medication would interact with our medication ot the GA medication would interact with their disease process)
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True or False: Surgical stress and anaestheic agent tend to increase GFR
False
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Sedatives/ opioids might have exaggerated effects on patient with what 4 types of advance liver diseases?
- Hepatitis
- Alcohol liver disease
- Obstructive jaundice
- Cirrhosis
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What type of diseases or disorder have an significant impact on drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics?
Liver diseases / Hepatic disorder
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What are the 4 types of hematologic disorders that may be concerning to a CRNA during pre-op?
- Anemia
- Sickle cell disease
- G6PD deficiency
- Coagulopathies
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What are the neurologic diseases that may be concerning to a CRNA during pre-op?
There are 7 neurologic disease listed in the lecture
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Seizure disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Aneurysm and AV malformation
- Parkinson disease
- Neuromuscular junction disorders
- Muscular dystrophy and myopathy
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What are the musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders that may be concerning to a CRNA during pre-op?
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Raynaud Phenomenon
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What are the miscellaneous conditions that may be concerning to a CRNA during pre-op?
4 conditions
- Morbidly obese patient
- Patient with transplanted organs
- Patient with allergies
- Patient with substance abuse
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What are specific group of patients that may be concerning to a CRNA during pre-op?
Children
Pregnant patient
Breast feeding patient
Elderly patient
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What type of document inform the patient about the risk and alternatives to treatment, procedures, and consequences?
Informed consent
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What is the court case that helped to establish the practice ofinform consentin the practice of modernmedicine?
Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees
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What are some beneifits from share decision making for the patient?
Communicating with pts about the risks and benefits of possible interventions
Eliciting pts’ goals, values, and concerns
Assisting pts in how to conceptualize the risks and benefits/how to approach the decision
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What type of do-not-resuscitate order in theperioperative period that may refuse certain/specific resuscitation procedures, anesthesia should inform pt/surrogate about which procedures are essential and not essential for the success of the anesthetic and proposed surgery ?
Limited attempt at resuscitation defined with regard to specific procedures
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What type of do-not-resuscitate order in theperioperative period allows the anesthesia and surgical teams to use clinical judgment in determining appropriate resuscitation procedures?
Limited attempt at resuscitation defined with regard to the pt’s goals and values
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What is an example of the high (> 5%) surgical risk of procedures?
Aortic and major vascular
Peripheral Vascular
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What is an example of the Intermediate (1% - 5%) surgical risk of procedures?
Intraabdominal surgery
Intrathoractic surgery
Carotid endarterectomy
Head/neck surgery
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What is the amount of points that is assigned to components of revised cardiac risk index?
1
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What is the risk major cardiac events percentage with a revised cardiac risk index score of 0?
Risk of Major Cardiac Events 0.4%
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What is the risk major cardiac events percentage with a revised cardiac risk index score of 1?
Risk of Major Cardiac Events 1.0%
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What is the risk major cardiac events percentage with a revised cardiac risk index score of 2?
Risk of Major Cardiac Events 2.4%
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What is the risk major cardiac events percentage with a revised cardiac risk index score of >/ = 3?
Risk of Major Cardiac Events 5.4%
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What is an assessment of cardiopulmonary fitness that
estimates pt risk for major post-op morbidity or mortality to determine if further testing is necessary?
Functional Capacity
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What tool is use to measure functional capacity?
Measured in METs (metabolic equivalent of task)
Rate of energy consumption at rest
1 MET = 3.5 mL/kg/min
>4 METs
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What is the equivalent level of exercise with a MET of 1?
Eating, working at computer, or dressing
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What is the equivalent level of exercise with a MET of 12?
Running rapidly for moderate to long distances
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What MET level is ok for surgery?
3 to 4 METs
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What type of urgency of surgery involves life or limb that would be threatened if surgery did not proceed within 6 hours or less?
Emergency
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What type of urgency of surgery involves life or limb that would be threatened if surgery did not proceed within 6 to 24 hour?
Urgent
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What type of urgency of surgery involves delays exceeding 1 to 6 weeks would adversely affect patient ouctomes?
Time-sensitive
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What are the 6 steps of the preoperative cardiac risk assessment algorithmACC/AHA guidelines?
Step 1: Emergerncy Surgery
Step 2: Active Cardiac Conditions
Step 3: Estimate risk of perioperative death or MI
Step 4: Assess function capacity
Step 5: Assess whether further testing will iimpact care
Step 6: Proceed to surgery or consider alternative strategies
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Who described ‘six degree’ ASA PS grading of a patient’s physical state as just one of the components of the operative risk?
Meyer Saklad et al- 1941
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What are 4 components that Meyer Saklad et al- 1941 discuss that may be an operative risk as well?
- The planned surgical procedure
- The ability and skill of the surgeon in the particular
procedure contemplated - The attention to postoperative care
- The past experience of the anesthetist in similar
circumstances
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What population of patients needs:
* to inform of surgical risk and identify targets for pre-op optimization
* Goal is to identify modifiable risk factors to optimize surgical outcomes
* Malnutrition, poor physical function, anxiety, and social isolation
* Functional and cognitive impairment = poor post-op outcomes
* Function decline is associated with morbidity, mortality, and loss of function after surgery
* Assess ADLs, history of falls
* Cognitive impairment = delirium, complications, functional decline, and death post-op
* Mild cognitive impairment can critically impact decision-making capacity
Elderly and frailty
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What population of patients as:
* Poor nutritional status = infectious complications, wound complications, and increased length of stay
* Ex: surgical site infections, pneumonia, UTIs, dehiscence, anastomotic leaks
* Associated with adverse health outcomes post medical and surgical interventions and decreased life expectancy
* Underdiagnosed - anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and social isolation
Elderly and frailty
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What 3 factors can effect anesthesia that can influence various components on poor perioperative outcome?
- Provider characteristics
- Errors in Judgement
- Mishaps
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What 3 factors can effect a patient disease that can influence various components on poor perioperative outcome?
- Surgical disease
- Age and Sex
- Comorbidity
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What 2 factors can effect a surgery that can influence various components on poor perioperative outcome?
- Errors in judgement
- Location of postoperative care
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What are some examples of poor perioperative outcomes that was influence by various compents?
- Death
- Major morbidity
- Minor morbidity
- Readamission
- Satifaction
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How many ASA Physical Status (PS) are there?
6
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Which ASA -PS will always have a E (emeregency) mark with it when identifying risk factors?
ASA 5
ASA 6
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What is the definition of ASA 1 and example?
Definition: A normal healthy patient
Example: Healthy, nonsmoker , no alcohol
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What is the definition of ASA 2 and example?
Definition: A patient with mild systemtic disease
Example: pregenacy, Obesity, smoker, drinker, HTN/DM
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What is the definition of ASA 3 and example?
Definition: A patient with serve systemic disease
Example: Poorly controlled DM or HTN COPD, (> 3 months) MI, CVA , TIA CAD/ stent
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What is the definition of ASA 4 and example?
Definition: A patient with severe systemic disease that is a contstant threat to life
Example: (< 3 months) of MI, CVA, or CAD/sents, ongoing cardiac
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What is the definition of ASA 5 and example?
Definition: A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation
Example: ruptureed abdominal/ thoractic aneurysm
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What is the definition of ASA 6?
Definition: A delcared brain - dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes
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What are the 10 laboratory studies that can be done pre-op?
- CBC/ Hemoglobin/ Hematocrit
- Renal Function testing
- Electrolytes
- liver Funtion testing
- Coagulation testing
- Serum Glucose and Glycates Hemoglobin (HbA1c)
- Urianalysis
- Pregnancy Test
- ECG
- Chest X-ray
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Surgery, potential blood loss, individualized pt clinical indications
* Hx of increased bleeding, hematologic disorders, anti-coagulant therapy, poor nutritional status
* ASA-PS 3 or 4 undergoing intermediate-risk procedures
* All pts undergoing major procedures
CBC/Hemoglobin/Hematocrit
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* DM, HTN, cardiac disease, dehydration (N/V, diarrhea), renal disease, fluid overload
* ASA-PS 3 or 4 undergoing intermediate-risk procedures
* ASA-PS 2, 3, or 4 undergoing major procedures
Renal Function Testing
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Suspected undiagnosed or worsening condition that will affect peri-op management
* Renal or hepatic disease, malnutrition, malabsorption, ETOH abuse, HF, arrhythmias, medications that may cause an imbalance
Electrolytes
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Liver injury and physical exam findings
* Hepatitis, jaundice, cirrhosis, portal HTN, biliary disease, gallbladder disease, bleeding disorders
Liver Function Testing
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Known or suspected coagulopathy identified on pre-op evaluation
* Known bleeding disorder, hepatic disease, and anticoagulant use
* ASA-PS 3 or 4; undergoing intermediate, major, or complex surgical procedures; known to take anticoagulant medications or chronic liver disease
Coagulation Testing
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Known DM (or family history), obesity (BMI > 50), cerebrovascular or intracranial disease, or steroids history
* HbA1c long-term measurement of glucose control (3 months)
* Better assessment of diabetic therapy > random/fasting blood sugar
* HbA1c = ½ from previous 30 days + ½ the time period of 2 to 3 months before
* All diabetic patients
Serum Glucose and Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c)
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Suspected UTI and unexplained fever or chills
* instilling hardware
Urinalysis
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Sexual activity, birth control use, and date of last menstrual period
* Recommendation… all women of childbearing potential of the possibility of pregnancy and women possibly pregnant made aware of the risks of anesthesia/surgery to the fetus
Pregnancy Test
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Ischemic heart disease, HTN, DM, HF, chest pain, palpitations, abnormal valvular murmurs, dyspnea on exertion, syncope, arrythmia
* Known IHD, significant arrhythmia, PAD, CV disease, significant structural heart disease undergoing intermediate- risk or high-risk procedures
* Routine in ASA-PS 3 or 4 undergoing intermediate- risk
* Routine ASA-PS 2, 3, or 4 major/high-risk procedures
ECG
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What type of laboratory study would be order during pre -op:
* Based on abnormalities identified during pre-op evaluation
* Advanced COPD, bullous lung disease, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, mediastinal masses, suspicious physical exam findings (rales, tracheal deviation)
Chest Xray
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What type of anesthesia:
- Total loss of consciousness and airway control
- ET or LMA used
- Ex: major surgeries… total joints, open-heart surgery, bowel surgery
General
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What is General Anesthesia
- Total loss of consciousness and airway control
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What type of anesthesia:
- Level of sedation ranges… minimal (drowsy, able to talk) to deep (sleeping, may not remember surgery/procedure
- NC or face mask
- Ex: minor surgeries/procedures or shorter, less complex procedures… biopsy, colonoscopy
IV/Monitored Sedation
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What type of respiratory device is use during General Anesthesia
ET/ LMA
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What is an example(s) of surgeries that will be done under General Anesthesia?
major surgeries… total joints, open-heart surgery, bowel surgery
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What is an example(s) of surgeries that will be done under IV/ Monitored Anesthesia?
minor surgeries/procedures or shorter, less complex procedures… biopsy, colonoscopy
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What type of respiratory device is use during IV/ Monitored Anesthesia?
NC or face mask
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What type of Anesthesia:
Pain management method that numbs a large part of the body using a local anesthetic
Epidural or spinal
Ex: childbirth or joint replacements in elderly pts
Regional
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What are 2 examples procedures that regoinal can be use?
childbirth or joint replacements in elderly pts
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What are the 2 types of regional anesthesia?
Epidural or spinal
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What is the type of Anesthesia:
- Pain management method, usually a one-time injection of local anesthetic that numbs a small area of the body
- Can be used with general or conscious sedation depending on the surgery and pt history
- Ex: skin or breast biopsy, bone/joint repair
Local
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What type of anesthesia can be paired with general or conscious sedation depending on the surgery?
Local
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What are 2 examples procedures that local can be use?
skin or breast biopsy, bone/joint repair
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