EXAM 3: Fetal Circulation Flashcards
Parallel circuit
Both right and left ventricles provide systemic blood flow
Admixture blood
oxygenated with deoxygenated blood
PVR is because
High ; clamped down fluid filled
SVR is________
low
Placenta makes
SVR stay low
Right to left shunt
Right heart bypass lungs
Blood comes from the __________to the placenta
UMBILICAL VEIN Ductus venosus
The ductus venosus joined with
Inferior vena cava , and blood coming from LE
The ductus arteriosus
2nd place of shunting Right to left , bypass lung
Fetal circulation Right vs LEFT
RV output 2x that of left
Ratio of PVR to SVR
2:1 Right to left ratio
When placenta is removed
SPINAL ARTERY starts bleeding Uterus start Contracting stop mechanically from bleeding
Anesthesia Gases do what to the uterus
Relaxes uterus; may increase bleeding of spinal arteries after placenta has been cut off run MAC less percentage
INTERVILLUS SPACE Does mother and fetus blood mix? Thin membrane allows
where blood exchange happens Blood of fetus and mother’s blood DONT MIX passage of nutrients
RH factor relevant
Rh factor relevant in 2nd pregnancy
****Uteroplacental Perfusion: Originates from
the uterine and ovarian arteries
Blood flow to intervillous space
Maternal blood enters the basal plate of the placenta into the intervillous space • Nutrient exchange occurs with fetal blood coursing through the villi
2 circulations separate
• Normally, the two circulations are separate with no mixing
Uterine blood flow increases___ Prepreg. Level Pregnant _______ml at term
dramatically 50-100 ml/min PREGNANT 700-900ml min at term
Cardiac output to uterus increase from ______to ________
5% to approx 12% at term within the uterus , approxi 90% of blood flow is to the iNTERVILLOUS SPACE>
• Hemodynamic changes are result of_______ • Generalized systemic reduction in sensitivity to_______
-altered vascular responsiveness to endogenous vasoactive substances -vasoconstrictors during pregnancy
Uterine vascular responsiveness to vasoconstrictors What happens in PRE-ECLAMPSIA
• ↓ (meaning BP shouldn’t be higher than normal) Mother who developed preeclampsia lack the systemic reduction in sensitivity to catecholamines. LACK of refractoriness to resistance –> HTN
Uterine vessels are more sensitive to____________
alpha agonists than systemic vessels in general • More uterine vasoconstriction (increase vascular tone of mother, baby does worse, HR decelerates)
Changes in vascular reactivity during pregnancy may be due to:
• Altered receptor number and function (LESS) • Altered metabolism and clearance of drugs (increase BV) • Altered release of endogenous vasodilators or constrictors • Altered sensitivity to endogenous vasodilators (PGE2 and NO) or constrictors
Decrease sensitivity
to alpha agonist , EPINEPRHINE Phenylephrine and ANGIOTENSIN II more pronounce to uterus
Avoid hypotension in pregnant, you want to decrease BP but not too much to
cutting off the circulation of uterine blood flow
Enhanced release of vasodilators by vascular endothelium
Prostacyclin (PGI2) • Nitric Oxide (NO)
IMPORTANT there is alteration in which receptor?
Altered receptor mediated G-protein Most drugs work through GPCR
Determinants of Uterine Blood Flow
• U.B.F. is related to perfusion pressure and vascular resistance
UBF= Formula
uterine artery - uterine venous pressure/ uterine vascular resistance
U.B.F. will _____whenever perfusion pressure _______or uterine vascular resistance_________
↓ ↓ ↑
UBF and perfusion pressure
Direct relationship
UBF and uterine vascular resistane
Inverse
No supine
LEFT LATERAL TILT INSTEAD HEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE THERE IS DECREASED VENOUS RETURN, Decrease CO, decrease hypotension
FIRST SIGN OF HYPOTENSION
VOMITING
↓ Perfusion Pressure
▪ ↓ Uterine Arterial Pressure ▪ Supine position ▪ Hemorrhage/hypovolemia ▪ Drug-induced hypotension ▪ Hypotension during sympathetic blockade
Uterine Blood flow decreases when Vascular resistance increases
▪ ↓ Uterine Arterial Pressure ▪ Supine position ▪ Hemorrhage/hypovolemia ▪ Drug-induced hypotension ▪ Hypotension during sympathetic blockade
▪ ↑ Uterine Venous Pressure (VUDS) MOST COMMON Is
▪ Vena caval compression ▪ Uterine contractions MOST COMMON is ▪ Drug-induced uterine hypertonous (oxytocin, cocaine) ▪ Skeletal muscle hypertonous
THOSE things increase Vascular resistance
VASOPRESSIN ANGIOTENSIN II
Endogenous Vasoconstrictors (2) Prevent constriction (2)
Catecholamines Vasopressin Nitrous oxide , PGE2
Exogenous vasoconstrictors
Epinephrine ▪ Vasopressors (phenylepherine > ephedrine) ▪ Local Anesthetics (high concentrations)
The determinants of acute changes in uterine blood flow are
• systemic blood pressure • uterine venous pressure • uterine vascular resistance
Worst position
SUPINE
BEST POSITION
Left Lateral TILT
Position
Prone or ALL four positions
• Uterine blood flow if often reduced clinically
• Position • Drug induced hypotension • Uterine contractions and pushing efforts • Endogenous and exogenous vasoconstrictors
• Passive Transport-driven by DOES IT require energy ? what is mediated by ?
• Concentration gradients & electrochemical differences • Molecular weight • Lipid solubility • Degree of ionization • Membrane surface area/thickness. *** No use of cellular energy. Occurs thru lipid membrane or via protein channels
Facilitated Transport- Does it require ENERGY
• Intermembrane protein carriers move lipid-insoluble molecules down a concentration gradient (ie; glucose); no , just protein carrier
Active Transport DOES it require energy? Example
-movement of a substance against a gradient and across a cell membrane linked to cellular metabolic activity (energy) and a protein carrier; (ex: Na+/K+ ATPase pump)
• Pinocytosis Does it require energy ?
PLACENTA engorges -large protein macromolecules surrounded by membrane vesicles and moved through the cytoplasm to opposite membrane wall; requires cell energy
Fetal PO2 max is _____Why?
50-60 mmHg; because 1/5 the efficiency of the adult lung
CO2 is in the form of
Bicarbonate
Large partial pressure difference between Driven by O2 partial pressure difference between
Maternal and fetal blood
• Placenta transfers O2 for fetal growth/development Limited to ____not ______
• ~8 ml O2/min/kg fetal weight • Transfer is limited to flow not diffusion
Fetal Hgb has More affinity or less affinity ?
decreased levels of 2,3-DPG increasing O2 affinity
• Fetal PO2 max is 50-60 mmHg due to
Placenta being a venous equilibrator • Placenta’s high O2 consumption rate • Mixture of oxygenated umbilical blood and deoxygenated inferior vena caval blood from fetal lower extremitie
• Fetal PO2 max is 50-60 mmHg due to The mixture of _______ and __________ from _________ Which shunt mix Oxygenated UMBILICAL BLOOD AND Deoxygenated IVC blood from fetal lower ?
Placenta being a venous equilibrator (what’s in venous is also same in arterial) • Placenta’s high O2 consumption rate • Mixture of oxygenated umbilical blood and deoxygenated inferior vena caval blood from fetal lower extremities DUCTUS VENOUS
CO2 is present in many forms in the blood CO2 is present in THE PLACENTA predominantly in the _______form
• Dissolved CO2 ~8% • H2CO3carbonic acid • CO3- Carbonate ion • HCO3 (bicarb) ~62% are the predominant forms involved in placental transfer