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Exam 3 Vascular Disease Flashcards

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What are some coexisting diseases that are commonly seen in vascular surgery patients? Which 3 are the MOST common?

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  • CAD - 40-80% of vasc patient have this;
  • HTN- (most common);*
  • Diabetes- (most common);
  • Smokers- (most common);
  • CNS; carotid disease stroke;
  • Renal
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What percentage of vascular surg patients will have an MI postop that results in death?

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  • 50% (not in the acute phase though)
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If the surgical site has sclerosis what should we assume?

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  • that other areas are sclerotic as well
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What are the risk factors for vascular disease?

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  • Diabetes mellitus;
  • Dyslipidemia;
  • Family history;
  • Hypertension;
  • Obesity;
  • Older age: 75 y/o and up;
  • Smoking (2x)
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What is the most common occlusive disease in the lower extremity arteries?

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  • Atherosclerosis
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What are three pathophysiologic processes that affect arteries?

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  • Plaque formation;
  • Thrombosis;
  • Aneurysm formation
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What are 4 S/Sx associated with peripheral occlusive disease?

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  • Claudication;
  • skin ulcerations;
  • gangrene;
  • impotence
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What are two common causes of vascular aneurism?

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  • HTN;
  • Vascular damage
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If a patient is on ED drugs what should we assume?

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  • That vascular disease is everywhere in the body → thats why they have impotence
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What is the treatment for
peripheral occlusive disease?

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  • Pharmacologic therapy OR;
  • Transluminal angioplasty;
  • Endarterectomy;
  • Thrombectomies;
  • Multiple bypass procedures
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In a patient with vascular disease what other issues should we be sure to evaluate in preop? Why does it matter?

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  • CAD;
  • pulm dysfunction;
  • renal dysfunction;
  • neuro dysfunction;
  • endocrine dysfunction;
  • Matters d/t disease process not being limited to arterial beds in periphery → its everywhere
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What is the primary goal for invasive monitoring of a vascular surg patient?

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  • detection of cardiac ischemia → a-line may be important for these patients
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What monitoring should we consider for a vascular surg patient?

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  • Depending on patient:;
  • a-line PA cath and TEE are all warranted for assessing CV function
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How should we approach anesthetic selection for a vascular disease patient?

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  • Depends on surg type but consider:;
  • LA and IV concious sedation;
  • Regional anesthesia;
  • General anesthesia
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Why are spinals and epidurals controversial for peripheral vascular surgery?

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  • patient is being anticoagulated
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What are two important issues after peripheral vascular surgery?

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  • Pain management;
  • Monitoring
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When doing bypass grafting on upper/lower extremities for occlusive disease or aneurysms what are some viable anesthesia options?

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  • General;
  • Regional
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What can cause intermittent claudication?

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  • When demand exceeds supply
  • Demand ischemia
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What is “Rest Pain”?

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  • Rest pain is a constant burning pain from wounds that won’t heal.;
  • Associated with peripheral vascular disease
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What can improve “Rest Pain”?

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  • ↑ hydrostatic pressure → albumin can help with this
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What are some Dx of PVD?

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  • ↓ or absent pulses;
  • Bruits in abdomen pelvis inguinal area (remember clots often happen at bifurcations)
  • Intermittent Claudication
  • Rest Pain
  • Use ultrasound to assess vascular flow
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If a patient presents with hair loss on their lower extremities what should you think of?

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  • Peripheral vascular disease causes subq atrophy and hair loss
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What are the three classifications of the Ankle-brachial index?

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  • If ABI is:;
  • < 0.9 claudication;
  • < 0.4 rest pain;
  • < 0.25 impending gangrene
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What is the ankle-brachial index (ABI)? How do we calculate it?

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  • the ratio of the BP at ankle to BP in upper arm;
  • Ankle SBP / Arm SBP
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If the BP in the leg is lower than BP in the arm what does that tell us?

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  • ↓ leg BP indicates blocked arteries d/t PAD
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What are some treatment options for PVD?

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  • Exercise;
  • Stop smoking;
  • Treat HTN CAD DM;
  • β-antagonists MAYBE → If someone has demand ischemia Beta blockers can reduce peripheral perfusion;
  • ↓ lipids;
  • Revascularization vs amputation
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When might revascularization for PVD be considered?

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  • Disabling claudication;
  • Ischemic rest pain;
  • Impending limb loss
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What are the main components of the revascularization procedure?

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  • Angioplasty;
  • May stent may not;
  • Iliac and femoral/popliteal arteries common
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What are some anesthesia concerns with revascularization cases?

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  • patients prob too sick to do surgical CAD → need pharmacological stress test;
  • if pt on β blockers, please continue them.
  • Vessels often harvested from other areas of body so regional might be tricky;
  • Patient will be anticoagulated → more bleeding
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What is the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S.?

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  • Stroke
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What two types of stroke are there and which is the most common?

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  • Hemorrhagic and Ischemic;
  • Ischemic is more predominant
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What is the difference between a TIA and a Stroke?

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  • TIA always caused by temporary ischemia never bleeding. Stroke can be bleeding or ischemia
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What does a TIA suggest?

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  • impending stroke
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How strong is the correlation between TIA and impending stroke?

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  • 10x more likely than age/sex matched
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What are risk factors for stroke?

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  • Age;
  • Atrial fibrillation;
  • Black race;
  • History/family history;
  • HTN/smoking/diabetes;
  • Hypercholesterolemia;
  • Male;
  • Obesity;
  • Sickle cell disease
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In the brain which vessel is the most common place for a clot to occur?

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  • Internal carotid
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What are some ways we might diagnose carotid artery disease?

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  • Angiography;
  • Carotid bruit;
  • Carotid stenosis;
  • Sudden neurological deficits
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Where does carotid stenosis most often occur?

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  • Carotid bifurcation → most common place for atherosclerotic plaque buildup
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How do we treatment an acute ischemic stroke?

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  • TPA within 3-5 hrs (NNT=10 →https://www.thennt.com/thennt-explained/);
  • Intra-arterial thrombolysis
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How can we treat/prevent ischemic strokes in the long term?

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  • Stop smoking;
  • Antiplatelet therapy;
  • Correct or ↓ hypoxia hypertension unstable arrhythmias;
  • Carotid endarterectomy
41
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Why are cardiac arrythmias common in stroke? What can reduce this risk?

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  • when the docs start working on the clot pieces break off and travel…;
  • Translumenal procedures ↓ this risk
42
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What are some anesthesia concerns for patients receiving intra-arterial thrombolysis?

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  • Commorbidities → major cause of mortality postop (MI/Stroke biggest mortality);
  • Good BP control → want good cerebral autoregulation;
  • Consider effects of their head being rotated.
  • Consider regional so we can keep them awake to monitor for stroke
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What area of the aorta is the most difficult to treat? Which area is easier?

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  • Ascending more difficult;
  • Abdominal less difficult
44
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What are two types of vessel abnormalities we might see on the aorta?

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  • Aneurysm →Dilation with 50% increase in diameter;
  • Dissection →Blood enters media layer from tear in intima
45
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What are two major complications for anesthesia during aorta repair surgery?

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  • Need to cross-clamp the aorta;
  • Potential for large intraoperative blood loss
46
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Related to aortic cross clamping what are some cardiac specific changes that occur?

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  • Acute ↑↑↑ LV afterload and severe HTN;
  • Myocardial ischemia;
  • LV failure;
  • Aortic valve regurg
47
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Related to aortic cross clamping what are some critical perfusion specific changes that occur?

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  • Compromises organ perfusion distal to point of occlusion;
  • Interrupts BF to spinal cord and kidneys → results in paraplegia and renal failure
48
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What can happen after the aortic clamp is released and why? How do we prevent this?

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  • Patient might become hypotensive d/t blood loss and not having enough volume to fill system when clamp is released;
  • Volume loading can help
49
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What are 5 indications we discussed in class for aortic surgery?

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  • Aneurysms;
  • Aortic dissection;
  • Coarctation;
  • Occlusive disease;
  • Trauma
50
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Related to aortic surgery what are the 4 site specific lesions we need to know?

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  • Aortic arch;
  • Ascending aorta;
  • Below the diaphragm;
  • Distal to left subclavian artery and above diaphragm
51
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How are aortic dissections classified?

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  • DeBakey I II III;
  • –OR–;
  • Stanford A (proximal) or B (Distal)
52
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Describe each of the DeBakey classifications?

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  • DeBakey I → Dissection in the ascending aorta that extends into the descending aorta;
  • DeBakey II → Dissection in the ascending aorta that does notextend into the descending aorta;
  • Debakey III → Dissection in the descending aorta distal to left subclavian;
  • Debakey IIIA → extension to abdominal aorta;
  • Debakey IIIB → doesn’t extend to abdominal aorta
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What is an aortic dissection?

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  • Characterized by a spontaneous tear of the vessel wall intima permitting the passage of blood along false lumen
54
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What is the most common factor contributing to the progression of an aortic dissection? Most serious complication is?

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  • Common factor = HTN;
  • Complication = aneurysm rupture
55
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Stanford classification Type A converts to DeBakey how?

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  • Stanford Type A = DeBakey I and II
56
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How are dissecting aortic lesions treated?

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  • Proximal dissections nearly always treated surgically;
  • Distal dissections may be managed medically initially;
  • Measures to reduce SBP and wall stress are initiated once diagnosis confirmed
57
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Which dissecting aortic lesions have the highest incidence of rupture?

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  • Proximal lesions (ascending)
58
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What is a “True” aneurysm? What is a “False” aneurysm?

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  • True → Involves dilation of all 3 layers of the vessel wall;
  • False → Caused by disruption of 1 or more layers of the vessel wall
59
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What is the most common location for aortic aneurysms? What is the most common cause?

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  • abdominal aorta;
  • atheroslcerosis or medial cystic necrosis ← he mentions both on slide 36 as being the common cause
60
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What are some important complications of AAA to know?

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  • Depending on site:;
  • aortic regurg;
  • tracheal or bronchial compression or deviation;
  • hemoptysis;
  • superior vena cava syndrome
61
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Which part of the aorta do syphalitic aneurysm generally involve?

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  • ascending aorta
62
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What is the greatest danger of aortic aneurysm?

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  • rupture and exsanguination
63
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What is the normal size of the aorta in adults? When would an aortic resection be performed?

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  • normal = 2-3 cm in width;
  • Elective resection done when the aneurysm is > 4 cm
64
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When does a pseudoaneurysm form?

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  • when the intima and media are ruptured and only the adventitia or blood clotform the out layer of the vessel
65
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Thromboembolic occlusion of the aorta is most commonly due to what?

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  • atherosclerosis;
  • Combo of atheroslerotic plaque and thrombosis
66
Q

How do we treat thromboembolic occlusion of the aorta?

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  • Aorto-bifemoral bypass;
  • Possible proximal thromboendarterectomy
67
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What are the two types of aortic trauma? What diagnostic shows you that bleeding is occurring?

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  • Penetrating or non-penetrating injury;
  • CXR with wide mediastinum indicates bleeding
68
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Why is it important to do a GOOD preop on vascular surgery patients?

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  • Patient frequently elderly and lots of concurrent diseases;
  • Special attention given to cardiac renal and neuro function;
  • Preop renal dysfunction directly r/t postop renal failure
69
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Where is the most common location for a thoracic aneurysm to develop?

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  • Just above aortic valve distal to left subclavian takeoff → Ligamentum arteriosum
70
Q

What are risk factors for thoracic aneurysm?

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  • Age;
  • Aortic cannulation;
  • Atherosclerosis;
  • Blunt trauma;
  • Crack cocaine;
  • Hypertension;
  • Male sex;
  • Marfan’s syndrome;
  • Smoking
71
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Why is Marfans syndrome prone to causing aneurysms?

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  • Vasculature can’t keep up with the increased size of patients with the syndrome
72
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What are the two classes of aneurysms?

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  • Saccular → eccentric dilation;
  • Fusiform → entire circumference of aorta
73
Q

Which class of aneurysm often occurs at the renal arteries?

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  • Fusiform
74
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What are some S/Sx of a thoracic aneurysm?

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  • Often asymptomatic and but exam can find:;
  • Hoarseness;
  • Stridor;
  • Dyspnea;
  • Dysphagia;
  • Dilation of aortic valve annulus
75
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What are some S/Sx of acute aortic dissection?

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  • Severe sharp tearing pain;
  • Hypotension/hypertension;
  • Absence of peripheral pulses;
  • Paraplegia/paraparesis
76
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How do we diagnose aneurysms/aortic dissections?

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  • CXR;
  • TEE;
  • Arteriogram
77
Q

How are aortic dissections treated?

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  • Stent;
  • Open surgery
78
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What is “anterior spinal artery syndrome”? What are some adverse S/E?

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  • major complication of cross clamping of thoracic aorta with > 30 min cross clamp times;
  • Flaccid paralysis loss of bowel/bladder renal insufficiency;
  • Loss of motor function and pinprick sensation but preservation of vibration and proprioception
79
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What famous artery perfuses the anterior spinal artery?

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  • Artery of Adamkiewicz or the greater radiculmedullary artery
80
Q

If you notice a patient has a pulsatile abdominal mass on exam what would you suspect?

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  • Abdominal aneurysm → common in people > 60 y/o
81
Q

How might we diagnose an abdominal aneurysm?

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  • Abdominal ultrasound;
  • Helical CT - to see if endovascular repair is feasible;
  • MRI
82
Q

What is the treatment regime for abdominal aneurysms?

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  • <4cm → US q6 mo;
  • 4-5cm → elective repair w/low operative risk and good life expectancy.;
  • 5-6 cm → need repair (mortality rate 0.9-5%);
  • 6-7 cm → threshold for rupture (mortality as high as 75%).
83
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What are the classic S/Sx of an abdominal aneurysm rupture? What percentage of patients do these S/Sx appear?

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  • Hypotension;
  • Back pain;
  • Pulsatile mass;
  • S/Sx only present in 50% of patients (hemorrhage and tamponade into retroperitoneum also happens)
84
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If we are doing a case where surgery is performed on the ascending aorta which arm are we going to place our art line in? What med will we used to contro BP and why?

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  • Left radial is used d/t cross clamping of the aorta;
  • Will use nitroprusside instead of nicardipine d/t needing fast on/fast off
85
Q

Surgery on the aortic arch and ascending aorta use what approach?

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  • Aortic arch → median sternotomy with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest;
  • Ascending aortia → cardiopulm bypass
86
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For surgery involving the aortic arch what are import considerations needed to provide the best cerebral protection?

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  • Know that long rewarming periods contribute to intraoperative blood loss;
  • Mannitol;
  • Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone;
  • Narcotic infusion;
  • Phenytoin;
  • Systemic and topical hypothermia (15° C)
87
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What is the most common location that the Artery of Adamkiewicz arises?

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  • T9-T12 (60% of people) → almost always on the left side

Other locations
* T5-T8 (15% of people)
* L1-L2 (25% of people)

88
Q

How do we calculate spinal cord perfusion pressure?

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  • Spinal Perf Pressure = MAP - CSF
89
Q

How might we monitor for paraplegia when doing a case with aortic cross clamping?

A
  • SSEP
90
Q

What are some protective therapeutic measures we can take before the surgeon cross clamps the aorta?

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  • Methylprednisolone;
  • Mild hypothermia;
  • Mannitol (0.5g/kg);
  • Renal dose dopamine (1-3 mcg/kg/min);
  • Fenoldopam (0.05-0.1 mcg/kg/min);
  • Maintain BP;
  • Drainage of CSF
91
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What is ↑ renal failure following aortic surgery a result of?

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  • Emergency procedures;
  • Prolonged cross-clamp periods;
  • Prolonged hypotension
92
Q

A PACU patient develops a hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with airway obstruction. What is the best treatment?

A

Surgical Decompression (the best thing to do overall)
Surgical Cricothyroidotomy (best thing for CRNAs to do)

93
Q

Which Standard type of Aneurysm does not involve the ascending aorta?

A

Standford B

94
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Which of the following is a characteristic of Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome?
A. Paralysis of upper extremities
B. Loss of touch and proprioception
C. Loss of bowels and bladder function

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C. Loss of bowels and bladder function

95
Q

Activation of which reflex may cause bradycardia in carotid surgery?

A

Baroreceptor

Block out the baroreceptor with Lidocaine.

96
Q

Which of the following is the most significant factor associated with postoperative renal failure?
A. Pre-operative renal failure
B. Aortic Cross clamp
C. Hypotension
D. Bradycardia

A

A. Pre-operative renal failure

97
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Which Anesthetic technique is preferred for carotid surgery?

A

Regional

98
Q

Which of the following is a risk factor for vascular disease and a complication of its development?
A. DM
B. HTN
C. Renal Failure
D. Smoking 2 PPD

A

C. Hypertension

Hypertension is the only answer choice that causes vascular disease and also occurs from vascular disease.

99
Q

The risk of pneumonia is how many times higher in smokers than in non-smokers?

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Twice as high in smokers than non-smokers

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