Exam II Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Endoscopic Procedures Flashcards
Advantages of laparoscopic procedures (7)
- less tissue trauma
- reduced postop pain
- shorter hospital stays
- more rapid return to normal activities
- significant cost savings
- less potential for postoperative complications such as development of an ileus
- improved cosmetic results
Indications for laparoscopic procedures are an ever-growing list of procedures including:
- cholecystectomy
- appendectomy
- Fundoplication
- inguinal hernia repair
- GYN: tubal ligation, myomectomy, assisted hysterectomy, oophorectomy, lysis of adhesions, fulgartion of endometriosis, removal of ectopic pregnancies/tubal repair, diagnostic procedures, ovarian cystectomy
- colon resection
- splenectomy
- nephrectomy
- liver biopsy
- diastasis repair
- bariatric surgeries
- undescended testicles
- prostatectomy
- cystectomy
- robotic procedures
Lap absolute contraindications (6)
- bowel obstruction
- ileus
- peritonitis
- intraperitoneal hemorrhage
- diaphragmatic hernia
- severe cardiopulmonary disease (CHF)
Lap relative CIs: (8)
- extremes of weight
- inflammatory bowel disease
- presence of large abdominal masses
- advanced Intra-uterine pregnancy
- increased ICPs
- VP shunts
- coagulopathy
- previous abdominal surgeries with adhesions
Uterus remains in the _____ during the _____ _____ to allow safe insertion of the Veress needle through the _____
Pelvis
First trimester
Umbilicus
The enlarged uterus after the ____ week interferes with _____
23rd
Visualization
Closely monitor _____ in pregnant patients to maintain slightly _____ state in mother
PaCO2
Alkalotic
Place pregnant patient in ____-_____ _____-______ displacement
30-degree
Left-uterine
Limit intraperitoneal pressures in pregnant women to ____ ____
12 mmHg
Monitor fetal ____ ____ throughout with ______ ultrasound
Heart rate
Transvaginal
FOUR potential causes of major physiologic changes during laparoscopy we need to know:
- Creation of the pneumoperitoneum
- Potential for systemic absorption of CO2
- Initial trendelenburg position
- Reverse trendelenburg position
What is a pneumoperitoneum?
Insufflation of the peritoneal cavity with CO2 (air, N2O, helium, and O2)
_____ and _____ caused greater hemodynamic depression with pneumoperitoneum if embolized into venous vasculature and caused death at much smaller volumes
Helium and argon
____ is the safest gas to use with pneumoperitoneum
CO2
Be sure the tank is truly only CO2 bc it can be combined with O2 and still have the same PIN index. If the tank has greater than 7% CO2 it has the same PIN index. Potential for combustion
Characteristics of pneumoperitoneum: doesn’t support ______
Combustion
Characteristics of pneumoperitoneum: Blood solubility enhances ____ _____, decreasing risk of ____ _____
Tissue diffusion
Gas emboli
Characteristics of pneumoperitoneum: More pain due to _______ irritation
Diaphragmatic
Characteristics of pneumoperitoneum: Hyper_____, _____ acidosis, cardiac ______
Hypercarbia
Respiratory acidosis
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Advantage of pneumoperitoneum: separates the ______ _____ from the _____ of the peritoneal cavity to optimize ______ and access
Abdominal wall
Contents
Visualization
Disadvantage of pneumoperitoneum: limits surgeon’s freedom of ______, choice of _____, involves risk of significant complications r/t use of _____
Movement
Instruments
CO2
Procedure for creating a pneumoperitoneum: inject LA into the _____ area
Umbilical
Procedure for creating a pneumoperitoneum: Insert _____ _____ via anesthetized area into peritoneal cavity
Veress needle
Procedure for creating a pneumoperitoneum: Insufflate the cavity with CO2 at a pressure less than ___ ____ (___)
19 mmHg (3L)
Procedure for creating a pneumoperitoneum: Once distended, insufflator placed in _____ mode to maintain pneumoperitoneum at ____ ____
Automatic mode
12 mmHg
Procedure for creating a pneumoperitoneum: Intraabdominal pressure is maintained between __-__ mmHg
12-15 mmHg
This is an important time in the procedure as it is during this time that the patient is at highest risk for serious complications
Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy - small cavity created in the _____ _____ and CO2 insufflation pressure to __-__ mmHg
Lumbodorsay lascia
15-20 mmHg
Traumatic injuries: unintentional injuries to abdominal organs, insertion of ____ ____, and ____.
Veress needle and trocars
(Aorta/vascular, intestinal walls, urinary tract)
Traumatic injuries: unintentional injuries to abdominal organs, insertion of ____ ____, and ____.
Veress needle and trocars
(Aorta/vascular, intestinal walls, urinary tract)
Traumatic injuries: More than ___ of complications occur during entry and insertion of trocars
50%
30-50% of injuries ____ diagnosed intraoperatively resulting in mortality of __-___
Aren’t
3.5-5%
Traumatic injuries: Massive hemorrhage due to _____ of _____ or _____ of _____ with stretching of pre-existing splenic adhesions
Penetration of vessels
Rupture of spleen
Traumatic injuries: Intestinal injuries __-__% of surgeries with less than __% of injuries recognized at the time of surgery including (4)
0.3-0.5%
50%
Including: peritonitis, sepsis, resp failure, multi-organ failure
Traumatic injuries: _____ _____ injury occurs in 0.5-8.3% of cases
Urinary tract
Traumatic injuries: _____ ____ to check for urinary structure damage or looking for ____ in catheter
Methylene blue
Blood
Risk factors for injuries during pneumoperitoneum: (7)
- body Habitus
- anatomic anomalies
- prior surgeries
- surgical skill
- degree of abdominal elevation during trocar placement
- patient position
- volume of gas insufflation
_____ _____ due to improper placement of the needle between facial planes in the muscle
Subcutaneous emphysema
Subcutaneous emphysema can cause ____ issues
Airway
With SC emphysema, consider leaving patient ____ until _____
Intubated
Reabsorbed
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum depend on: (8)
- intraabdominal pressure attained
- volume of CO2 absorbed
- patient position
- patient age, comorbidities
- patient’s intravascular volume
- ventilators technique
- surgical conditions/time
- anesthetic agents used
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: increased ____, ____, ____ and initial increase in _____, and initial decrease in _____
Increased SVR, MAP, HR, initial increase in CVP, and initial decrease in cardiac index
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: initial increase of CVP may have decrease due to ____ ____, _____ will have greater effect than pneumo
Other factors
Position
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: initial decrease in cardiac index (50% baseline - proportional to the ____ ____ achieved)
IA pressure
Initially CVP increases due to to _____ of abdominal _____ _____
Redistribution
Blood volume
Ultimately, ____ ____ decreases, but filling pressures increase. This is related to the transmitted pressure into the ____ _____. Don’t trust filling pressures to correlate to _____.
Venous return
Thorax cavity
Volume
Elevated levels of _____ (___) early and increased _____ later cause increased SVR
Vasopressin (ADH)
Catecholamines
Elevated Vasopressin: Higher catecholamines r/t pressure of __ ____ v. __ ____
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
20 torr v. 10 torr
Decreased CO is r/t decreased ____ ____, r/t _____ and ____ ______ causing reduced stroke volume
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
Venous return
Pneumo
Reverse trendelenburg
It is not unusual for CO to attempt to maintain r/t increase in ____
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
HR
It is reported that decreases in CO is only r/t intraabdominal pressures that exceed ___ torr or __ torr if GYN procedures
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
16
20
The decrease in CO can be minimized to a 20% drop if ____ are _____ and the patient is ______ versus a 50% drop in control patients
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
Legs are wrapped
Normovolemic
Decreased stroke volume is r/t decreased ____ ____
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
Venous return
Decreased stroke volume can be offset by: (3)
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
- perioperative hydration
- changes in pt position
- compression stockings
______ with initial insufflation
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
Bradycardia
_____ ____ with high pressure insufflation
[Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum]
Prolonged QT
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: increased myocardial _____ _____ initially followed by sustained decrease in _____
Filling pressures
Preload (decreased venous return)
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: increased _____ blood flow and _____ pressure - hyperventilation does not effect however hypo ventilation makes it worse
Cerebral
Intracranial
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: decreased ____, _____, and _____ blood flow
Renal, portal, and splanchnic (decreased GFR, UOP, and creatinine clearance)
Increased filling pressures lead to compression of abd ____ ____ which pushes blood back into ____ circulation, as well as increased “_____” without increased ______
Venous beds
Central
Numbers
Volume
The combo of _____ of ___ mmHg and ____ position increases ICP 150%
IAP of 16 mmHg
Trendelenburg
Increased ____ pressure and impaired venous drainage of the lumbar venous plexus were causative in the reduction in the absorption of ____ during insufflation
IVC
CSF
[The combination of an IAP of 16 mm Hg and Tburg position increased ICP 150%.]
Renal vein flow, UOP, and creatinine clearance decreased more than when the IAP was greater than ____ _____
15 mmHg
Portal blood flow decreases by ____ with an IAP of 14 mmHg
53%
___ ____ also reduced total hepatic, hepatic arterial, and portal venous blood flow
Reverse trendelenburg
Splanchnic circulation decreases dependent on ____. ___ mmHg only has minimal effects, ___ mmHg mechanically compresses the mesenteric vasculature and decreases intestinal ____. _____ release causes mesenteric artery constriction.
IAP
7 mmHg
14 mmHg
pH
ADH
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: decreased pulm _____ - increase in peak airway pressure due to ______ shifting upward
Compliance
Diaphragm
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: reduced lung volumes: (4)
- decreased vital capacity
- decreased FRC
- atelectasis
- hypoxemia d/t vent/perf mismatching in obese/pulm disease patients (not healthy pts)
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: ______ - ____ increased 0-30% from absorption
Hypercarbia
CO2
Lap chole postop: sustained decreases in (3) for 24 hours postop
- forced vital capacity
- peak expiratory flow
- force expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)
However these changes are only 50% of the changes that occur with open chole
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum: CO2 Absorption - may result in ______
Acidosis
Respiratory acidosis - can increase ______ to offset
MV
Maximum absorption of CO2 at ____ ____ pressure
10 mmHg
PaCO2 reaches plateau approx. ____ ____ after start of insufflation
40 mins
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum trendelenburg: ___-____ _____ allows small bowel and colon to move out of the pelvis and minimize needle or trocar perforation
10-20 degrees
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum Trendelenburg: increases ____ ____ and increases ____
Venous return and CO
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum Trendelenburg: reduces lung capacity due to weight of _____ ____ on _____ (decreased ___)
Abdominal contents on diaphragm (decreased FRC)
Physiologic changes associated with pneumoperitoneum Trendelenburg: inadvertent ____ _____ _____ intubation when the lung and carina is displaced _____
Right Mainstem bronchial intubation
Cephalad