Final Exam Flashcards
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for low PAO₂?
All low & Yes
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for pulmonary edema?
- Normal PAO₂
- Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂ & CvO₂
- Yes ↑FiO₂ helps
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO2, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for R to L shunt?
- Normal PAO₂,
- Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO2, CvO₂
- No, ↑FiO₂ will not help
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for V/Q mismatch or dead space?
- Normal PAO₂
- Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂ & CvO₂
- Yes ↑FiO₂ helps
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values for anemic hypoxia or carbon monoxide poisoning? Will ↑FiO₂ help?
- Normal PAO₂, PaO₂
- Low CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂
- No, ↑FiO₂ will NOT help
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for CO poisoning?
- Normal PAO₂, PaO₂
- Low CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂
- ↑FiO₂ might help but takes time
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for low cardiac output?
- Normal PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂.
- Low PvO₂ & CvO₂
- No
What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for histotoxic hypoxia?
Normal PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂. High PvO₂, CvO₂ & No
What is the formula to calculate how much HCO₃⁻ to give?
Base deficit x ECF (ECF= 14L)
How is the anion gap calculated?
Na⁺ − (Cl⁻ + HCO₃⁻)
What is the normal anion gap?
12 mEq/L or mmol/L
The anion gap exists mostly due to?
- Albumin not being account for.
- Albumin has a (-) charge
What can lead to metabolic acidosis w/ increased anion gap?
- Ketoacidosis & Lactic acidosis
- Methanol (CH₃OH)
- EtOH
- ASA
- Ammonium chloride (ammoniac, looks like white salt crystals)
- Ethylene glycol [antifreeze (CH₂OH)₂ ]
What diseases or states can lead to ketoacidosis?
DM, EtOH, starvation
What diseases or states can lead to lactic acidosis?
- Hypoxemia
- anemia
- carbon monoxide
- septic or cardiac shock
What can lead to metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap?
- Diarrhea
- pancreatic fluid loss
- renal tubular acidosis
What are the bicarb & chloride levels in metabolic acidosis w/ normal anion gap?
HCO₃⁻ is low and Cl⁻ is increased.
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated resp. acidosis?
- pH: ↓↓
- PCO₂: ↑↑
- HCO₃⁻: ↑
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated resp. alkalosis?
- pH: ↑↑
- PCO₂: ↓↓
- HCO₃⁻: ↓
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated metabolic alkalosis?
- pH: ↑↑
- PCO₂: –
- HCO₃⁻: ↑↑
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated metabolic acidosis?
- pH: ↓↓
- PCO₂: –
- HCO₃⁻: ↓↓
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in respiratory & metabolic acidosis?
- pH: ↓↓
- PCO₂: ↑↑
- HCO₃⁻: ↓
How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in respiratory & metabolic alkalosis?
- pH: ↑↑
- PCO₂: ↓↓
- HCO₃⁻: ↑
What are common causes of metabolic alkalosis?
- Loss of H⁺ ions(vomiting, gastric fistula, diuretics)
- overproduction/treatment with steroids(aldosterone or mineralocorticoids)
- excess IV or ingestion of Bicarb or other bases.
What are common causes of metabolic acidosis?
- Ingestion of drugs or toxins (methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol)
- salicylates (ASA)
- ammonium chloride
- diarrhea
- pancreatic fistula
- renal dysfunction
What are some common causes of respiratory alkalosis?
- Anxiety, hyperventilation
- meningitis, cerebrovascular disease, tumors
- salicylates, progesterone
- bacteremia, fever
- acute asthma, PE
- hypoxia, high altitude
How does high altitude affect the respiratory system?
A decrease in PO₂ → ↑ respiratory drive → ↓PCO₂
Given this formula, HA ↔ H⁺ + A⁻, what is the conjugated base?
A⁻
What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.00?
100 nmol/L
What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.40?
40 nmol/L
What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.70?
20 nmol/L
What is the central acid/base formula?
- CO₂ ↔ CO₂ + H₂O ↔↔↔↔↔↔ H₂CO₃ ↔ H⁺ + HCO₃⁻
- (gas phase) (liquid phase) (carbonic anhydrase)
What are protons measured (units) in?
nmol/L
A salicylate overdose can lead to what?
- Respiratory alkalosis (ASA OD activates brainstem to increase RR)
- Metabolic acidosis
What nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle?
The external branch of the Superior Laryngeal nerve
The Foramen of the _____nerve is located in the ____ membrane?
- Internal branch of the laryngeal nerve
- thyroid membrane
When placing an emergent airway, between which specific muscle(s) is the incision made?
Straight parts of the cricoid muscle
What muscle(s) have no effect on the Rima Glottis?
Cricothyroid muscle & Vocalis muscles
What muscle(s) adduct the vocal cords?
- Thyroarytenoid muscle
- Transverse arytenoid muscle
- Lateral cricoarytenoid muscles
Which muscles pull the arytenoids medial?
Transverse arytenoid muscles
The inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage attaches to the___?
Articular facet of the cricoid cartilage
Name all muscles that attach to the arytenoid cartilages?
- Transverse & oblique arytenoid muscles
- Thyroarytenoid muscle
- Lateral & posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
- Vocalis muscles
The conus elasticus connects to?
The vocal ligament & arch of cricoid cartilage
What innervates sensory information for the trachea?
The inferior laryngeal nerves
Which muscle is not innervated by the inferior laryngeal nerve?
The cricothyroid muscle
The right recurrent laryngeal nerve passes under the___?
Brachiocephalic artery
- Also called the brachiocephalic trunk or Innominate artery
What is another name for the brachiocephalic artery?
Innominate artery
The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes in between which two objects?
The aortic arch and left bronchi
What sits in between tracheal rings?
The cricotracheal ligaments
What is more superior, the true or false vocal cords?
False vocal cords are superior
Relaxing the cricothyroid muscle leads to what?
The thyroid cartilage moves upwards
Which laryngeal muscle can be seen without cutting someone open?
The cricothyroid muscle