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1
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for low PAO₂?

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All low & Yes

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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for pulmonary edema?

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  • Normal PAO₂
  • Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂ & CvO₂
  • Yes ↑FiO₂ helps
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO2, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for R to L shunt?

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  • Normal PAO₂,
  • Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO2, CvO₂
  • No, ↑FiO₂ will not help
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for V/Q mismatch or dead space?

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  • Normal PAO₂
  • Low PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂ & CvO₂
  • Yes ↑FiO₂ helps
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values for anemic hypoxia or carbon monoxide poisoning? Will ↑FiO₂ help?

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  • Normal PAO₂, PaO₂
  • Low CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂
  • No, ↑FiO₂ will NOT help
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for CO poisoning?

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  • Normal PAO₂, PaO₂
  • Low CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂
  • ↑FiO₂ might help but takes time
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for low cardiac output?

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  • Normal PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂.
  • Low PvO₂ & CvO₂
  • No
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What are the PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂, PvO₂, CvO₂ values & will ↑FiO₂ help for histotoxic hypoxia?

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Normal PAO₂, PaO₂, CaO₂. High PvO₂, CvO₂ & No

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What is the formula to calculate how much HCO₃⁻ to give?

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Base deficit x ECF (ECF= 14L)

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10
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How is the anion gap calculated?

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Na⁺ − (Cl⁻ + HCO₃⁻)

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What is the normal anion gap?

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12 mEq/L or mmol/L

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The anion gap exists mostly due to?

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  • Albumin not being account for.
  • Albumin has a (-) charge
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What can lead to metabolic acidosis w/ increased anion gap?

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  • Ketoacidosis & Lactic acidosis
  • Methanol (CH₃OH)
  • EtOH
  • ASA
  • Ammonium chloride (ammoniac, looks like white salt crystals)
  • Ethylene glycol [antifreeze (CH₂OH)₂ ]
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What diseases or states can lead to ketoacidosis?

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DM, EtOH, starvation

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What diseases or states can lead to lactic acidosis?

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  • Hypoxemia
  • anemia
  • carbon monoxide
  • septic or cardiac shock
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What can lead to metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap?

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  • Diarrhea
  • pancreatic fluid loss
  • renal tubular acidosis
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17
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What are the bicarb & chloride levels in metabolic acidosis w/ normal anion gap?

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HCO₃⁻ is low and Cl⁻ is increased.

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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated resp. acidosis?

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  • pH: ↓↓
  • PCO₂: ↑↑
  • HCO₃⁻: ↑
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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated resp. alkalosis?

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  • pH: ↑↑
  • PCO₂: ↓↓
  • HCO₃⁻: ↓
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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated metabolic alkalosis?

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  • pH: ↑↑
  • PCO₂: –
  • HCO₃⁻: ↑↑
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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in uncompensated metabolic acidosis?

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  • pH: ↓↓
  • PCO₂: –
  • HCO₃⁻: ↓↓
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22
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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in respiratory & metabolic acidosis?

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  • pH: ↓↓
  • PCO₂: ↑↑
  • HCO₃⁻: ↓
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23
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How are pH, PCO₂ & HCO₃⁻ affected in respiratory & metabolic alkalosis?

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  • pH: ↑↑
  • PCO₂: ↓↓
  • HCO₃⁻: ↑
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24
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What are common causes of metabolic alkalosis?

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  • Loss of H⁺ ions(vomiting, gastric fistula, diuretics)
  • overproduction/treatment with steroids(aldosterone or mineralocorticoids)
  • excess IV or ingestion of Bicarb or other bases.
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What are common causes of metabolic acidosis?

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  • Ingestion of drugs or toxins (methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol)
  • salicylates (ASA)
  • ammonium chloride
  • diarrhea
  • pancreatic fistula
  • renal dysfunction
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26
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What are some common causes of respiratory alkalosis?

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  • Anxiety, hyperventilation
  • meningitis, cerebrovascular disease, tumors
  • salicylates, progesterone
  • bacteremia, fever
  • acute asthma, PE
  • hypoxia, high altitude
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How does high altitude affect the respiratory system?

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A decrease in PO₂ → ↑ respiratory drive → ↓PCO₂

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28
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Given this formula, HA ↔ H⁺ + A⁻, what is the conjugated base?

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A⁻

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What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.00?

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100 nmol/L

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What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.40?

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40 nmol/L

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What is the acid concentration of protons with a pH of 7.70?

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20 nmol/L

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What is the central acid/base formula?

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  • CO₂ ↔ CO₂ + H₂O ↔↔↔↔↔↔ H₂CO₃ ↔ H⁺ + HCO₃⁻
  • (gas phase) (liquid phase) (carbonic anhydrase)
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What are protons measured (units) in?

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nmol/L

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34
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A salicylate overdose can lead to what?

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  • Respiratory alkalosis (ASA OD activates brainstem to increase RR)
  • Metabolic acidosis
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What nerve innervates the cricothyroid muscle?

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The external branch of the Superior Laryngeal nerve

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36
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The Foramen of the _____nerve is located in the ____ membrane?

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  • Internal branch of the laryngeal nerve
  • thyroid membrane
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37
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When placing an emergent airway, between which specific muscle(s) is the incision made?

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Straight parts of the cricoid muscle

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38
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What muscle(s) have no effect on the Rima Glottis?

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Cricothyroid muscle & Vocalis muscles

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39
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What muscle(s) adduct the vocal cords?

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  • Thyroarytenoid muscle
  • Transverse arytenoid muscle
  • Lateral cricoarytenoid muscles
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Which muscles pull the arytenoids medial?

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Transverse arytenoid muscles

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41
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The inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage attaches to the___?

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Articular facet of the cricoid cartilage

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42
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Name all muscles that attach to the arytenoid cartilages?

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  • Transverse & oblique arytenoid muscles
  • Thyroarytenoid muscle
  • Lateral & posterior cricoarytenoid muscles
  • Vocalis muscles
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43
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The conus elasticus connects to?

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The vocal ligament & arch of cricoid cartilage

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44
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What innervates sensory information for the trachea?

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The inferior laryngeal nerves

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45
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Which muscle is not innervated by the inferior laryngeal nerve?

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The cricothyroid muscle

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The right recurrent laryngeal nerve passes under the___?

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Brachiocephalic artery
- Also called the brachiocephalic trunk or Innominate artery

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47
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What is another name for the brachiocephalic artery?

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Innominate artery

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48
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The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes in between which two objects?

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The aortic arch and left bronchi

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49
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What sits in between tracheal rings?

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The cricotracheal ligaments

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50
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What is more superior, the true or false vocal cords?

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False vocal cords are superior

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51
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Relaxing the cricothyroid muscle leads to what?

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The thyroid cartilage moves upwards

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52
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Which laryngeal muscle can be seen without cutting someone open?

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The cricothyroid muscle

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53
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What muscle contracts during swallowing?

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Cricothyroid muscle

54
Q

Applying too much cricoid pressure can lead to what?

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If air cannot escape then esophageal sphincter can be damaged

55
Q

Being 500 feet under sea level increases the pressure on someone by how many atm?

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15 atm’s
- Sea level is 1 atm, so there is a 15 atm “increase” in pressure.

56
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Being 100 feet under sea level increases the pressure on someone to how many atm?

57
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What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa:7.25
PaCO2: 50mmHg
[HCO3⁻]: 26 mEq/L
PaO2: 70mmHg
Anion gap: 11 mEq/L

A

Uncompensated respiratory acidosis (Lange 8-1)

58
Q

What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa:7.47
PaCO2: 46mmHg
[HCO3]: 33 mEq/L
PaO2: 85mmHg
Anion gap: 9 mEq/L

A

Compensated metabolic alkalosis (Lange 8-2)

59
Q

What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa: 7.60
PaCO2: 20mmHg
[HCO3]: 20 mEq/L
PaO2: 110mmHg
Anion gap: 12 mEq/L

A

Uncompensated respiratory alkalosis (Lange 8-3)

60
Q

What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa: 7.34
PaCO2: 65mmHg
[HCO3]: 40 mEq/L
PaO2: 65mmHg
Anion gap: 11 mEq/L

A

Chronic respiratory acidosis (Lange 8-4)

61
Q

What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa: 7.25
PaCO2: 30mmHg
[HCO3]: 15 mEq/L
PaO2: 95mmHg
Anion gap: 10 mEq/L

A

Metabolic acidosis w/ renal compensation (Lange 8-5)

62
Q

What acid/base disorder is below?
pHa: 7.25
PaCO2: 30mmHg
[HCO3]: 15 mEq/L
PaO2: 95mmHg
Anion gap: 25 mEq/L

A

Metabolic acidosis with respiratory compensation (Lange 8-6)

63
Q

What could be the causes (3) for the ABG below?
pHa:7.25
PaCO2: 50mmHg
[HCO3⁻]: 26 mEq/L
PaO2: 70mmHg
Anion gap: 11 mEq/L

A
  • Acute respiratory depression
  • Actue airway obstruction
  • Hypoventilation via ventilator
64
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What could be the cause (1) of the ABG below?
pHa: 7.25
PaCO2: 30mmHg
[HCO3]: 15 mEq/L
PaO2: 95mmHg
Anion gap: 10 mEq/L

65
Q

What could be the causes (4) of the ABG below?
pHa: 7.25
PaCO2: 30mmHg
[HCO3]: 15 mEq/L
PaO2: 95mmHg
Anion gap: 25 mEq/L

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  • Lactic acidosis
  • ketoacidosis
  • renal retention of anions
  • ingestion of organic anions like salycylates, ethylene glycol, ethanol & methanol
66
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What could be the cause (1) of the ABG below?
pHa:7.47
PaCO2: 46mmHg
[HCO3]: 33 mEq/L
PaO2: 85mmHg
Anion gap: 9 mEq/L

A

After 10mins of vomiting

67
Q

What could be the causes (3) of the ABG below?
pHa: 7.60
PaCO2: 20mmHg
[HCO3]: 20 mEq/L
PaO2: 110mmHg
Anion gap: 12 mEq/L

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  • Psychological hyperventilation (anxiety)
  • Drug induced hyperventilation
  • Hyperventilation via ventilator
68
Q

What could be the cause (1) of the ABG below?
pHa: 7.34
PaCO2: 65mmHg
[HCO3]: 40 mEq/L
PaO2: 65mmHg
Anion gap: 11 mEq/L

69
Q

Chronic bronchitis is what kind of disease?

A

An obstructive disease

70
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A 68-year-old man complains of difficulty breathing. He says he has had the problem for a long time—in fact, he can’t remember when it started—and it seems to be getting worse. He coughs all the time and constantly produces sputum upon arising. He says that he has smoked at least one pack of cigarettes a day since he was 20 years old. He does appear to be somewhat cyanotic.
The patient’s dynamic lung volumes are not improved after the administration of a bronchodilator. The patient’s disease is most likely?

A

COPD, primarily chronic bronchitis

71
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Metabolic acidosis with a normal gap is usually due to?

A
  • Loss of Bicarb (Diarrhea)
  • Chloride retention from rental tubular necrosis
72
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Carbon monoxide, anemia, strenuous exercise & ARDS can lead to what?

A

Lactic acidosis → Metabolic Acidosis w/ increased Anion Gap

73
Q

What is our value for ECF chloride?

74
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What is our value for ECF sodium?

75
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What is our value for ECF Bicarb?

76
Q

A base deficit is considered?

A

A decrease in HCO₃⁻

77
Q

How would one know how much HCO₃⁻ to give?

A
  • Take the HCO₃⁻ deficit and multiply that by ECF fluid, which is 14L
  • PaCO₂ has to be 40 mmHg
78
Q

How much O2 is bound in 1 dL of arterial blood, with a PaO₂ of 100 mmHg, Hb of 15 g/dL & saturation of 100%?

A

19.7mL O₂/dL

79
Q

What is histotoxic hypoxia?

A

The tissues are unable to use the oxygen.

80
Q

What are the PO₂ & PCO₂ at the bottom of the lung, per lecture?

A
  • PO₂: 90 mmHg
  • PCO₂: 42 mmHg
81
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What are the PO₂ & PCO₂ at the top of the lung, per lecture?

A
  • PO₂: 130 mmHg
  • PCO₂: 30 mmHg
82
Q

What are the alveolar PAO₂ & PACO₂ in a V/Q ratio of 0?

A
  • PAO₂: 40 mmHg
  • PACO₂: 45 mmHg
83
Q

The “R” ratio is affected by what?

A

Carbs, proteins & fat metabolism

84
Q

How do carbs & fats affect CO₂ & the RER?

A
  • Carbs: produces lots of CO₂ → an increased R value
  • Fats: ↓CO₂ → a decreased R value
85
Q

What factors lead to an increase in the EtCO₂ waveform?

A
  • Fever
  • Bicarb infusion
  • ↑ cardiac output
  • ↑ blood pressure
  • Hypoventilation
  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Release of tourniquet (the static venous blood will have a lot of CO₂ in it)
  • Inflating abdominal cavity with CO₂
86
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What factors would lead to a decrease in the EtCO₂ waveform

A
  • Hypothermia
  • ↓ cardiac output
  • ↓ blood pressure
  • PE
  • Hyperventilation
  • Extubation
  • Airway obstruction
  • Disconnected circuit
  • Alveolar dead space development
  • Esophageal intubation
87
Q

What is happening in the following EtCO₂ waveforms?

88
Q

What is happening in the following EtCO₂ waveforms?

89
Q

What EtCO₂ waveform has a shark fin appearance?

A

Bronchospam

90
Q

Describe the V/Q in a supine sedated & paralyzed Pt.

A
  • The diaphragm pushes into the lungs, more at the bottom
  • The V/Q ratio will be best in the anterior/non-dependent areas
  • Lung volume will be ~ 1 L
91
Q

What happens to chest wall compliance in the supine position?

A

Compliance decreases

92
Q

The anterior scalene muscle connects to?

A
  • C3 - C6 & the 1st rib
93
Q

The middle scalene muscle connects to the?

A

C3 - C7 & the 1st rib

94
Q

The posterior scalene muscle connects to the?

A

C5 - C7 & the 2nd rib

95
Q

What is the connection point of the inferior & superior laryngeal nerves called?

A

Galen’s anastomosis

96
Q

What enters thru the foramen in the Thyrohyoid membrane?

A
  • The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve
  • Also the Superior laryngeal artery & vein
97
Q

The superior laryngeal nerve innervates what muscle?

A

The cricothyroid muscle

98
Q

How would an injury to the external branch of superior laryngeal nerve affect one’s voice?

A

It would result in a hoarseness

99
Q

What nerve does the Laryngeal nerve branch off of?

A

The vagus nerve

100
Q

At what anatomical landmark does the Superior laryngeal nerve branch?

A

At the hyoid bone

101
Q

What is the connection between cricoid & inferior horn of the thyroid called?

A

The Cricothyroid joint

102
Q

What is the function of the cricothyroid muscle?

A

Tenses/tightens the vocal cords

103
Q

What is the function of the Thyroarytenoid muscle?

A

Relaxes the vocal cords (Thy relax)

104
Q

Strong bases want what?

A

To accept H⁺

105
Q

When will proton activity be the greatest?

A

With a low pH, high CO₂ & normal HCO₃⁻

106
Q

How does aldosterone affect H⁺?

A

Aldosterone gets rid of K⁺ & H⁺

107
Q

What is a person’s total arterial O₂ content with a Hb of 15g/dL & a PaO₂ of 250 mmHg?

A
  • 15 x 1.34= 20.1 mL O₂/dL
  • 250 mmHg x 0.003 mL O₂/dL/mmHg= 0.75 mL O₂/dL
  • Total= 20.85 mL O₂/dL
108
Q

Every ____ of depth the pressure rises by 1 atm?

A

33ft or 10 meters

109
Q

___ atm and an FiO₂ of ____ will cause CNS toxicity & lead to seisures?

A
  • 4 atm
  • FiO₂ of 100%
110
Q

Regular diving cylinders will contain what kind of O₂ concentration?

111
Q

Besides helping in decompression therapy, what increases in hyperbaric chamber therapy?

A

The dissolved O₂ content increases

112
Q

What is the safety cutoff for hyperbaric chambers?

A

4 atm or 3,000 mmHg

113
Q

Having too much oxygen around can lead to the formation of what?

A

Free radicals like:
- Superoxide: O₂⁻
- Peroxynitrite: OONO⁻ (combination of NO & O₂⁻)

114
Q

What usually contains Superoxide?

A

Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

115
Q

What helps with detoxification of EtOH?

116
Q

What happens when there is too much superoxide and/or peroxynitrite?

A

They attach proteins & DNA

117
Q

How is an estimated A-a gradient calculated.

A

(Age + 10) / 4

118
Q

A decreased R value will affect a person how?

A

It decreases the respiratory effort

119
Q

What is the max PACO₂ we can handle for a short period of time?

120
Q

How much CO₂ does a person produce per minute?

A

200 - 225 mL/min

121
Q

How much O₂ does an average person consume per minute?

A

250 mL/min

122
Q

What are the top & bottom pleural pressures at RV?

A
  • Top: - 2.2 cmH₂O
  • Bottom: + 4.8 cmH₂O
123
Q

What are the top & bottom pleural pressures at FRC?

A
  • Top: - 8.5 cmH₂O
  • Bottom: - 1.5 cmH₂O
124
Q

How is Hb saturation calculated?

A

O₂ bound to Hb divided by O₂ capacity of Hb

125
Q

Is H₂CO₃ a strong/ weak acid or a strong/weak base?

A

Carbonic acid is a weak acid

126
Q

Is HCO₃⁻ a strong or weak acid/base?

A

Bicarb is a strong base

127
Q

What is the normal P50 value?

128
Q

What is the state for ferrous?

129
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What is the state for ferric?

130
Q

Is ferric or ferrous the oxidized state?

131
Q

How does aldosterone affect pH

A

Aldosterone stimulates H⁺ secretions & retains HCO₃⁻, which leads to an increase in pH.

Marcus' A&P S24 (9 decks)

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