GAS LECTURE II Flashcards
What factors affect absorption (uptake) of gasses?
Ventilation Blood uptake (to increase: increase MV, second gas, overpressurize) BGSC Cardiac output Alveolar partial pressure difference Temperature
What factors affect distribution?
MAC/potency/OGSC
Temperature (hyperthermia increases MAC, hypothermia decreases MAC)
CO- distribution to VRG
Hypo/hypernatremia
What factors effect Elimination?
Metabolism (sevo metabolized 5-8%)
Temperature (hypothermia- slows recovery)
Longer case- slower emergence
High solubility- slower emergence
Higher minute ventilation- faster emergence
Factors affecting Inspiratory Concentration
Fresh gas flow- (increase flow to increase Fi)
Breathing system volume (increase TV)
Machine absorption (increase flow >5L/min, increase concentration)
Factors affecting Avelolar Concentration
Uptake (BGSC)
Alveolar Blood Flow
Partial pressure difference from alveoli to blood
Factors affecting Arterial Concentration
Ventilation/perfusion mismatch
- venous admixture
- uneven distribution
- alveolar dead space
How to increase FA/Fi?
Over pressurize Second gass effect Increase flow of carrier gas Increase minute ventilation Decrease CO Use gas with lower BGPC
How is cardiac output distributed?
75% VRG
19% muscle
6% fat
What are the effects of a Right Bronchial Intubation (V/Q mismatch?)
Increase in alveolar partial pressure (high solubility agents)
Decrease in arterial partial pressure (low solubility agents)
Where does amnesia happen?
Brainstem
Where does analgesia happen?
Spinothalamic tract
Where does areflexia happen?
Spinal Cord
What are the most likely targets of gasses?
NMDA Tandem pore K channels GABA A VG Na Channels Glycine Receptors
What is the Meyerton Overton theory?
Lipophilicity equates to potency
Explain the critical volume hypothesis (Meyerton-Overton Theory)
Once a critical amount of gas is on board, gas will cross lipid bilayer and exert level of action and some level of distortion of ion channels.
Rank CNS effects in order of dose requirements.
Least - Most
- amnesia
- sedation
- LOC
- Immobility
What effect do gasses have on cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption?
CMRO2 is decreased (except NO)
What effect do gasses have on cerebral blood flow?
Dose-dependent increase on cerebral blood flow.
What is uncoupling?
Increase of cerebral BF but decrease of CMRO2.
What drug has greatest effect on uncoupling effect?
Sevo
What effect does Nitrous oxide have on CNS? How is this affect mediated?
NO increases CMRO2 and CBF. Attenuate increased CBF with mild hyperventilation.
What effect do gasses have on cerebral vascular responsiveness to CO2?
Preserve body’s effect: vasoconstrict in hypocapnia and vasodilate in hypercarbia.
What can be done to mediate the effect of gasses on in CBF?
Mild hyperventilation to keep CO2 30-35– low CO2 leads to cerebral vasoconstriction.
What effect do gasses have on EEG activity?
Dose-related suppression
What effect do gasses have on burst suppression? What dose does it take to cause burst suppression
Burst suppression- pt is in coma
1.5 MAC des 2.0 MAC sevo
What effect do gasses have on evoked potentials?
They increase latency and decrease amplitude.
During spine surgery may need to use TIVA because can’t tell if there is a spinal cord issue or if effect is being caused by gas.
What effect does anesthesia have on developmental neurotoxicity?
Animal studies show anesthesia is toxic to brain development but human studies (PANDA, GAS trial, population-based cohort study) found no evidence of this.
Theory in animal study: activation of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptic cell death.
What recommendations are in place for gas use in children?
Keep surgery short
Use short acting drugs and multimodal approaches.
What are the effects of gas on postoperative cognitive dysfunction?
No long term effects
Higher concern in elderly
Describe the effects of emergence delirium in children.
Self limiting, no long term effects.
Can cause injury or delay d/c because of sedatives
Preventative measures: quiet stress free environment, reduce pain, reduce pre-op anxiety, reunite w/ parents
What medications are used to treat emergence delirium in children?
Precedex is the main one
also midazolam, fentanyl, ketamine, clonidine, dexamethasone, NSAIDS
What effect do gasses have on CO/CI?
Volatile agents reduce CO/CI in dose dependent fashion because they reduce free Ca2+ in cell.
How do gasses affect HR?
SA node antagonism
Modulate baroreceptor reflex activity
Activate SNS
What gasses lower CO?
Des, sevo, iso.
What does xenon affect?
lower heart rate. No effect on other hemodynamics (keeps everything else the same).