General Flashcards
Signs and symptoms of cholinergic crisis
- Salivation
- Miosis
- Bradycardia
ACC/AHA criteria to diagnosis pulmonary hypertension
Requires right-heart catheterization and the following findings:
- Resting mPAP > 25 mmHg
- PCWP/LAP < 15 mmHg
- PVR > 3 Woods unit (<500 dynes)
Adverse effects from celiac plexus neurolytic blocks
- Hypotension
- Diarrhea
- Hiccups
- Retroperitoneal bleeding
- Abdominal aortc dissection
- Transient motor paralysis
- Paraplegia
Factors that increase local anesthetic onset time
- Lower pKa/lipid solubility
- Increased solution pH
- Increased LA concentration
- Increased LA dose
Bainbridge reflex
Ultimately increases HR when intravascular volume increases
- mechanoreceptors in RIGHT and LEFT ATRIA sense increased intravascular volume
- signal carried by VAGUS nerve to medulla
- increased sympathetic discharge at SA node with decreased parasympathetic discharge
Bezold-Jarisch reflex
Ultimately decreases HR due to intravascular volume depletion
- mechano/chemoreceptors in VENTRICLES sense decreased filling
- decreased sympathetic discharge
- results in bradycardia, vasodilation and worsening HoTN
Causes of increased PVR
- decreased PaO2
- increased PaCO2
- acidoses
- increased airway pressure
- hypothermia
- vasoconstrictors (phenylephrine)
- polycythemia
- “light” anesthesia
Causes of increased SVR
- low cardiac output
- “light” anesthesia
- alpha adrenergic agonist (phenylephrine)
- hypothermia
- acidosis
- polycythemia
Classification of burn injury
- First degree - superficial, confined to epidermis
- Partial thickness (second degree) - epidermis and dermis
- superficial dermal - upper dermis
- deep dermal - deep dermis (req’s excision, grafting)
- Full thickness (third degree) - full destruction of epidermis and dermis
1. Fourth degree - involves muscle, fascia, bone
Clinical manifestation of serotonin syndrome
Mild to Life-threatening:
- akathasia (restlessness)
- tremor
- AMS
- inducible clonus
- sustained clonus
- hypertonia/rigidity
- hyperthermia
- cardiovascular collapse
Complications of retrobulbar block
MOST COMMON= retrobulbar hemorrhage
- increased IOP resulting in proptosis
- oculocardiac reflex
- central retinal artery occlusion (sudden, PAINLESS monocular vision loss)
- inadvertant brainstem anesthesia
- postop strabismus (d/t intramuscular injection of LA)
- globe puncture
- optic nerve damage
Consequence of LV overload due to pressure
increased end-systolic wall stress –> parallel replication of sarcomeres –> increased wall thickeness –> concentric hypertrophy –> HFpEF
Consequence of LV overload due to volume
increased end-diastolic wall stress –> series replication of sarcomeres –> wall dilation –> eccentric hypertrophy –> HFrEF
Contraindications to intraoperative autologous hemodilution during cardiopulmonary bypass
- perioperative anemia
- unstable angina
- left main disease
- aortic stenois
Contraindications to retrobulbar and peribulbar blocks
- Age <15 yrs
- Surgery >90 min
- AMS, cognitive dysfxn
- Uncontrolled cough, tremors, movement d/o
- Bleeding, coagulopathies, use of anticoagulation
Conversion ratio of HM, PO:IV
5:1
Describe anatomic landmarks of the Petit triangle used for TAP block
Lumbar triangle:
- iliac crest = inferior wall
- external oblique = anterior wall
- latismus dorsi = posterior wall
- triangle floor = external oblique fascia
Describe benefits of isovolemic hemodilution
- Increased cardiac output
- Increased tissue oxygen extraction
- Decreased sheer forces in capillary beds
Describe considerations in drug therapy during resuscitation for LAST
- Avoid vasopressin
- Administer reduced epinephrine dose
- Avoid calcium channel and beta blocker
Describe ECG leads with myocardial territories
- Inferior= II, III, aVF
- Septal= V1, V2
- Anterior= V3, V4
- Lateral= I, aVL, V5, V6
Describe hemodynamic effects of isovolemic hemodilution. Why?
Increased CO:
- decreased blood viscosity
- sympathetic surge d/t anemia and relative hypoxemia
Describe the pathology associated with Ebstein’s anomaly
Ebstein’s anomaly affects the tricuspid valve and right ventricle and can result in a hypoplastic right ventricle, enlarged right atrium, and a redundant anterior tricuspid valve leaflet. Most patients also have an atrial septal defect.
Describe wind-up phenomenon
Caused by repeated stimulation of peripheral C fibers resulting in increased action potentials at the dorsal horn causing an amplified pain response.
Differential diagnosis: Irregularly irregular ECG rhythm
- atrial fibrillation
- multifocal atrial tachycardia
- wandering atrial pacemaker
Differential diagnosis: PEA arrest
H&T’s
- Hypoxemia
- (H+) acidosis
- Hypothermia
- Hyper/hypo kalemia/calcemia
- Hypovolemia
- Tamponade
- Tension PTX
- Thrombosis (MI, PE)
- Toxins
Drugs and factors that potentiate NMBD
- inhaled anesthetics
- aminoglycoside abx (gentamycin, neomysin, tobramycin, streptomycin)
- hypothermia
- magnesium
- lithium
- local anesthetics
- ACUTE phenytoin use
ECG: Describe criteria to diagnosis axis deviation
ECG: Diagnostic criteria for left bundle branch block (LBBB)
- QRS >120 msec
- dominant S wave in V1
- monophasic R wave lateral leads (I, aVL, V5-V6)
ECG: Diagnostic criteria for right bundle branch block (RBBB)
- QRS >120 msec
- RSR’ in V1-V3 (M shaped QRS)
- wide, slurred S wave in lateral leads (I, aVL, V5-V6)
Estimate the progression of aortic stenosis by year
Approximately 0.1cm2 per year progression
ie: AV area 1.0cm2; 5 yrs later would be 0.5cm2
Factors that cause overdamping of arterial line waveform
Overdamping results in underestimated SBP, overestimated DBP, unaffected MAP and loss of dicrotic notch
- kinked tubing
- increased compliance of tubing
- increase length of tubing
- blood clot
- air bubble
Factors that increase r/o desaturation during OLV
- High perfusion and/or ventilation on preop V/Q scan
- Poor PaO2 during 2 lung ventilation
- Right-sided thoracotomy
- Normal PFTs
- Restrictive lung disease
- Supine positioning during OLV
In terms of bronchoscopy, describe anatomic landmarks for carina
- Anterior = sternal angle
- Posterior = 5th thoracic vertebra
Indications for PA catheter placement
- evaluation/diagnosis pulm HTN
- distinguish etiology of shock
- assess volume status
- evaluate cardiac shunt
- evaluate right-sided HF
Main determinant for closure of ductus arteriosus in neonates?
Increasing PaO2 > 50 mmHg (leads to smooth muscles within the vessel to constrict, leading to its closure and loss of patency)
Management of tracheoesophageal fistula in newborn
- IV access, correct anemia, electrolytles
- T&C
- ECHO
- +/- gastrotomy tube (vents the stomach, best utlized if difficulty ventilating d/t ab distention)
Name the adverse side-effects of succinylcholine
- Cardiac arrythmias:
- sinus bradycardia
- junctional rhythm
- sinus arrest
- Fasciculations, myalgias, trismus (lockjaw)
- Hyperkalemia
- Myoglobinuria
- Increased intraocular pressue
- Increased intragastric pressure
Name the benzylisoquinolinium ndNMBD
- Cisastricurium
- Atracurium
- Mivacurium
Name the cardiovascular criteria for positive epidural test dose with epinephrine in pediatric patients under GA
Changes that mark intravascular injection:
- elevation in T-wave amplitude by 25% (most sensitive)
- increase in HR by 10 bpm
- increase in SBP by 15 mmHg