Infection and Immunity Flashcards
What percentage of nosocromial infections are surgical site infections?
14-16%
What is the surgery with the highest rate of cases of SSI?
Intra-abdominal
What are patient related factors for risk factors for SSI?
- Extremes of age
- poor nutritional status
- ASA status >2
- DM
- Smoking
- Obesity
- co-existing infections
- colonization
- immunocompromise
- longer reop hospital stay
What are some microbial factors for risk of developing SSI?
- Enzyme production
- polysaccharuide capsule
- ability to bind to fibronectin
- biofilm and slime formation (implants)
What are some wound related factors for development of SSI?
- Devitilized tissue
- dead space
- hematoma
- contaminated surgery
- presence of foreign material
What is the most common cause of SSI?
S. aureus, including MRSA is most common
What is the normal presentation of an SSI? Timeframe? Gold standard dx?
- Presentation w/in 30 days post op
- local inflammation
- poor wound healing
- sx of systemic infection
- gold standard dx: aseptically obtained wound culture
What are some coniderations in anesthetic managmeent to prevent SSI?
- Manage pain
- acute pain can suppresses NK cell activity
- prevent hypothermia
- exacerbates stress response
- minimize catecholamine surges
- this can increase blood glucose, which increases risk of infection
SSI prevention in general?
- appropriate admin of prophylactic antibiotics
- usually within 1 hour prior to incision (2 hours for vancomycin and fluoroquinolones)
- redose in prolonged surgery >4hr
- most commom is first generation cephalosporin
- broad specturm, low side effects, high tolerability
- small bowel also need gram-negative coverage
- large bowel and femail need anaerobic coverage
- NO SMOKING FOR 4-8 WEEKS
- No alcohol 1 month
- optimize daibetics
- optimize nutritional status in cachexia or obesity
- postpone sx until active infection gone (if possible)
- optimize oxygenation with titration Fio2
- prevent hypothermia
- adequate analgesia
- hypocapnia should be avoided due to vasoconstrction
- optimize glucose control
- hyperglycemia inhibits leukocyte function
What are common antibiotics used for general srugery?
what surgery needs gram-negative coverage?
what needs anaerobic coverage?
- Most common abx is first-generation cephalosporin
- broad spectrum, low side effects, high tolerability
- small bowel needs gram-negative
- large bowel and female genital tract needs anearobic
What is recommendation for smoking prior to surgery?
stop 4-8 weeks beforehand
smoking increases respriatory and wound infection
What is recommendation for ETOH abstinence?
one month
What are CDC’s “Top 5 Recommendation” to prevent central line infections?
- handwashing prior to insertion or maintenance
- using full barrier precautions (hat, mask, sterile gown, sterile area covering) during insertion
- cleaning skin iwth chlorhexidine
- avoiding the femoral and peripheral arms whne possible
- IJ and SCL with lower risk; consider pneumo risk in SCL
- RoutinE daily inspection of catheters with removal ASAP
- Routine practice of hand sanitizer and scrubbing ports with alchol before every use of CVL
- Best “treatment” is prevention
What is risk of bacterial contamination in platelets? PRBC?
1: 5000 for platelet (think stored at room temp)
1: 50,000 for PRBC
What is the risk for viral transmission from blood transfusion?
Very low, HIV and hep C transmission 1:2 million
Why is there immunosuppression when receiving blood transfusion?
NK cell inhibition (even in autologous blood. it’s the storage process that kill NK cells)
irradiation decreases this risk
What decreases risk of bacterial contamination of blood product?
irradiation of blood
What is septic shock?
defined by hypotension not reversed with IV fluids
What is SIRS?What can a sirs response lead to?
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
- reaciton of body’s inflmmatory response in the absences of infection. Can be stimulated by
- trauma
- burns
- pancreatitis
- other
- SIRS can lead to
- systemic vasodilation
- altered capillary permeability
- MSOF
- Need volume resuscitation and pressors on board prior to sx!
What is distributive shock?
- high output cardiac failure with hypotension
- bounding pulses
- wide pulse pressure
can treat c norepi
Which gram bacteria is notorious for patients getting very sick, very fast?
gram negative
If pt has narrow PP, tachycardic, hypotensive with gram negative sepsis, what can be a first drug of choice?
Epinephrine
What is source control in OR for sepsis?
4 D’s
- Drainage
- intra abdominal abcess
- thoracic empyema
- septic arthritis
- pyelonephritis, cholangitis
- debridement
- necrotizing soft tissue
- pancreatic necrosectomy
- mediastinitis
- Device removal
- infected intravascular device
- urinary catheter
- infected IUCD
- Definitive contorl
- bowerl reseciton
- chole
finding underlying cause of infection requires urgent sx
ex- abscesses, infective endocarditis, power perforation or infarction, infected prosthetic device, endometritis, necrotizing fasciitis
Diagnosis of sepsis?
Dx via culture- all source
blood, urine, sputum minimum
narrow abx coverage ASAP
Treatment for sepsis?
What are some goal directed therapies?
- Time sensitive
- empiric antibiotics, then tailor to organism ASAP
- goal directed therapy with end organ perfusion a a goal
- MAP >65,
- CVP 8-12,
- UOP Adequate,
- correction metabolic acidosis,
- mixed venous O2 sat >70
What are some anesthetic consideration in someone with sepsis?
- Note limited reserve
- prone to hypoxemia and hypotension
- willl need invasive monitoring
- adequate vascular access for resuscitation
- prioritize abx admin
- anticipate ICU admission
- careful dosing with anesthetic, sedatives
What is the concern with the use of etomiade in patient with sepsis?
adrenal insufficiency may already be present and may be worsened even with a single dose
What might happen with surgical manipulation of infection?
cytokine release cauing rapid decompensation–> cardiovascular collapse
What is some direction for early goal-directed therapy (first few hours) in a patient with sepsis?
- Fluid ressuscitation
- crystalloid 500-1000mL or colloid 300-500mL over 30 minutes
- repeat according to response
- invasive monitoring
- a line
- Central line
- vasopressors
- NE 0.05-0.5 mcg/kg/min
What can be done in cases with refractory shock after early goal-directed therapy?
- Measurement of cardiac output
- esophageal doppler, PA cath, echo
- consider epi or dobutamine
- steroid administration
- hydrocortsone 50-100 mg IV q 6 hours
- Vasopressin 0.01-0.04 unit/min
- can test dose. Dilute vial to 40 mL and give 2-4 mL at time
Target BG in sepsis?
80-150 mg/dL
WHat are some considerations for use of blood product in patient with sepsis?
- Keep hgb between 7-9 g/dL
- FFP only to cover invasive procedures and surgery
- PLT transfusion to keep counts >5000 or 50,000/mm3 for invasive sx
Considerations for mechnical ventilation in septic patient?
Use of hymodilysis?
Other consideration?
- Mechnical ventilation
- 6-8 mL/kg TV
- Plateau pressure <30
- Hemodialysis
- support ARF
- continuous VV hemofiltration
- intermittent HD
- support ARF
- OTher
- DVT prophylaxis
- Stress ulcer prophylaxis
What are some guidlines for administration of ABX in septic patient?
- Broad spectrum IV
- collection of microbio speciments
- blood ctx
- urine cx
- CSF
- Source control
- pus drainage, sx
- collection of microbio speciments
What are the 4 pillars of sepsis management?
- Immediate resuscitation
- empiric therapy
- source control
- prevention of further complication
What are some CVP, SVO2 and SV values that show adequately resuscitated patient
- CVP 12
- SVO2 70%
- SV 79 mL
What CVP, SVO2 SV show an udnerfilled patient?
CVP 8
SVO2 55%
SV 45 mL
What CVP, SVO2, SV show on an overfilled patient?
CVP 18
SVO2 80%
SV 110mL
AHA 2017 infective endocarditis guidelines?
Antibioitic prophylaxis with dental procedures i reasonable for patients with cardiac conditions associated with the highest risk of adverse outcomes from endocarditis, including:
- prosthetic cardiac valves
- prosthetic material for cardiac valve repair
- previous endocarditis
- CHD only in following categories
- unrepaired cyanotic CHD (palliative shunts and conduits)
- completele repaird CHD with prosthetic material/device during the first 6 months after procedure
- repaired CHD with residual shunt/valvular regurge at site or adjacent to site of prosthetic patch/device
- cardiac transplantation recipients with valve regurg d/t structurally abnomal valve
no evidence for use of ABX with GI GU tract procedures with devleopment of IE
What is c. diff?
- anaerobic, gram positive, spore forming bacteria
- most common cause in hospital diarrhea
- due to increased abx admin
- alchol based sanitizer does not kill spores
- Tx: oral metronidazole (flagyl)
- vancomycin
- fecal transplant
- Spores resistant to heat, acid, abx
- risk doubles 3 days after abx
What are some considerations for patient with C diff going to OR?
- will be very ill
- anticipate dehydration
- a/b abnormalities
- electrolyte imbalance
- plan for invasive monitoring to guide fluid resuscitationa nd vasopressor admin