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Inhaled Anesthetics Part 1 (Exam III) Flashcards

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What is Boyle’s Law?
What application of this was mentioned in class?

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  • Pressure and Volume of gas are inversely proportional
  • Bellows contract thus increasing circuit pressure → gasses flow from high pressure circuit to low pressure lungs.
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What is Fick’s Diffusion Law (as is pertinent to inhaled anesthetics)?

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Once air molecules enter alveoli, they move around randomly and begin to diffuse into the pulmonary capillaries.

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What factors is diffusion dependent on?

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  • Partial pressure gradient of the gas
  • Solubility of the gas
  • Thickness of the membrane
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What is Graham’s Law of Effusion?

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Process by which molecules diffuse through pores and channels without colliding.

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Smaller molecules effuse faster dependent on ________.

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solubility

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Which diffuses faster CO₂ or O₂ ? Why?
Which would you expect to diffuse faster?

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CO₂ is 20x more diffusible due to solubility despite O₂ weighing less.

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When PA equals ________, then the inhaled gas concentration equals the exhaled gas concentration and the patient is unconscious.

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PBrain

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If PBrain is greater than PA then what we expect to be occurring? Why?

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The patient should be waking up. This means the exhaled gas is greater than the inhaled gas and the concentration gradient is moving towards the alveoli away from the brain.

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What does the following equation mean?

PA ⇌ Pa ⇌ PBrain

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This is comparing the partial pressure of volatile gas in the alveoli to the arterial blood to the brain.

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What input factors affect the diffusion of volatile gas from the anesthetic machine to the alveoli?

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  • Inspired partial pressure
  • Alveolar ventilation
  • Anesthetic system re-breathing
  • FRC
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Which factors affect the uptake of anesthetic gas from the alveoli to the blood?

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  • Blood:gas partition coefficient
  • Cardiac output
  • A-V pressure difference
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How would a low cardiac output affect the diffusion of anesthetic gas from the alveoli to the pulmonary capillary blood?

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↓CO = more time to diffuse across the alveolus

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What factors affect the uptake of anesthetic gas from the arterial blood to the brain?

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  • Blood:Brain partition coefficient
  • Cerebral blood flow
  • A-V partial pressure difference.
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Gas goes from a ____ gradient to a ____ gradient in order to reach a steady state.

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high; low

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What does PI mean?

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Partial pressure of inspired volatile gas.

Needs verification.

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How can gas be “forced” to the brain quicker?

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By increasing PI. This creates a higher gradient for the gas to flow from PA → Pa → PBrain

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What does FE/FI mean?

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FE/FI is the ratio of expired gas to inspired gas.

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What concept is this chart conveying?

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Concentration Effect: essentially, ↑concentration inspired gas = ↑PA = increased rate of diffusion

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What is over-pressurization?

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  • A large increase in PI so as to force gas from PA → Pa → PBrain much faster.
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What would sustained delivery of over-pressurization result in?

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Overdose

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What gas does the second gas effect always apply to?

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N₂O (nitrous oxide)

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What is the second gas effect as it relates to anesthesia?

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  • Uptake of N₂O accelerates a concurrently administered volatile gas.
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How does N₂O create the second gas effect?

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N₂O hyper-concentrates volatiles to create a high concentration gradient by being super-diffusible.

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Describe what is being depicted on the graph below.

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  • This is the concentrating effect of N₂O on halothane.
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What cases would nitrous oxide **not** be utilized in? Why?
- Cases with an air-filled cavity - N₂O will diffuse into the cavity and fill it. (extent of damage dependent on the compliance of the cavity).
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What specific cases are bad for the usage of N₂O?
- Ear & eye - Open belly - Lung
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What factors affect the degree of pressure N₂O would exert on a cavity that it filled?
- Partial pressure of N₂O - Blood flow to the cavity - Duration of N₂O administration
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What would nitrous inhalation in a patient with pneumothorax do?
Expand the pneumothorax
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What could N₂O on an intraocular case do?
- Massively increase retinal artery pressure and cause permanent vision loss.
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Decreased ______ from hyperventilation will decrease cerebral blood flow and limit induction speed.
PaCO₂
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What is the definition of solubility for anesthetic gasses?
Ratio of how inhaled gas distribution between two compartments at equilibrium (when partial pressures are equal).
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If the temperature of blood increases then solubility ______.
decreases
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What does a low blood solubility mean for induction?
Less gas has to be dissolved = PA → Pa is rapid = rapid induction.
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What does a high blood solubility mean for induction?
More gas has to be dissolved = PA → Pa is slow = slow induction.
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What is being described in the graph below?
How quickly the inspired concentration of a gas equals the alveolar concentration of said gas.
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What volatile gasses are intermediately soluble?
- Halothane - Enflurane - Isoflurane
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of halothane?
Halothane = 2.54
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of enflurane?
Enflurane = 1.90
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of Isoflurane?
Isoflurane = 1.46
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What volatile gasses are poorly soluble?
- N₂O - Desflurane - Sevoflurane
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of N₂O?
Nitrous = 0.46
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of Desflurane?
Desflurane = 0.42
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What is the blood:gas partition coefficient of Sevoflurane?
Sevoflurane = 0.69
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What are the blood:gas solubilities of all the gasses we have to know for anesthesia pharm?
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What occurs (in regards to our partial pressure gradients) during emergence from anesthesia?
Concentration gradient reverses. PA ← Pa ← PBrain
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What helps decrease concentration of volatile anesthetic in PA and PBrain on emergence?
Continued uptake by Muscle/Fat if not already at equilibrium.
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What color coding does isoflurane have?
Purple
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What color coding does sevoflurane have?
Yellow
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What color coding does desflurane have?
Blue
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Which anesthetic would you anticipate as having the quickest recovery? Slowest?
Fastest recovery = desflurane Slowest recovery = halothane
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What is 1 MAC?
Concentration at 1atm that prevents skeletal muscle movement in response to surgical stimulation in 50% of patients.
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What is 1.3 MAC?
Concentration at 1atm that prevents skeletal muscle movement in response to surgical stimulation in 99% of patients.
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What would ED99 be equivalent to in regards to MAC?
ED99 ≈ 1.3 MAC
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What is MACawake?
0.3 - 0.5 MAC: partial awakeness and responsiveness.
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What is MACBAR?
1.7 - 2.0 MAC: Blunts autonomic responses. No SNS response at all, essentially an overdose.
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What patient are standardized MAC values based on?
30 - 55 y/o at 37°C at 1atm
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What is the MAC of N₂O? What does this mean?
N₂O MAC = 104%. Can't be used as sole anesthetic agent.
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What is the MAC of Halothane?
0.75%
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What is the MAC of Enflurane?
1.63%
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What is the MAC of Isoflurane?
1.17%
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What is the MAC of Desflurane?
6.6
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What is the MAC of Sevoflurane?
1.8%
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What are the two biggest factors that affect MAC?
- Body temperature - Age
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At what age does MAC need peak?
1 y/o
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How much does MAC need decrease as one gets older?
6% per decade.
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What factors will increase MAC?
- Hyperthermia - Excess Pheomelanin (redheads) - Drug-induced ↑ catecholamines - Hypernatremia
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What factors will decrease MAC? *Extensive list*
**Essentially anything that slows metabolism** - Hypothermia - Pre-op meds - Intra-op opioids - α-2 agonists (Dex, clonidine) - Acute EtOH - Pregnancy - Early post-partum - Lidocaine - PaO₂ < 38 mmHg - Mean BP < 40mmHg - Cardiac Bypass - Hyponatremia
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How does loss of consciousness occur with the use of volatile anesthetics?
- Potentiation of GABAA in the brain. - Potentiation of glycine in the brainstem. - No effect of volatiles on AMPA, NMDA or kainate
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Which of these two liquids in enclosed containers has the higher vapor pressure?
Liquid B: more evaporative. *Vapor pressure is the pressure at which vapor and liquid are at equilibirum.*
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What is Dalton's law?
- The sum of all partial pressures will equal the total pressure. - Ptotal = Pgas1 + Pgas2...
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What is Henry's Law?
The amount of dissolved gas in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure above the liquid.
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What does Henry's law mean in practice?
Henry's Law is pertinent to overpressurization. **If partial pressure of a volatile doubles, then double the molecules will interact with Pa from the alveoli.**
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Heat will _____ vapor pressure.
increase
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Cold temperatures will _____ vapor pressure.
decrease.
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A lower vapor pressure gas is inherently more volatile. T/F ?
False. ↑vapor pressure = ↑volatility
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What is the vapor pressure of halothane?
243
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What is the vapor pressure of Enflurane?
175
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What is the vapor pressure of Isoflurane?
238 torr (mmHg)
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What is the vapor pressure of Desflurane?
669 torr
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What is the vapor pressure of Sevoflurane?
157 torr (or mmHg)
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What is the variable bypass on the anesthetic machine?
A way to dilute/concentrate the amount of anesthetic gas reaching the patient.
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What is the splitting ratio?
How much gas is being sent into the vaporizer
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What is the purpose of the wicks found in the vaporizing chamber below?
The wicks increase gas-liquid interface and **improve vaporization**.
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What factors do not change MAC?
* Chronic alcohol abuse * Gender * Duration of anesthesia * PaCO2 15-95 mm Hg * PaO2 > 38 mm Hg * Blood pressure > 40 mm Hg * Hyper/hypokalemia * Thyroid gland dysfunction

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