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KLowe Anesthesia Physiology 1: Respiratory > Lecture 8: Pulmonary Intraop Monitoring/Difficult Airway Algorithm > Flashcards

Lecture 8: Pulmonary Intraop Monitoring/Difficult Airway Algorithm Flashcards

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940 nm

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Infrared light, oxyhemoglobin absorbs more of this light, corresponds to 100% saturation

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660 nm

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Red light, deoxyhemoglobin absorbs more of this light, corresponds to 50% saturation

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Very rough rule—PaO2 40, 50, 60 for sat ___, ___, ___

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70, 80, 90

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Sat 100, PaO2 ___

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100

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Sat 95, PaO2 ___

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75

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Sat 90, PaO2 ___

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60

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Sat 75, PaO2 ___

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40 (mixed venous blood in pulmonary artery)

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Sat 60, PaO2 ___

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30

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Sat 50, PaO2 ___

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27

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10
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Can a standard pulse ox. Be used in MRI?

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No—may burn patient, dedicated MRI probe needed

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Endobronchial intubation will usually go undetected by pulse ox. In…

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The absence of lung disease or low FiO2

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Limitations of pulse ox—hemoglobin variants

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Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb)

Methemoglobin (MetHb)

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Carboxyhemoglobin

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  • From CO poisoning

- CO is viewed as oxyhemoglobin by pulse ox. And shows a SPO2 of 100% (overestimation of oxygenation)

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What is used to distinguish between oxyhemoglobin and carboxyhemoglobin?

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A co-oximeter

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Methemoglobin

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Fe 2+ (ferrous) in Hb is oxidized to Fe 3+ (ferric) form and cannot transport O2

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Methemoglobin—Cyanosis seen when ___ of Hb is in methemoglobin form

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15%

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17
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Methemoglobin is caused by…

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  • Nitrates
  • Nitrites
  • Sulfonamides
  • Benzocaine (hurricane spray)
  • Nitroglycerine (NTG)
  • Nitroprusside (SNP)
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18
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Methemoglobin—does it absorb equally at both wavelengths?

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Yes—1:1

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Methemoglobin—shows a SPO2 of ___ regardless of true oxygen saturation

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85%

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Treatment for methemoglobin

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Methylene blue or ascorbic acid

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21
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What two things do not affect pulse oximetry?

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Fetal hemoglobin and bilirubin

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22
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Severe hypoxemia—poor accuracy at SPO2 < ___

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30%

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23
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Pulse ox won’t function well if Hb < ___

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3-4 gm/dL

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Pulse ox is designed to assume pulsation are ___

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Arterial—why right heart failure (for pulmonale) or tricuspid regurgitation disturb SPO2, seen in dependent (down) limb

25
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What dyes interfere with SPO2?

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Methylene blue and idocyanine green—will drop SPO2 for 5-10 minutes

26
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Malpositioned sensor effect on SPO2

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Penumbra effect, shows SPO2 of 90-95%

27
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Capnography rapidly and reliably indicates ___ but does not reliably detect ___

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Esophageal intubation, endobronchial intubation

28
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What is the gold standard for tracheal intubation?

29
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Capnometer

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Measures CO2

30
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Capnograph

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Records and displays CO2

31
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Not all capnometers display a ___

32
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All capnographs are in part ___

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A capnometer

33
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CO2 is depicted graphically as a ___

34
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CO2 is recorded by a ___

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Capnograph

35
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CO2 is measured by a ___

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Capnometer

36
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Normal capnograph components

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AB segment
BC segment
CD segment
D point
DE segment
37
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AB segment =

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Beginning exhalation, dead space gas

38
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BC segment =

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Upstroke

Exhalation, mixing of gases (dead space + alveolar gas)

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CD segment =

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Alveolar plateau, alveolar rich gas

40
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D point =

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Highest CO2–end tidal CO2 measurement

41
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DE segment =

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Start inspiration

42
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Shark fin ETCO2

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Obstructive pattern—COPD, bronchospasm

43
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Curare cleft

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Early spontaneous breath

44
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Normal end-tidal CO2 to arterial CO2 gradient (dCO2) is ___

45
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ETCO2/arterial CO2 (dCO2) gradient reflects…

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Alveolar dead space—alveoli ventilated but not perfused

46
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What increases dCO2?

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Any significant reduction in lung perfusion/increases in alveolar dead space

47
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PaCO2 will always be ___ than ETCO2 due to ___

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Higher, d/t mixing and dilution with the dead space gases

48
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Causes of increased dCO2 (7):

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  • Decreased pulmonary artery pressure
  • Upright posture
  • Pulmonary emboli (PE)—air, fat, thrombus, amniotic fluid
  • COPD—causes no vascular air spaces at alveolar level
  • Mechanical obstruction of pulmonary artery
  • Ventilated gas leaving normal pathway—cuff leak, tracheal disruption, bronchopleural fistula
  • Decreased CO or hypotension
49
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Causes of increased ETCO2 (9):

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  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Hypoventilation
  • Bicarbonate
  • Laparoscopy (CO2 inflation)
  • Hyperthermia
  • Improved blood flow to lungs after hypotension or resuscitation
  • Tourniquet released
  • Water in capnograph sensor
  • Breathing circuit error—CO2 absorber exhausted, rebreathing, inadequate fresh gas flow, faulty valves in circuit
50
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Causes of decreased ETCO2 (9):

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  • Hyperventilation
  • Airway leak, leak around cuff
  • Decreased blood flow to lungs
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Decreased CO, arrhythmia
  • Incipient pulmonary edema
  • Hypothermia
  • Inadequate sample volume
  • Sample catheter misplaced
51
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What is malignant hyperthermia?

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Rare, inherited skeletal muscle syndrome

52
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MH presents as a ___

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Hypermetabolic reaction

53
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MH is triggered by…

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Exposure to volatile anesthetic gases or depolarizing muscle relaxant (succinylcholine)

54
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Incidence of MH

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1/5,000-1/100,000

55
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Early signs of MH (11):

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  • Abrupt increase in ETCO2
  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Generalized muscle rigidity
  • Hypoxia
  • Profuse sweating
  • Trismus/masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)
  • Metabolic-respiratory acidosis
  • Mottling of the skin
  • Tachycardia
  • Tachypnea in spontaneously breathing patients
  • Unstable arterial pressure
56
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Late signs of MH (11):

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  • Acute renal failure
  • Circulatory failure
  • Dark colored urine due to myoglobinuria
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • Elevated blood creative phosphokinase (CPK) levels
  • Elevated blood myoglobin levels
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Hyperthermia (> 38.8 degrees Celsius)***
  • Hypotension
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Severe cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac arrest
57
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Treatment of MH

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Dantrolene

58
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Initial dose of dantrolene

59
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Alternative to dantrolene

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Ryanodex 2.5 mg/kg—expensive

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