Medical Aspects of Surgery Flashcards
Name that cytokine!
- Activates macrophages
- Chemoattractant for neutrophils
- Induce muscle breakdown and cachexia
- Induces fever
- Activates macrophages: Interferon gamma
- Chemoattractant for neutrophils: IL 8
- Induce muscle breakdown and cachexia: TNF alpha
- Induces fever IL1
Which one? Kallikerin OR Kinin
- Inhibits gluconeogenesis AND increases bronchoconstriction
- Increased during gram negative bacteremia AND causes hemorrhage
- Kinin
2. Kallikerin
How does the macrophage migration inhibiting factor affect cortisol?
Reverses the anti-inflmmatory effects
How does growth hormone affect protein and fat?
Pro protein synthesis and fat stores
What goes down first after injury? Cortisol or catecholamines?
Cortisol may stay up until 4 weeks while catechols down in 24-48 hours
What is the order by which body fuels are depleted during fasting?
- Glycogen gone by 16 hours
- Short term fast: <5 days– Hepatic gluconeogenesis is then activated that utilizes lipids and proteins with LIPIDS BEING THE MOST ABUNDANT SOURCE OF ENERGY
- Prolonged fast: Ketone bodies become the main source of fuel by 24 days, for brain by 2 days
During critical illness or stressed states which fuel is used?
Lipids
What is the daily caloric intake required for:
- MOST surgical patients
- Burn patients
- Normal patient
- 30 kcal/kg/day
- 35-40
- 22-25
How long can percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy last?
12-24 months
What is the benefit of nasoduodenl/jejunal tube over nasogastric tube?
Less risk of aspiration but more difficult to do
What is the benefit of Total/ central parenteral nutrition over peripheral parenteral nutrition?
Higher content of dextrose and ALL OTHER MACRONUTRIENTS AND MICRONUTRIENTS may be delivered with central.
What vitamin is NOT part of any vitamin solution for parenteral nutrition?
Vitamin K
What trace mineral deficiency:
- Is MOST COMMON
- Causes diffuse intertriginous rash
- Is associated with glucose intolerance
- Zn
- Zn
- Chromium
Cu microcytic anemia
In a px receiving parenteral nutrition that develops glycosuria what is the treatment?
If with hypokalemia give K+ NOT insulin
If due purely to relative glucose intolerance you may:
1. Give insulin
2. Decrease dextrose input
What is the most common fluid disorder in surgical patients?
Extracellular fluid voume deficit
Most insensible water loss is due to?
Skin 450ml
more that the lung 150ml
Greates water loss occurs through the?
Urine 800-1200
more than stool 250ml
What is the main difference between gi secretions in the stomach and in the colon?
Colon has high potassiu 30>10
Stomach has high chloride 130> 40
Sodium is roughly equivalent at 60
What are the 2 main differences in lactated ringer’s fluid and 0.9% sodium chloride?
- Lactated ringer’s slightly hypotonic while the other is slightly hypertonic
- There is lactate in LR
The maintenance fluid required for correction of severe sodium deficits
D5 3.5-5% Sodium chloride
Maintenance fluid in the post op period
D5 0.45% Sodium chloride
How is maintenance fluid given?
10kg– 100ml/kg/day
20–50
For every kilo over 20 20ml/kg/day
What is the element that is most shifted towards the intracellular compartment
Phosphate
What vtiamin is given to prevent refeeding syndrome?
Thiamine GIVE BEFORE THE INITIATION OF FEEDING
What is the desirable rate of sodium correction in hyper/hypo-natremia?
1meq/l/h
What are the critical values for sodium excess or deficit to cause symptoms?
160 and 120
What are the potassium shifters? (Into the cell compartment)
Insulin + glucose
Bicarb
Salbutamol
In the presence of hypokalemia and ECG changes what should be given ASAP?
Calcium chloride or calcium gluconate
Differentiate hyper and hypocalcemia based on ECG.
Hyper with shortened QT interval, vice versa for hypo
Symptomatic level for hypercalcemia?
12meq/L