Medicine Flashcards
What are the main goals of anesthesia management in patients with AKI? 2
(1) maintenance of an adequate systemic blood pressure and cardiac output
(2) avoidance of further renal insults, including hypovolemia, hypoxia, and exposure to nephrotoxins.
Invasive hemo-dynamic monitoring is mandatory.
What does AKIN classify and how is it different than RIFLE?
Acute Kidney Injury Network
Acute rise in serum creatinine within 48hrs
- Stage 1= same as Risk +increase in SCr ≥ 0.3 mg/dL (≥ 26.4 μmol/L)
- UO < 0.5 mL/kg per hour × 6 h
- Stage 2= same as Injury
- UO < 0.5 mL/kg per hour × 12 h
- Stage 3= same as Failure + initiation of renal replacement therapy
- UO < 0.3 mL/kg per hour × 24 h or anuria × 12 h
UO=same criteria as in RIFLE
K sparing diuretics
Amiloride and Triamterene - directly inhibit epithelial Na channel.
Spironolactone - competes with Aldosterone for binding to mineralocorticoid receptor.
What are the three layers of the nerve?
Epineurium: outermost layer, surrounds peripheral bundles and blood vessels.
- Vasa nervorum
- Protects against compressive and stretching forces.
Perineurium: surrounds groups of fascicles.
- Provides structural support and acts as a diffusion barrier.
Endoneurium: surrounds individual nerve fibers and Schwann cells.
Sunderland Nerve Injury Classification-5
- 1st degree=to endoneurium (rapid recovery w/in days to months)
- 2nd=through endo
- 3rd=to perineurium
- 4th=through peri
- 5th=through epineurium
injury from inside out
At what temperature should a postop fever be worked up?
1st day if greater than 101.6F after administration of Acetaminophen
OR
greater than 101.6F any day after
3 causes of acute kidney injury? 3
- Prerenal
- Renal
- post renal
Classified using urinary indices
Timing of postop fever is classified in what 4 categories?
- immediate
- acute(24-72hours postoperatively)
- subacute(within the first week)
- delayed.
AHI
Apnea hypopnea index (AHI): Apneas and hypopneas per hour
Apnea: Breathing interruption > 10 seconds • Hypopnea: More than 50% decrease in nasal airflow or more than 2/3 decrease in tidal volume with 3% decrease in oxygen saturation
What is Uremic Syndrome and what is it a complication of?
complication Chronic Kidney Disease
signs and symptoms (anorexia, nausea, vomiting, pruritus, anemia, fatigue, coagulopathy) that reflect the kidney’s progressive inability to perform its excretory, secretory, and regulatory functions.
- BUN conc is a useful indicator of severity and treatment response
Stoelting p.434
5-HT3 Antagonist
Zofran/Ondansetron Pharm category: Anti-emetic MOA: selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist that blocks serotonin both peripherally on CN 10 terminals and centrally in CTZ Caution: psych pts/pts on SSRIs (risk of serotonin syndrome), prolonged QT syndrome pts (can develop torsades de pointes) Other ‘setrons’ all equally effective
3 levels for neurosensory test results and how are they tested?
Level A: 2pt discrimination and brush stroke, closest distance pt can tell there are two points- boley gauage, greater than 2mm=abnorm – norm= 1st deg
Level B: Contact detection, Semmes Weinstein monofilaments, narrowest diameter filament that requires the least amount of force to detect. -norm=2nd degree, mod impaired
Level C: Pain sensitivity, norm= 3rd deg, mod impairmenmt; abnorm=4th deg, severely impaired
Celecoxib (Celebrex)
selective COX-2 inhibitor, no GI effects
INC CV effects due to imbalance between Prostacyclin (COX2) and Thromboxane (COX1)
-TXA2 is produced primarily by COX-1 activity of platelets, and produces vasoconstriction and enhanced platelet aggregation
H1 Antagonist
Phenergan/Promethazine Pharm category: Anti-emetic, H1 antagonist 1st gen (crosses BBB:sedative) MOA: antagonist at D2, H1 (and even M1 sites) Caution: extrapyramidal symptoms (via D2 blockade), tissue injury/irritation. Caustic. Thrombophlebitis.
What fibers does each level of neurosensory tests test for?
Level A: large myelinated fibers (last to regain fxn in recovery phase)
- 2pt discrimination- A alpha
- Brush stroke- A alpha and A beta, slowly adapting large myelinated axons.
Level B: quickly adapting large myelinated fibers, A alpha
- Contact detection
Level C: small myelinated A delta and non myelinated C fibers (most resistant to injury)
- Pain sensitivity
Warm= A delta
Cold= C fibers
What does RIFLE stand for?
acute rise in serum creatinine over 7 days
R- risk of renal failure
I- injury to kidney
F- failure of kidney fxn
L- loss of kidney fxn
E- end stage renal failure
Definition of fever?
resetting of the hypothalamic center at a higher level in response to pyrogens (fever causing substances)-t umor necrosis factor, IL1b, IL6
-sign of inflammarion
One liner for pulmonary embolism
occlusion of ≥ 1 pulmonary arteries by thrombi that originate elsewhere, typically in the large veins of the legs or pelvis.
Risk of embolization is higher with thrombi proximal to the calf veins.
How is AKI diagnosed?
- Serum Creatinine
- Urine Output
- increase in serum creatinine by 0.3mg/dL in 48hrs or by greater than 50% w/in 7days
- dec in urine output to less than 0.5 mL/kg/hr
- norm= ~1mL/kg/hr
Treatment for hiccups?
Tx with Chlorpromazine (D2 ANTagonist) 25-50mg IM/IV or 25mg PO tid for 1-2 days. Or Baclofen 5mg tid or Gabapentin 200mg tid. Benzonatate: antitussive. Ester local anaesthetic derived from tetracaine. Anaesthetizes vagal afferent fibers. 100mg PO Q4H up to 600mg per day.
Toradol oral/ Ketorolac IV
Toradol recommended for up to 5 days after use of Ketorolac IV for mod severe acute pain.
A1 receptors
smooth muscle contraction
A1-blood vessels in GI, kidneys,
ureter, vas deferens