Misunderstood/Diff Topic Flashcards
True/False
Neuronal pathway for reflex withdrawal of a limb in response to a painful stimulus is mediated by the cerebral cortex.
False
_____ toxicity can develop in patients with renal failure who receive nitroprusside infusion.
Thiocyanate
Risk factors for development of persistent postoperative pain include
_______
psychosocial issues,
preoperative pain severity and postoperative pain severity.
During non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockade, fade with train-of-four stimulation is the result of ______
ion channel blockade at the neuromuscular junction.
Hepatopulmonary syndrome triad
- Liver dysfunction
- Hypoxia
- Intrapulmonary vascular dilation
*Unique positional change: worsening hypoxemia when standing, improved when supine
Portopulmonary HTN
Pulmonary HTN that exists in pt that has Portal HTN
- mean PAOP >25 mmHg at rest
How does magnesium prolong NMB?
Prejunction effects
- Inhibits Calcium channels at presynaptic junction -> prevent release of ACh
Post junctional effects
- decreases muscle fiber membrane excitability
Insulin exerts an (anabolic/catabolic) effect on the body
anabolic
- Increases glucose uptake
- Increases aa uptake
- Increases fatty acid storage/synthesis
*insulin inibits catabolic processes (glycogenolysis, lypolysis, proteolysis), opposes glucagon and cortisol
Ideal time period to quit smoking is ___ weeks. Why?
4-8 weeks
- decrease airway reactivity
- increase bronchial ciliary motility -> enhance mucous clearance
- decrease carbon monoxide lvls -> increase oxygen carrying capacity of hgb
Broken down Henderson-hasselbalach equation
pH = HCO3-/PaCO2 (kidneys/lungs)
*describes interrelated PaCO2, pH, and HCO3-
When does “anion gap” occur?
What is normal?
When metabolic acidosis occurs and the body has an excess of anions.
- The acid dissociates into H+ and an unmeasured anion. H+ is buffered by bicarb, and the unmeasured anion accumulates in the serum
Normal is 10 +/- 2
What is PaO2?
measurement of the oxygen tension in plasma
aka
Dissolved oxygen in plasma
Which analyzer is affected by water vapor, paramagnetic or galvanic?
Paramagnetic analyzers (ie: desflurane)
- bc water vaper is diamagnetic, and will oppose the paramagnetic effect of O2
- Paramagnetic devices are incorporated with a water trap from the sampled gas
Response to succinylcholine
- GBS
- MS
Upregulation of extrajunctional ACh receptors
and
increased hyperkalemic response to succs
*do not give
Response to succinylcholine
- Myasthenia gravis
Increased resistance to succinylcholine
*can be given
Response to succinylcholine
- Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic syndrome
Extremely sensitive to succs
*can be given
Guillan barre syndrome
- Autonomic dysfunction seen
- Labile BP
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Arrhythmias
- Circulatory collapse
Every pt that receives anesthesia must have (4)
- Pre anesthesia eval
- w/in 48 hr to procedure, some elements no more than 30 d prior
- Review medical/surgical hx, meds, allergies, devel plan
- Post anesthesia eval w/in 48 h post surg
The _____ is the only organ that receives a dual blood supply. What happens if there is a reduction in blood flow?
liver
- hepatic a (25%) and portal v (75%)
Increase in adenosine in liver -> local arteriole dilation and increase in blood flow from hepatic a.
Desflurane has an extremely (High/Low) vapor pressure and is significantly vaporized at RT. How is this adjusted for?
High - 669 mmHg
Desflurane requires a heated vaporizer to maintain constant vaporizer output [ ], to account for evaporative cooling of des
3 major mechanisms for nitroprusside toxicity
- Cyanide ions bind to cytochrome C oxidase and inhibit cellular aerobic respiration
- Formation of cyanmethemoglobin (unable to carry O2)
- Thiocynate production (CNS related fx)
Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) usually occurs __ hours after the procedure
10-16h when plasma [ ] of local anes typically peaks
Prior to an awake intubation, percutaneous nerve blocks can be used to anesthetize the airway
- Transtracheal injection of local anesthetic will block ________, which provides _________
Recurrent laryngeal n., branch of vagus n.
- Sensory innervation to vocal folds and trachea