Nausea and Emesis Flashcards

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Why do women have nausea and emesis in the first trimester of pregancy?

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Encourages ‘picky’ eating when the CNS is vulnerable to toxicosis.`

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What is Hyperemesis Gravidarum?

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Excessive morning sickness which compromises the mothers health and well being.

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What are the events in vomiting?

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Suspension of intestinal slow wave activity.
Retrograde contractions from ileum to stomach.
Closure of glottis (prevents aspiration)
Relaxation of LOS - contraction of diaphragm and abdo muscles compresses stomach
Ejection through open UOS.

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What frequently precedes vomiting?

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Profuse salivation
Sweating
Increased Heart Rate
Nausea

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Which Stimuli will stimulate the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) within the area postrema (AP)?

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Absorbed toxic materials and drugs in blood - (Morphine, Chemotherapeutic agents)
Mechanical stimuli - (Gastritis, MI, gag reflex)

Vestibular system - (motion sickness, meniere’s disease)

** Signals through the vestibular nuclei to the CTZ as oppose to stimulating the CTZ

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Which stimuli will stimulate the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS)?

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Mechanical stimuli - (Gastritis, MI, gag reflex)

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Where does the co-ordination of vomiting occur?

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The Vomiting Centre (VC) in the medulla oblongata.

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What stimuli signals through the Cerebral cortex/limbic system to the medulla to cause vomiting?

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Stimuli within the CNS.

Pain, sights, odours, fear, anticipation, psychological factors

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Why do endogenous toxins and drugs stimulate the Chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ)?

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Because the chemoreceptor trigger zone lacks a blood-brain barrier.

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Where does the Vomiting centre send the output to co-ordinate vomiting?

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Output to the vagus nerve and spinal motor neurones.

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What do the Vagal efferents do to help co-ordinate vomiting?

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Shortens Oesophagus
Proximal relaxation of the stomach
Giant retrograde contraction of Small Intestine

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What do the Somatic Motor Neurones do to help co-ordinate vomiting?

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Contract the anterior abdominal muscles

Contract the diaphragm

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What do the Autonomic/Somatic efferents do to help co-ordinate vomiting?

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Constrict the sphincters of the bladder and anus.
Increase Heart rate and force.
Increase salivary secretion
Pallor and cold sweats.

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What are some consequences of severe vomiting?

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Dehydration
Loss of gastric protons and chloride - (Causes hypochloraemic metabolic alkalosis, raising of blood pH)
Hypokalaemia - (Mediated by the kidney, proton loss is accompanied by K+ excretion)

RARELY
Loss of duodenal bicarbonate may cause metabolic acidosis
Eosophageal damage (Mallory-Weiss tear)
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What drugs can cause vomiting?

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Chemotherapy - (Cisplatin, doxorubicin)
General anaestetic
Dopamine agonists - (Levodopa used in parkinsons) Dopamine D2 receptors are in the CTZ
Morphine + other opiates (Tolerance develops)
Cardiac glycosides (Digoxin)
Drugs enhancing 5-HT function (SSRIs; 5-HT receptors are in the CTZ)

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Name a 5-HT receptor antagonist?

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Ondansetron

Polonosetron

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What does a setron do? (5-HT receptor antagonist)

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Antiemetic drug.

Used to suppress chemotherapy/radiation induced emesis and PONV

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Where would you find 5-HT receptors?

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The peripheral terminal in gut of a Vagal afferent.
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In the central terminal at the area postrema.

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What happens to setrons (5-HT receptor antagonists) over time? How can this be overcome?

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Become less effective during subsequent treatments.

Imporved by addition of corticosteroid and a neurokinin1 (NK1) receptor antagonist. (Aprepitant)

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Would a setron (5-HT receptor antagonist) be helpful to combat motion sickness or vomiting induced by agents increasing dopaminergic transmission?

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Side effects of a setron?

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Constipation + headaches

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What drugs would be used as prophylaxis and treatment of motion sickness?

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.

e.g. Hyosine / Scopolamine

23
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Numerous side-effects can include?

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Blurred vision
Urinary retention
Dry mouth

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What drugs would be used in motion sickness, labyrinthitis, and irritants in the stomach causing vomiting?

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Histamine H1 receptor antagonists

Cyclizine, Cinnarizine

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What are the side affects of Histamine H1 receptor antagonists (e.g. Cyclizine)
CNS depression and sedation (Drowsiness) (can be desirable in palliative care)
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What drugs would you use for drug-induced vomiting? (e.g. cancer chemotherapy, Parkinson's treatment) Also in vomiting with GI disorders?
Dopamine receptor antagonists (Domperidone + metoclopramide) Domperidone does not cross BloodBrain barrier so as less adverse effects
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Are dopamine receptor antagonists effective against motion sickness?
NO.