outline from 2012 Flashcards
Triad of general anesthesia
- Narcosis: sleep, unconsciousness
- Muscle relaxation
- Analgesia: reflex
Premedication
Give patient sedative +/- analgesic and the patient is still conscious
Induction
Loss of consciousness with administration of inhalant, injectable
Maintenance
maintaining unconsciousness with inhalant, injectable, or combo
Balanced anesthesia
Can be accomplished by use of combo of neuromuscular blocking drug to produce muscle relaxation, an opioid to produce analgesia, and low concentration of injectable agent or inhalant to maintain unconsciousness
Advantage of balanced anesthesia
- allows lighter plane of anesthesia
- results in more stable cardiovascular and pulmonary function
- good for very ill patients
ASA class I
- Def
- normal healthy patient w/o systemic dz
- ex
- neutering
- tail docking
- elective procedures
ASA class II
- Def
- mild systemic disease w/ no functional limitations
- Examples
- minor fractures
- slight dehydration
- obesity
- ear infection
- heart murmurs
ASA class III
- Def
- moderate to severe systemic disturbance with some functional limitation
- Example
- chronic heart disease
- anemia
- open/severe fracture
- hyperthyroidism
ASA class IV
- Def
- severe systemic disturbance which poses a constant threat to life and is incapacitating
- Example
- ruptured bladder
- pyometra
- internal hemorrhage
- pneumothorax
ASA class V
- Def
- not expected to survive without intervention
- example
- severe shock
- organ failure
Primary function of anesthetic machine
- O2 delivery
- blend and deliver anesthetic gas mix
- remove CO2
- support ventilation
O2 is color coded
Green
Open breathing system
- no reservoir for anesthetic gas mixture and no rebreathing of expired gas
- liquid inhalant on a cotton ball in a cage or on cloth
Semiopen breathing system
- reservoir for anesthetic gas mixture
- no rebreathing of expired gas
- no CO2 absorption
*non-rebreathing
Semiclosed breathing system
- reservoir for liquid anesthesia
- partial rebreathing and absorption of CO2
*circle
Closed breathing system
- Reservoir for liquid anesthesia
- complete rebreathing
- CO2 removed
*circle
Main breathing system used in vet med
(patient < 7-10 kg)
Non-rebreathing system - semiopen
Main breathing system used in vet med
patient > 10 kg
circle breathing system - semiclosed
Exhausted soda lime is
- hard and chalky
- turns purple
- stays cool
- slightly salty
Fresh soda lime is
- canister will feel hot b/c it’s an exothermic rxn
- white
- crumbles easily
Unidirectional valves
- one way flow of gas
- inspiratory and expiratory side
- prevents rebreathing of CO2
- make sure the disks are seated horizontal and working properly
- can cause hypercapnia if valve doesn’t work
Pop-off valve
(adjustable pressure limiting valve)
- releases excess gases to environment
- source of most anesthetic mishaps
Non rebreathing systems
- less dead space
- less/no resistance
- DO NOT O2 FLUSH
Advantages of non-rebreathing systems
- low resistance
- less dead space
disadvantages of non-rebreathing systems
- inspired gas not humidified
- greater loss of body heat
- more environmental pollution
- more $$$ in long-run
Airway preop considerations
PE
- Full PE
- Head and neck
- open mouth without pain
- loose teeth
- upper airway obstruction
- nasal/oral secretions
- masses
advantages of tracheal intubation (7)
- ensures patient airway
- prevents aspiration, especially in regurgitation prone patients
- enables ventilation if needed
- maintain airway in problematic poistioning
- control in patients with upper airway disease
- admin of inhalent when face mask not possible
- route for suctioning trachea
Ace in premed
- tranquilization/sedation
- known antiarrhythmic
- reduces afterload which dec workload of heart
- antiemetic
- antihistaminic
Ace premed contraindications
- anemia
- will dec PCV by splenic sequestration
- shock
- bleeding problem
- interferes with platelet aggregation
- splenectomy
- hepatic insufficiency
- prolonged effect
- Hypothermic
- vasodilation
*NOT OLD AGE
When giving Ace IM instead of IV
reduce dose by half
Morphine
- cheapest
- vomiting
- long duration
- efficacious for severe pain
- IM or IV slow, possible histamine release
Hydromorphone
- vomiting
- long duration
- IM injection
Methadone
- less vomiting
- blocks NMDA receptors in addition to opioid receptors
Meperidine
- synthetic full agonist
- no vomiting
- does not decrease HR
- shorter duration of action (45 min)
- causes massive histamine release when given IV
- negative inotropic effects => decreases contractility
Buprenorphine
- partial agonist, high affinity at mu-opioid receptor
- competes with full agonists: morphine, hydro, methadone
- duration: 4-8 hrs
- less painful procedures
- no vomiting
- mydriasis in cats
Fentanyl + remifentanil
- short duration
- around 15 min
- mainly used as CRI during balanced anesthesia
- hepatic metabolism
Butorphanol
- agonist-antagonist
- less efficacious than full agonist
- used for non-painful diagnostic procedures
- prominent sedation, especially with acepromazine
- short duration: about 1 hr
If ace is contraindicated
- neuroleptanalgesia: BZDs + opioid
Diazepam
not soluble, can only mix with ketamine
Midazolam
water soluble given any route
BZDs
- has minimal CV depressant effect
- good for sick patients
- don’t use on agitated or BAR patients
- paradoxical agitation
Opioid only for premed
- can cause sedation
- more predictable when patients are sick or depressed
Nothing for premed
- can be feasible in very sick patients
- induction can proceed without premed
Premed for aggressive dogs
- dexmedetomidine + an opioid
- Alpha 2 agonist
- hydro, morphine, or butorphanol
Premeding cats
- ace + opioid creates less sedation than in dogs
- Ketamine creates more sedation
- contraindicated in HCM
- Dexmedetomidine in aggressive cats
- CV effects tolerated by HCM cases
- Opioids cause hyperthermia
- monitor body temp closely
Premeding horses
- alpha-2s are main drugs
- effects
- sedation, analgesia, muscle relaxation
- examples
- zylazine, detomidine, romifidine, dexmedetomidine
- effects
- Opioid for analgesia after alpha-2 agonist to prevent excitement
- butorphanol or morphine
- Ace before premed possiblity
- penile prolapse in stallions
Categories of injectable anesthetic agents
- Barbiturates (MOA at GABA receptors)
- thiopental
- Non-barbiturates
- propofol
- dissociative agents: ketamine, tiletamine
- Etomidate
- Alfaxan
Thiopental
- ultra short acting barbiturate (inc affinity for GABA)
- leakage from vein hurts
- CNS: minimal changes in ICP, dec CBF and metabolic rate/O2
- Respiratory: apnea, dec cough and gag
- CV: dec BP, slows hepatic metabolism, metabolites excreted in urine
Thiopental
contraindications
- greyhounds/sighthounds
- CV compromised patients
- pre-existing arrhythmias
Propofol
- Interacts with GABA, short acting phenolic hypnotic agent
- CNS: dec ICP, oxygen requirement
- Resp: depression, apnea, dec cough and gag
- CV: myocardial depression, dec BP
Propofol
Metabolism
- metabolized by hepatic cP450 enzymes
- may have extra hepatic uptake and metabolism
- good choice for hepatic patients
- may have extra hepatic uptake and metabolism
- Repeated boluses don’t excessively prolong recovery
- good choice for maintenance for prolonged procedures
- Ok for preggos
- rapidly cleared from puppies