Pediatric Hematology Flashcards
When does liver started being produced?
3-4 weeks of gestation liver start
Fetal liver takes over RBC production at
6 weeks of gestation
BF shunted through______from Placenta to _______via _____
BF shunted through liver from placenta to RA via ductus venosus
• Dual blood source
- Portal vein that drains spleen + intestine
* >70% total BF - Hepatic artery
Blood flow
Blood goes through channels leading to a central vein →L/R hepatic vein → IVC
Kids have________hepatocytes compared to adults
• Cells 1/3 size of adults
20% fewer hepatocytes
STrutural unit of the liver is the
lobule
2 things that go in the opposite direction
Bile and blood
Functional unit of the liver is the
ACINUS
Functional unit = hepatic acinus
• Extends into
• __________most active in oxidative process
three zones; Central zones (1,2)
_________closest to central vein depends on glycolysis and most susceptible to ischemic/toxic injury
Distal zone 3
Hepatic metabolism
Transforms lipid-soluble drugs to water-soluble metabolite compounds that are easily excreted by kidney
•
• Primary liver enzyme =
cytochrome P- 450 (CYP)
Two primary reactions
• Phase 1 = Hydroxylation (via CYP450)
• Prepares drug for conjugation
• Phase 2 = Conjugation (glucuronidation, sulfation,
glutathione, acetylation)
CYP enzymes can be:
Examples
• Inhibited = compete for same enzyme
EXAMPLES: • Grapefruit juice, fluoxetine, quinidine, sulfaphenazole
Induced =
Examples
enhanced expression →faster drug breakdown
• Tobacco smoke, phenytoin, rifampin, CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM (great requirement for anesthesia)
carbamazepine, phenobarbital.
• CYP3A4 = most anesthetics
most abundant in human body, accounts for 50% of metabolism of clinically used pharmaceutical
Inhalation anesthetic metabolism
Undergo oxidative and reductive reactions
• Halothane broken down
(15-20%) to tri-fluoroacetyl →trifluoroacetic
acid (TFA) chloride
• Isoflurane metabolized
0.2% →TFA (Trifluoroacetic acid)
• Desflurane least metabolized
0.02% →TFA
• Sevoflurane metabolized
2-5% to formyl fluoride
Mnemonic to remember Metabolism from LEAST TO MORE METABOLIZED
DISH (0.02%–>0.2%–>2-5% –>15%)
Does not break down to to TFA
Sevoflurane