Preop Flashcards
Ejection fraction______ (normal 55%) poses prohibitive cardiac risk for elective non-cardiac operations
<35%
In pts with EF of less than 35%
Incidence of peri-operative myocardial infarction (MI) could be as high as
75-85%, and mortality for such an event as high as 50–90%.
___________, which indicates the presence of CHF, is the worst single finding predicting high cardiac risK
Jugular venous distention
__________is the next worse predictor of cardiac complications. Operative mortality within 3
months of the infarct is 40%, but drops to 6% after 6 months
Recent MI
Smoking is by far the most common cause of increased pulmonary risk, and the problem is
compromised ___________
ventilation (high Pco2, low forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1]), rather than compromised oxygenation
Cessation of smoking for _________weeks and intensive respiratory therapy (physical therapy,
expectorants, incentive spirometry, humidified air) should precede surgery
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Severe nutritional depletion is identified by one or more of the following:
- Loss of 20% of body weight over 6 months
- Serum albumin <3 g/dL
- Anergy to skin antigens
- Serum transferrin level <200 mg/dl
Features of malignant hyperthermia
Temperature >104°F and metabolic acidosis, hypercalcemia, and hyperkalemia also occur
Postoperative fever 101–103° F is caused (sequentially in time) by 1 2 3 4 5
atelectasis, pneumonia, UTI, deep venous thrombophlebitis, wound infection, or deep abscesses
Cause of fever on D3 PO
Pnx and UTI
Deep thrombophlebitis typically produces fever starting around __________
post-operative day 5.
Wound infection typically begins to produce fever around post-operative _________
day 7.
Post op MI MR
Mortality is 50-90%and
greatly exceeds that of MI not associated with surgery
typically occurs around post-operative day 7 in elderly and/orimmobilized patients.
The pain is pleuritic, sudden onset, and is accompanied by shortness of breath
PE
PE ABG
hypoxemia and often hypocapnia.
If a PE recurs while anticoagulated or if anticoagulation is contraindicated, place_________
an inferior vena cava (Greenfield) filter to prevent further embolization from lower extremity deep venous thromboses
____________ can develop in patients with traumatized lungs once they are subjected to positive-pressure breathing.
Intraoperative tension pneumothorax
________ is the first suspect when a post-operative patient becomes confused and disoriented.
________ is another prime cause
Hypoxia
Sepsis
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is seen in patients with a complicated post-op
course, often complicated by ________ as the precipitating event
sepsis
DT happens on what day post op?
Delirium tremens (DTs) is very common in the alcoholic whose drinking is suddenly interrupted
by surgery. During post-operative day 2 or 3, the patient gets confused, has hallucinations,
and becomes combative
mortality is high, especially in
young women; the best management is prevention by including sodium in IV fluids
Acute hyponatremia
Surgical damage to the posterior pituitary with
unrecognized diabetes insipidus is a good example causing this
Hypernatremia
____________ is a common source of coma in the cirrhotic patient with bleeding
esophageal varices who undergoes a portocaval shunt
Ammonium intoxication
Low urinary output (<0.5 ml/kg/hr) in the presence of normal perfusing pressure (i.e., not
because of shock) represents either ______ or ______
fluid deficit or acute kidney injury