princip-ENT Flashcards
what is otolaryngology
ENT (study of ear, nose, throat)
- what is optimal management of airway
2. why is that so important with ENT cases
- reliable control of upper airway
2. patients may already have compromised airways d/t edema, infection or tumor
what do you have to consider with head and neck procedures?
regarding airway, surgical field, nitrous, muscle relaxants, laser, and patient age
- airway may be shared with MD
- you may be away from sterile field because table is turned
- use nitrous only when warranted (limited use for ENT)
- restricted use of MRs
- specialized equipment like laser (can start fires)
- high percentage are pediatric patients
ear surgery considerations 1. nerve issues to monitor? 2. Why would epi be used? 3. Effects of N2O on ear? 4 5. at risk for \_\_\_ d/t open venous sinus? 6.. Face very vascular so... 7.Face, throat, ear surgery=risk for what post op?
- facial nerve presentation
- surgeon using epi (helps to control bleeding)
- effect of N20 on middle ear (expansion of closed space)
- extremes of head positioning
- risk of air emboli
- bleeding control (face, mouth, nose are bleeders!)
- PONV
ear surgery: facial nerve presentation:
- what percent incidence of facial nerve paralysis?
- what intraop test checks for this?
- what are 4 nerves that provide sensory innerv. to ear
- 0.6-3% incidence of facial nerve paralysis
- auditory evoked potentials test for this
3.– auriculotemporal nerve
great auricular nerve (branch of cervical plexus)
auricular branch of Vagus
tympanic nerve ( branch of glossopharyngeal nv.)
what anesthetic technique is best for ear surgeries?
- volitile anesthesia-gives deep anesthesia but still allows ability to identify facial nerve
- because you want to maintain skeletal muscle activity with evoked potentials, muscle relaxant SHOULD be avoided (if you can).
why not use Nitrous oxide for ear cases?
- middle ear, paranasal sinuses are air cavities that are open and non ventilated such that AIR ENTERS EASIER THAN IT LEAVES. this increases inner ear pressures which are slowly vented via eustachian tube into nasopharynx
- infalmmation or edema may compress eustachian tube and not allow n2o (which rapidly expands) to leave quick enough, causing pressure on inner ear and possible damage.
what does nitrous do in the surgical middle ear (what can it cause)
- on reconstructive surgery can cause serious otitis media or disarticulate the stapes
- on tympanoplasty, N2O can cuase displacement and lifting of tympanic membrane graft.
- if using nitrous, what percent and
- when should it be turned off?
- what can happen when nitrous is turned off?
- whats the best nitrous technique with inner ear procedures?
- use less than 50%
- turn off 15 minutes before closing
- however, when nitrous is turned off, it is reapidly reabsorbed and can create a negative ear pressure in the ear (bad as well)
- no N2O is best!!!
at what pressure does passive venting occur?
200-300mmH2O
microsurgery of middle ear
- what kind of conditions are needed?
- what type head position? what does this do?
- what type of local
- requires optimum operative conditions (bloodless field)
- 10-15 degrees head tilt (decreases venous bleeding d/t decreased venous blood pressure)
- –local: infiltration of local with epinephrine (10cc of 1:100,000)
- -relative hypotension (systolic BP< 90mmHg)
- -volatile anesthetic good
- -NDMR useful particularly if using microscope
anesthesia: what doses for micro ear
1. epi:
2. Iso:
3. Des:
4. Sevo:
- epi: max doses???
- iso: 6.7 mcg/kg
- des: 4.5 mcg/kg
- sevo: 5 mcg/kg
Myringotomy:
- what is it? how frequently done?
- what type anesthetic
- induction?
- do they need an IV?
- what other meds are used frequently
- post op pain relief?
- pediatric implications?
- anesthesia for adults
- Tubes in ears: second most frequently preformed pediatric surgeical procedure
- general anesthesia
- ihnalation induction (with nitrous and sevo) and head turn from side to side
- they dont need an IV, but have one ready (out of the package)
- antibiotic or steriod drops to ears
- liquid tylenol or motrin ; sometimes intranasal fentanyl pre op
- general anesthesia or mac for adults
1 what would tou use for anesthesia in micro ear case?
- lidocaine mouth spray,
- lots of narcotic,
- higher MAC
- (no Muscle relaxant if testing nerves)
- may use MR (small amount) if not testing nerves
what if the patient has hypotension with increased MAC, and moves with decreased MAC
- treat the blood pressure
2. you can sometimes use a sub-theraputic dose of MR (discuss with doctor) i.e. 15 mg of ROC
no nitrous AT ALL if the patient has HISTORY of…
Tympanoplasty
monitoring ear patients:
1.if face covered use…?
2. What to do with connections (ET tube)?
3 who ahould u consult regarding ET tube type?
4.what shiuld quantitative teitch heught be if using MRs?
5. WhaT 4 meds/ actions reduce PONV?
- use precordial if face is covered
- tape your connections to your circuits (tape endo to circuit)
- may use rae tube (GA with ETT) ask physician (problem with rae tube, they may be short once placed)
- if using MR, keep twitch height at 10-20%
- cover all N/V receptors (zofran .05mg/kg, dramamine, decadron) also replace NPO (will help decrease nausea). Iv fluid is a med too.
what do you want to do prior to knife hitting skin?
have the patient breathed down so deep that you are breathing for them, the knife stimulation will get them back breathing
nasal and sinus surgery:
Septoplasty:
1.how is it done?
2.why is airway reactive?
3. How is nose anesthetized?
4. What keeps blood from being aspirated or swallowed? If they ndont have this, what shoudl u do?
5. EBL for nasal septoplasty?
6.?
7. What might you have to prepare for flammability wise?
8 what is it called when the patient is turned from you (like with septoplasty)?
- hammer and chisel with alot of blood
- reactive airway d/t blood going down throat
- topical cocaine (anesthesia and vasoconstriction) with pledges, then epi is applied
- posterior pharyngeal pack (ONLY if intubated) if not suction stomach
- large blood loss (150-300 ml)
- reflexive extubation d/t swallowed blood and secretions
- doctor may use laser (be careful)
- field avoidance (patient turned)
cocaine
- what is safe dose
- why not use epi with it?
- if someone has heart issues, they may be more prone to ?
- what should you “front load” with these patients?
- what is the caveat with VAs and cocaine?
- what else can be used with cocaine?
- 1.5 mg/kg intranasally of 4%
- epi does not prolong (cocaine already is a vasoconstrictor)
- HTN and tachycardia
- “front load” narcotics to decrease endogenous catecholamines which may increase tachycardia and arrhythmias with cocaine
- volitile agent is ok with cocaine, BUT they DO sensitize myocardium to arrhythmias
- sedation or local sedation
nose surgery- what are issues with these?
- nasal packing
- pharyngeal packing
- patient cannot breathe thru nose post op
2. make sure to remove paryngeal pack prior to extubation
- when do you extubate a nasal surgery nose
2. what is the process of extubating a rhinoplasty etc.
- when they are reflexic and purposeful (moving arms etc) (wait til they are putting the dressing and packing on before you get them back breathing)
- drop sevo to about 1% or so and let them breathe
- suction the stomach
- when they are moving arms and things, extubate
what dont doctors want on patient
- no tape on eyes (distorts face)- use lacrilube
2. no oral airway until surgery done (distorts face)
ENDOSCOPY:
rigid bronchoscopy, flexible bronchoscopy
- usually have co-existing airway pathology (may have tumors and masses or altered anatomy)
- usually sick people
goals with endoscopy:
- suppression of cough and laryngeal reflexes
- relaxed mandible
- rapid awakening with return of protective airway reflexes
suppression of cough and laryngeal reflexes done how?
suppression of cough and laryngeal reflexes: with nerve blocks (superior laryngeal, glossoplyaryngeal, transtracheal), cetacaine spray, aerosolized lidocaine (4cc of 4% for 5-7 min)
relaxed mandible how?
relaxed mandible: bite block, maxillary nerve block (interrupts sensory to nasal cavity, decreases masseter muscle tone, relaxes jaw, minimizes biting).
rapid awakening with return of protective airway reflexes how?
rapid avakening with return of protective airway reflexes:
local with sedation or GA
propofol with short acting muscle relasant via bolus or continuous infusion
usual pathology for endoscopy:
- supraglottic
- glottic abnormalities
- subglottic
- supraglottic- tumors, infection, laryngomalacia
- glottic abnormalities- vocal cord abnormalities (palsy, edema, papillomas)
- subglottic- tumor, stenosis, tracheomalacia
EBL for nasal procedures:
- can you always see it?
- why so much or so little blood loss?
- how much blood loss?
- what should you always do?
- can be concealed (swallowed)
- oropharynx and nasopharynx are very vascular, can have 3.significant blood loss
- always suction pharynx and stomach
anesthetic considerations with laser vocal cord surgery
- cover patients eyes with moist gauze or protective eyewear, laser can damage cornea
- staff should wear protective airway
- some plastic surgeons do laser to whole face-wrap ETT in saline soaked 4x4s.
- patient must be immobile (safest to use NDMR)
- dont use more than 30% oxygen (may start fire); heliox is non flammable mixture of o2 and helium
- use metal laser tubes (pvc tubes burn and produce hydrogen chloride)
- metal laser tubes have sterile saline in cuff (laser shield II has methylene blue crystals in the cuff)
what to do for airway fire? (8 things)
- turn off O2
- put out fire
- remove burnt tube (if difficult airway, use tube changer)
- re-intubate
- flush pharynx with cold saline (should be kept on field during procedure)
- do rigid bronch to remove debris and assess for damage
- humidified 100% o2, steroids, antibiotics, controlled ventilation
- possible tracheostomy
- to reduce risk of fire with laser surgery(6 things)
2. why silicone coated metal tubes?
- 30% o2 in N2 or helium
- . protect ETT (metal tube or wrap with metal tape)
- . helps increase mean ignition time from 4 to 60 seconds
- . inflate cuff with saline
- . allows tube to absorb more energy before becoming hot
- . avoid paper drapes - metal absorbs more energy before igniting then PVC
how is cocaine applied?
with soaked pledgets or can be applied with cotton swab
what brand and dose of local anesthetic is used for septoplasty?
0.5-1% lidocaine for 45-60 minutes
- pharyngeal pack- what does it do?
2. what should you remember to do?
- absorbs blood in posterior pharynx
2. remember to remove packing PRIOR to extubation and document removal on anesthesia record
blood loss:
- how can you tell how much blood loss?
- what about the oropharynx and nasopharynx vascularity causes what?
- what should you always do before emergence? why?
- hard to know, blood can be concealed (by being swallowed)
- oropharynx and nasopharynx are very vascular and will have significant blood loss
- always suction the stomach or patient will vomit (and you wont have an accurate EBL).
Keys to induction of ENT case: (6 things)
- get deep
- give narcotics, IV and topical Lido
- Intubation is best choice (LMA not so good, but can be done in some instances)
- know the surgeon (what they want, how they work, do they want a rae or straight tube etc.)
- use a long breathing circuit
- may need muscle relaxant
Keys to maintainance with ENT cases:
- volitile agent
- narcotic
- NDMR
- control vent
what to do with extubation of ENT patient:
- suction pharynx
- suction stomach
- remove throat pack
- extubate when reflexive
- be careful with edema & dressing which can occlude airway
- turn table back to anesthetist
- cannot apply face mask following intubation
ENT surgery-anesthetic considerations re:
- airway & surgeon?
- what about connections and length of circuit?
- what does pathology cause?
- airway is shared with surgeon
- secure (tape) connections, use long breathing circuit
- pathology may cause difficult airway
septoplasty:
1. what monitors?
2. is local sedation a good choice?
3. what should patient know about nose breathing before surgery?
4. how do you apply the facemask?
- all monitors even precordial
- general is good choice(local anesthesia with sedation is BAD choice)
- patient will not be able to breathe thru nose
- must be careful with facemask