Respiratory Monitors Flashcards
What is compliance ?
-Change in volume for a given change in pressure
-Measures elastic properties of the lungs
What things influence compliance?
Muscle Tone
Degree of lung inflation
Alveolar surface tension
Amount of interstitial lung water
Pulmonary fibrosis
What is dynamic compliance?
Movement of the lung and chest wall
What is static compliance?
Not moving
Measures lung compliance when there is no air flow
What is the Peak Inspiratory Pressure or PIP?
Maximum pressure in the airway during inspiration
Also Dynamic compliance
Dynamic compliance = Tv / PIP-PEEP
What is the plateau pressure?
The pressure in the small airways after the Tv is delivered
Also Static compliance
**NO airflow
**Airway resistance does not effect
PIP or Plateau - Which is measures with no airflow?
Plateau (Static)
PIP or Plateau - Which does airway resistance effect?
PIP (Dynamic)
In an adult what is normal static compliance? In a child?
Adult 35-100
Child >15
PIP or Plateau - Which has a proven effect on barotrauma?
Plateau
PIP has controversial evidence
Examples of an increased Resistance? or Dynamic compliance? or PIP?
Kinked tube
ET cuff rupture
Bronchospasm
Compression of airways
Foreign body aspiration
Examples of Decreased compliance?
Endobronchial intubation
Pulmonary edema
Pleural effusion
Tension Pneumo
Atelectasis
Ascites
Trendelenburg
What type of compliance is a function of the elasticity of the chest wall only?
Static
What is the formula for static compliance?
Static = Tv / Plateau - PEEP
What is the formula for dynamic compliance?
Dynamic = Tv / PIP - PEEP
On the Capnograph, Where is the end-tidal measured?
Point D (end of expiration)
On the Capnograph, What is Phase 1?
It is the flat line
Exhalation of anatomic dead space
On the Capnograph, What is Phase 2?
Upstroke
Exhalation of anatomic dead space + alveolar gas
On the Capnograph, What is Phase 3?
Flat top line
Exhalation of alveolar gas
On the Capnograph, What is Phase 4?
Downstroke
Inspiration of fresh gas
What is the Alpha angle? Normal? What diseases can cause an increased Alpha Angle?
Normal 100-110 degrees
Obstruction
-COPD
-Bronchospasm
-Kinked tube
What is the Beta angle? Normal? What diseases can cause an increased Beta Angle?
90 Degrees
Rebreathing
-Specific to bad inspiratory valve
What is the mainstream (In line) monitor?
-Faster response
-NO water trap or pumping
-INCREASES dead space
What is the side stream (diverting) monitor?
-Has pumping and a water trap to prevent contamination
-SLOWER response time
Review capnograph photos
What requirements must be met to detect CO2
CO2 must be produced during metabolism
Adequate pulmonary blood flow
Adequate ventilation to transport to circuit
Intact sampling line
What does a wide AA gradient signify?
V/Q mismatch
-Equipment malfunction
Does an incompetent unidirectional valve increase or decrease EtCO2?
Increase
Does a tourniquet removal increase or decrease EtCO2?
Increase
Does an airway obstruction increase or decrease EtCO2?
Decrease