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perioperative conditions leading to sickling:
SIX H’s cause SICKling (HbS)
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia
- Hypoxemia
- Hypotension
- Hypovolemia
- H+ ions (acidosis)
Lumbar plexus block, what is blocked and what spared?
Aka psoas compartment block: Blocked: - femoral - obturator - iliohypogastric - genitofemoral - lat fem cut
Spared:
- sciatic nerve
Law of laplace
T(wall tension)=(P*r)/(2h)
h= wall thickness P= pressure in ventricle.
Meld vs child Pugh
Meld:
I Crush Several Beers Daily
(INR, creatinine, sodium, bilirubin, dialysis)
Child-Pugh:
Pour Another Beer At Eleven
(PT, ascites, bilirubin, albumin, is encephalopathy)
Factors increasing MAC:
Drug
- amphetamine
- cocaine
- ephedrine
- Chronic Etoh
- highest street 6 months
Electrolyte:
- hypernatremia
Hyperthermia
Red hair
Factors decreasing MAC:
Drugs:
- alpha 2 antagonists(clonidine, precidex)
- acute Etoh
- local anesthetic
- lithium
- verapamil
- chronic amphetamine use
Electrolyte:
Hyponatremia
Elderly Anemia Hypothermia Hypoxia Pregnancy
Gabapentin receptor for action
Calcium channnel A2-delta
Chemotherapeutic toxicity’s:
- Cisplatin/carboplatin: acoustic nerve, nephrotoxicity
- vincristine: peripheral neuropathy
- bleomycin/busulfan: pulm fibrosis
- Trastuzumab: cardiotoxicity
- Doxorubicin: cardiotoxicity
- 5-FU, 6-MP, methotrexate: myelosuppression
Papillary muscle blood supply
Posterior-medial: RCA
Antero-lateral: Lcx and LAD
Major source of heat production in neonates and infants?
Nonshivering thermogenesis, triggered by:
- Norepinephrine
- glucocorticoids
- thyroxine
Inhibited by:
- volatile anesthetic
- B blockers
Drugs that typically follow zero-order kinetics are:
THE PAW: theophylline, heparin, ethanol, phenytoin, aspirin, warfarin.
Agents with low blood:gas partition coefficients
sevoflurane, desflurane
I.e. faster onset (more in the alveoli and so more in the brain)
Alpha stat pH correction for hypothermia vs pH stat
pH: temp corrected system. Aims at constant pH and adds CO2.
- Allow faster cerebral cooling and better O2 delivery.
- Concern for loss of auto-regulation and increases microemboli
Alpha: primary buffers Hco2 and phosphate decreased efficacy and so AMINO ACIDS = most important buffers.
- Maintains uncorrected CO2, pH at nml levels (more physiologic)
Alveolar Gas Equation
PAO2 = FiO2 * (Pb - PH2O) - PaCO2 / R
Amount of fibrinogen In cryo?
200mg
Amount of liquid volatile anesthetic
3 x fresh gas flow(L/min) x volume % = liquid of volatile anesthetic per hour
Anaphylactic vs anaphylactoid
Same clinical picture but anaphylactic are IgE mediated.
antinausea, antiemetic medications target what receptors?
chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) of the brainstem. also known as the area postrema and, along with the nearby nucleus tractus solitarius, is felt to contain dense quantities of emetogenic chemoreceptors.
Receptors include dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, histamine, and NK1 types.
Aortic regurgitation
Heart rate goal?
regurgitant volume depends on the diastolic time and the pressure gradient across the aortic valve
kept above 80 bpm to prevent increases in the time for regurgitation
Aortic stenosis
valve area less than 0.8 cm2
mean pressure gradient > 40 mmHg,
AV node blood supply
PDA branch of RCA in 75% of people.
In other 25% PDA comes from circumflex
B-blocker overdose treatment
Glucagon
Blood gas interpretation: Acute and chronic changes expected.
- pH will decrease by 0.05 for every acute 10 mmHg increase in PaCO2.
- Bicarbonate increases 2.0 mEq/L per 10 mmHg acute increase in PaCO2.
- increase 4 mEq/L per chronic 10 mmHg increase in PaCO2, and pH will return toward normal if hypercarbia persists long enough (i.e. 1-2 days).
Volatile anesthetics currently in use. Physiological changes
decrease arterial blood pressure, SVR, and myocardial function comparably and in a dose-dependent manner
Halothane decreases CO
Volatile anesthetic with highest vapor pressure? Lowest?
- Desflurane (highest) in gas form at room temp. Vaporizer helps to not evaporate away.
- Sevoflurane (lowest)
Volatile anesthetic that augments neuromuscular blockade
Desflurane
Vasopressin-2 receptors
responsible for increased water reabsorption in states of hyperosmolarity or hypovolemia via increased translocation of aquaporin 2 channels in the distal convoluted tubule and collecting ducts
vasopressin-1 (V1) receptors
Causes vasoconstriction
unpaired t-test
comparison of two populations with respect to a single variable with numerical data
Triad of aortic stenosis
angina, syncope, and shortness of breath (dyspnea).
The degree of symptoms does not correlate with the degree of stenosis
treatment of choice for methemoglobinemia in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.
Ascorbic acid
Treatment for anticholinergic overdose or prophylaxis against organophosphate poisoning
Physostigmine—only cholinesterase inhibitor that crosses the blood brain barrier
Timeframe for smoking cessation benefits.
Immediately less Carbonmonoxide.
48-72 hours: increased secretions and a more reactive airway
• 2-4 weeks: decreased secretions and less reactive airway
• 4-6 weeks: immune system and metabolism normalize
• 8-12 weeks: improved mucociliary transport and small airway function
Thromboelastography (TEG)
MA value decreased -> platelets.
K value prolonged -> cryoprecipitate.
R value prolonged -> FFP.
Teardrop configuration -> antifibrinolytics.
Thoractomy predictive cutoff for FEV1?
VO2 max?
40 if less than 40 then bad outcome likely.
VO2 max
< 10 ml/kg/min high risk
SVR calculation
SVR = [80 * (MAP - RAP)] ÷ CO]
Sucralfate
no effect on gastric volume and only a local effect on gastric pH
stellate ganglion blockade.
- diagnose and treat complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of the upper extremity
- transverse process of C6. Chassaignac tubercle (or carotid tubercle).
Ipsilateral temperature changes is the most reliable for block success.
Also should get Horner syndrome
Static respiratory system compliance equation:
CS = VT ÷ (PPL - PEEP).
CS: static compliance
VT: tidal volume
PPL: plateau pressure
spironolactone
Blocks the Na+/K+/Cl- channels in the distal convoluted tubule
Spinal anesthesia hypotension
- arterial dilation (decreased afterload),
- venodilation (decreased preload)
- bradycardia (parasympathetic dominance and/or the Bezold-Jarisch reflex)
SLN branches
“SIME” for sensory = internal,
motor = external
Shunts affects soluble or insoluble agents more? IR mainstem
insoluble (desflurane)
Severehypocalcemia findings
Hypotension, narrow pulse pressure, prolonged QT interval, widening of the QRS complexes, flattened T waves
sensory innervation below the vocal cords and motor innervation to all of the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the larynx
recurrent laryngeal nerve
Left side loops under aortic arch
Selective B1 blockers and unique metabolism
BEAM
- Bisopropolol
- Esmolol (RBC esterases)
- Atenolol (only one cleared by kidneys)
- Metoprolol
Reversal agent proper pairing.
Atropine—edrophonium
glycopyrrolate—neostigmine, pyridostigmine.
Residual neuromuscular blockade is defined as?
train-of-four (TOF) ratio < 0.9 measured at the adductor pollicis muscle
recurarization
remain paralyzed or weak, or to develop weakness later in the recovery room from neuro muscular blockade
Benzodiazepines
Effect on Cerebral blood flow and metabolic rate.
reduce cerebral blood flow and cerebral metabolic rate.
Body fluid composition percentages.
ECV contains one-third of TBW, represents 20% of total body weight and is composed of plasma volume (20-25%) and interstitial fluid volume (75-80%).
Boyle Law
constant temperature the volume and pressure of a gas are inversely proportional
BP reading change with transducer height change.
7.5 mm Hg per 10 cm height change
Buprenorphine
partial mu opioid agonist with possible (controversial) kappa activity
Calculate time in oxygen tank
Divide the new pressure by 3 then divide by flow rate.
(1500/3)/4 = 125 minutes.”
Carotid baroreceptors send afferent signals to circulatory brainstem centers via
Hering’s nerve (a branch of the glossopharyngeal).
Caudal epidural. Last structure to transverse before epidural space.
sacrococcygeal ligament
causes of low FRC
PANGOS: Pregnancy, Ascites, Neonatal, General anesthesia, Obesity, Supine position.