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Anesthesia & Critical Care
Anesthesia & Critical Care
AIM
• System is to assess and communicate a patient’s pre-anesthesia medical co-
morbidities.
• The classification system alone does not predict the perioperative risks, but used
with other factors (e.g., type of surgery, frailty, level of deconditioning)
Stage B Patients with structural heart disease (i.e. reduced ejection fraction, left ventricular
hypertrophy, chamber enlargement) who have not yet developed symptoms of heart
failure
Stage C Patients who have developed clinical heart failure
Stage Patients with refractory heart failure requiring advanced intervention (i.e. biventricular
pacemakers, left ventricular assist device, transplantation)
NPO prior to surgery MEDICATIONS
ADULTS Anti-HTN Continued till day of surgery
8 hrs. Full fatty meals Hypoglycemic Minor / Moderate- Omit last dose
agents Major- Omit last dose and start Insulin /
6 hrs. Semisolid foods glucose
2 hrs. Clear fluids Thyroid Continued
PEDIATRICS Anticoagulants Aspirin – continued
Clopidogrel – Stop 7 days prior
8 hrs. Full fatty meals LMWH – 12- 24hrs prior
6 hrs. Formulae milk / semisolid foods UFH – 6 hrs prior
Warfarin : 3-4 days prior
4hrs. Breast milk
OCPs NEED NOT BE STOPPED (Progesterone only)
2 hrs. Clear Combined pills 4 weeks prior
HCT 6-8 weeks prior
Antipsychotics, antidepressants , antiepileptics continued on day
of surgery EXCEPT
TCA 3 weeks prior
Lithium Stop 24-48hrs prior
Role of Glycopyrrolate before GA?
a) Decrease laryngeal secretion
b) Muscle relaxation
c) Prevents aspiration
d) Provides analgesia
Pre-operative Medications
Anxiolytics Benzodiazepines (Midazolam, Diazepam, lorazepam)
4.Medullary paralysis
Death
Father of Anesthesiology John Snow
the higher the arterial concentration of the unbound drug, lipid solubility, and nonionized
molecules
the faster the anesthetic enters the brain
A. Enflurane B. Thiopentone
C. Methohexital D. Atracurium
Ultrashort acting, d/t fast redistribution from brain
Highly alkaline yellow amorphous
MOA: GABA stimulatory, ACh inhibitory
4-5mg/kg
Thiopentone because of its high lipid solubility crosses the placenta quickest and the fetal
concentration is rapidly increased to attain equilibrium with maternal concentration in 5 minutes
Decreases cerebral metabolism, CEREBRAL PROTECTION
Used in raised ICP, head injury, status epilepticus
CONTRA:
Head injury
HTN, Hyperthyroidism
Vascular aneurysm, Ophthalmic surgery
Q. Most of the IV anesthetics produce myocardial depression . One with most cardiovascular
stable is?
A. Thiopentone B. Etomidate
C. Propofol D. ketamine
ETOMIDATE:
Most cardiovascular stable
DOC for Aneurysm surgery/ cardiac
disease
0.3mg/kg
Adrenal cortex suppression
Primarily used for maintenance of anesthesia
Potency
the index of potency is the inverse of the Minimum Alveolar Concentration
(Potency = 1/MAC)
MAC is the concentration of inhaled anesthetic needed to prevent movement in
50% of patients in response to a noxious stimuli (e.g., surgical incision)
E.g,
high potency inhaled anesthetic has a low MAC
the more lipid soluble the inhaled anesthetic is, the more potent it is; thus,
the lower the MAC
the goal of inhalation anesthesia is to maintain an optimal brain partial
pressure (Pbr)
the movement of the anesthetic from one body compartment to the next is
based on the drug partial pressure gradient
the inhaled anesthetic drug would move from the alveolar partial pressure (Palv) → arterial
partial pressure(Pa) → Pbr
eventually this steady state is achieved so that Palv = Pa = Pbr
the speed of achieving this steady state is determined by a number of factors, such as
Blood solubility
Alveolar wash-in replacing normal lung gases with the inhaled anesthetic
Cardiac output
Tissue type's effect on the anesthetic
Blood solubility
POTENCY
HALOTHANE > ENFLURANE > ISOFLURANE > DESFLURANE
Q. Anesthetic agent with least blood gas partition B/G coefficient
coefficient? Induction is fastest with least B/G coefficient
a) Desflurane
b) Nitrous oxide
c) Halothane
d) Ether
Ans: A
CVS effect:
Halothane=Enflurane > Isoflurane=Desflurane= Sevoflurane
Q. Alcoholic liver failure patient requires GA for operation. Agent of choice?
A. Ether B. Halothane
C. Isoflurane D. Enflurane
Ans: C
Rocuronium Gallamine
0.5-1mg/kg Excretion by kidney (80%)
Rapid Sequence Induction AVOID IN RENAL DISEASE &
Painful injection PREGNANCY
0.5mg/kg SIDE EFFECT:
Onset: 2-3 min, Convulsion d/t metabolite
(rare)
DOA: 10-15 mins
Histamine release causing
METABOLISM: hypotension &
SPONTANEOUS DEGRADATION IN PLASMA bronchospasm
Hoffman degradation (self destruction of
drug)
Metabolite LAUDANOSINE, can cause
convulsions
DOC: Hepatic , Renal failure, Myasthenia gravis,
old age, new born
ISOMER: CISATRACURIUM 4 times potent and
doesn’t cause histamine release
Q. Anticholinesterases are used for reversal of NM blockade of all muscle
relaxants below except?
a) Vecuronium
b) Decamethonium
c) d-tubocuranine
d) Rocuronium
Ans: B
Prevent sensory nerve impulses from reaching the central nervous system (CNS)
this is accomplished by blocking the inner portion of the sodium channel which
in turn prevents the propagation of an action potential
most effective in rapidly firing neurons
Structure
a lipophilic group is joined to a hydrophilic group via
an amide or ester linkage
biotransformation of amides mainly occur in the liver
tertiary amine cross membrane in uncharged form and
undergo ionic change in order to bind to sodium channel in charged form
biotransformation of esters are accomplished by plasma cholinesterase
(pseudocholinesterase)
Order of blockade of nerve fibres by LA
B fibers > C fibers >Ad sensory fibers > A alpha type Ia, I beta> A beta>
A gamma > A alpha motor.
Agent Duration of
action
Q. Longest acting local anaesthetic is: Procaine and 0.25-0.5 hours
A. Lignocaine chloroprocaine
lidocaine, mepivacaine, 0.5-1.5 hours
B. Chloroprocaine and prilocaine,
C. Bupivacaine tetracaine 2-3 hours
D. Ropivacaine bupivacaine 2-4 hours
Ans: C Etidocaine and 2-3 hours
ropivacaine
Life-threatening genetic abnormality of skeletal muscles char/by sympathetic
stimulation tachycardia, tachypnea, ↑BMR, hyperkalemia, muscle rigidity,
hypertension, DIC, and fever.
Seen in children of muscular dystrophy.
Masseter m/s rigidity is the earliest definitive sign and hypercapnia is the earliest
biochemical change.
SCH causes MH in immediate post op period (within hours).
↑se in End tidal CO, (ET CO2).
T/t: Cooling of body, hyperventilation with O2
SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE : Dantrolene - sodium (Bromocriptine is also useful).
Dantrolene sodium interferes with the release of Ca++ ions from SR (sarcoplasmic
reticulum) → Inhibit ryanodine receptors → Decrease intracellular Ca
COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL
Hypotension (Most common)
Bradycardia ( Most common
arrhythmia)
Apnea, Cardiac arrest
Nausea & Vomiting
6th nerve involved (Longest course)
Urinary retention (most common Post
OP)
PDPH (12-24hrs) : CSF leakage
Q. SA is given over which space? Adult : L3-L4
A. L3-L4 B. L4-L5 Children : L4-L5
C. L1-L2 D.L5-S1
Ans: A Spinal cord level ends at
L1 ADULTS
L3 Infants
Q. Which of the following needle is used in Epidural anesthesia?
A. Whitacre B. Quincke
C. Sprotte D. Tuohy
Ans: D Dura cutting : Quincke, Pitkin
Dura Separate: Whitacre, Sprotte
SIZES:
Premature: 2.5
0-6 months: 3-3.5
6 months- 1 yr : 3.5- 4
1-6 yr: Age/3 +3.5
>6 child : Age/4 +4.5
Q. Drug avoided in Head injury?
A. Oxygen B. Normal Saline
C. Antibiotics D. Morphine
INDICATION OF TRACHEOSTOMY
Elective procedure when prolonged ventilation is required.
As a emergency procedure for failed intubation.
Upper airways obstruction
Laryngeal edema, foreign body, bilateral vocal cord palsy,
Tracheal ste-nosis, laryngeal trauma, laryngeal and tracheal web.
Difficult intubation
where neck movement is restricted like Cervical spondylosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, teta-nus
or when neck movement can be life threatening (C1-C2 dislocation).
Importance of CVP measurement is to assess the need for:
A. Titration of infusion rate
B. Plasma transfusion
C. Blood transfusion
D. Inotropic support
Ans: A