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What does anesthesia produce in a patient?

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  • CNS depression (hypnosis)
  • CV depression (hypotension, +/- bradycardia, arrhythmias)
  • Resp depression (hypoventilation, +/ hypercapnia, hypoxemia)
  • Impairs thermoregulation (hypothermia, +/- hyperthermia)
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What are the Big 5 of anesthetic monitoring?

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  • ECG
  • Blood pressure
  • Pulseoximetry
  • Capnography
  • Temperature
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What are the most common causes of perioperative death in small animals?

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CV or respiratory causes

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What should you be monitoring for during each step of the anesthesic process?

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  • After pre-med: regurg/vomiting, hypoventilation, hypoxemia, arrhythmias
  • During induction: regurg/aspiration, hypoventilation/apnea, arrhythmias, hypotension
  • During maintenance: the Big 5
  • During recovery: airway protection, hypothermia, oxygenation, pain
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What are some general considerations to have during the post-operative period?

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  • Residual resp depression may lead to hypoxemia in animals breathing room air
  • Ability to protect airway against aspiration
  • Analgesics? - animal may be painful
  • Adequate body temp until they are able to thermoregulate normally

47% of anesthesia-related deaths occur in post operative period!!

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How do you monitor the CNS in your anesthetic patient?

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Clinical evaluation of reflexes:

  • Swallowing: important during extubation - patient can protect airway
  • Palpebral: light plane when present, can become fatigued
  • Corneal: presence of reflex is NO indicator of anesthetic depth and may still be present for short time after cardiac arrest
  • Muscular (jaw) tone
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Describe the Guedel’s classification scheme for CNS monitoring

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  • Stage I: Awake
  • Stage II: loss of consciousness, Involuntary movements (central normal pupil, irregular breath-holding, present palpebral, lacrimation, and response to surgical stim)
  • Stage III:
    • LIGHT plane (regular breathing, ventral miotic pupil, present palpebral, lacrimation, response to Surg stim)
    • MEDIUM plane (regular, shallow breathing, ventral miotic pupil, absent palpebral)
    • DEEP plane (jerky breathing, dilated central pupil, present corneal)
  • Stage IV: extreme CNS depression, cardiac arrest
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What is the bispectral index (BIS)?

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  • Combo of several electrical signals from the brain
  • Dimensionless number: indicates patient’s level of consciousness
    • ​ranges from 100 (awake) to 0 (isoelectric EEG)
    • 55 in humans = adequate depth for surgical anesthesia
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What is MAP made up of?

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Stroke volume and SVR

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What is cardiac output made up of?

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HR and SV (preload, afterload [SVR] and contractility)

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How is the CV system monitored for anesthesia?

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Clinically

  • Auscultation
  • Pulse rate/quality
  • CRT

Instrumentally

  • ECG
  • BP
  • Pulse pressure variation
  • Lactate
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What is the normal blood pressure in awake animals?

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  • Systolic: 140-160 mmHg
  • MAP: 95-110 mmHg
  • Diastolic: 80-95 mmgHg
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What is the definition of hypotension?

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  • MAP <65 mmHg
  • Untreated severe/prolonged hypotension => cardiac arrest or blindness or renal failure after recovery
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What is the definition of hypertension?

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  • MAP >140 mmHg or SAP >180 mmHg
  • Increases cardiac after load
  • Can lead to retinopathy, renal DZ, encephalopathy
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What does pulse palpation tell you?

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it’s a subjective estimation of pulse pressure (SAP-DAP); can be high with low pressure associated with vasodilation —> NOT ACCURATE

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What are the various methods of measuring BP?

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  • Non Invasive: Oscillometric, Doppler
  • Invasive (direct): arterial catheter
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What value is the most accurate for oscillometric readings?

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the MAP; SAP and DAP are calculated values

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How does the placement and size of the cuff used change the accuracy of the oscillometric BP readings?

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  • Larger cuff (too loose) = false low pressure
  • Smaller cuff (too tight) = false high pressure
    • ​cuff should be 40-60% circumference of extremity
  • placed above/below heart level = wrong readings
  • arrhythmias might affect readings
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What is HDO?

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  • High definition oscillometric device
    • recognizes artifacts, ultra precise, high sensitive at low amplitudes
    • good for MAP and DAP
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Describe how Dopplers work

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  • Application of piezoelectric ultrasound crystals over artery distal to cuff
  • cuff pressure at which the first audible flow sound is heard approximates SAP
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T or F: there is good correlation between the MAP and SAP values calculated by Dopplers and indirect/direct BP methods

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False; there is poor agreement between the two methods (particularly in small animals)

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Describe direct blood pressure monitoring

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  • Gold standard
  • beat to beat measurement (useful when giving vasoactive drugs)
  • Waveform and pulse contour analysis
  • should be positioned at level of R atrium
  • allows for frequent blood sampling
  • measures SAP and DAP and calculated MAP
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What are the best arteries to use for direct BP monitoring in small animals?

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  • Dorsal metatarsal (dorsopedal)
  • lingual
  • radial/carpal
  • coccygeal
  • femoral
  • auricular (dogs with large ears)
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What does damping do to direct BP monitoring?

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  • It reduces accuracy
  • Overdamping
    • ​results in lower SAP and higher DAP
    • MAP not affected
    • due to long tubes, air bubbles, clots
  • Underdamping
    • ​​results in higher SAP and lower DAP
    • MAP not affected
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How does direct BP monitoring relate to fluid responsiveness?
* It monitors the ability of the CV system to increase CO when a fluid volume is administered * **Should have incr in CO in response to bolus of fluids**
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What is an alternative method of direct BP monitoring?
* Improvised method using an aneroid manometer
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What are the principles of monitoring using capnography?
* Used to assess _adequacy of ventilation_ * **Estimates PaCO2** by measuring concentration of expired CO2 (ETCO2) * **Differences b/t PaCO2 and ETCO2** can be d/t dead space (**2-5 mmHg**) * also useful for diagnosis of mechnical problems, airway obstruction, and cardiogenic shock
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using side stream capnography?
**Gas sampled from Y piece** Adv: * can sample other gases (anesthetic agents) * away from patient * inexpensive Disadv: * delayed response * eccessive sampling in patients w/ small TV (underestimates ETCO2) * need for scavenger
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using main stream capnography?
**Sensor located between ET tube and breathing circuit** Adv: * real time measurements, no delay * less disposable parts * no need for scavenger Disadv: * sensor is heavy and can kink small tubes * fragile * adds dead space * only measures CO2 and O2
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What does each phase of the capnograph mean?
* Phase I: inspiration * Phase II: expiratory upstroke (transition from dead space gas to alveolar gas) * Phase III: expiratory plateau (gas coming from alveoli) * **D point represents ETCO2** * If there is no plateau —\> might not be actual ETCO2 * Phase IV: inspiratory downstroke
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Low ETCO2** hyperventilation
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**High ETCO2** Hypoventilation
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What does this capnograph suggest?
Spontaneous breathing during IPPV
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What does this capnograph suggest?
Cardiac oscillations
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Airway obstruction** progressive increase in alfa angle
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Large leak from the ET tube** Decrease in plateau due to room air contamination
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Rebreathing CO2** exhausted CO2 absorbent incompetent **expiratory** valve
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Rebreathing CO2** incompetent **inspiratory** valve
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Abrupt loss ETCO2** Disconnection Apnea
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What does this capnograph suggest?
**Gradual and significant decrease in ETCO2** Sudden blood pressure drop Sudden CO drop Cardiac arrest PTE
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What does pulse oximetry tell you?
* **Hemoglobin saturation with oxygen** * normal range =98-99% * hypoxemia = \<95% * severe hypoxemia = \<90%
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What are the downsides of pulse oximetry?
* Cannot measure carboxyhemoglobin * Several sources of interference: * vasoconstriction, ambient light, electrocautery
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Pulse ox’s can be placed where?
* Tongue * lips * vulva * prepuce * base of tail * rectum
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Describe PaO2
* _Measure of the ability of the lungs to move oxygen from the atmosphere to the blood_ * Measured using a **blood gas analyzer (requires arterial sample)** * normal PaO2 at sea level (breathing 21% oxygen) ranges between 80-110 mmHg **Hypoxemia = PaO2 \<80 mmHg** **Severe hypoxemia = PaO2 \<60 mmHg**
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What are the 5 causes of hypoxemia?
1. Low FiO2 2. Hypoventilation 3. Ventilation-perfusion mismatch 4. Diffusion impairment 5. Shunt
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What are some important principles in monitoring body temp during anesthesia?
* Body heat is unevenly distributed: **core temp is 2-4\*C higher than the peripheral** * General **anesthesia inhibits vasoconstriction**, allows redistribution of body heat and **affects thermoregulatory mechanisms**
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When is the max period of body temperature loss under anesthesia?
within the first hour
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What are the consequences of hypothermia?
**90-94F** * **Marked CNS depression** * **Little** or no **anesthetic requirement** * Atrial arrhythmias * **50% reduction on O2 consumption** * **HR and CO reduced by 40%** * BP reduced by 60%
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Describe hyperthermia during anesthesia
* Rare during anesthesia * **Most commonly iatrogenic** * often large **heavy coated animals** * **Opioid associated** hyperthermia - **most common in cats and ferrets**
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What should you suspect (and aggressively treat) in a patient that is hyperthermic and demonstrates other **signs of hypermetabolism** (increased ETCO2, metabolic acidosis, hypoxia)?
malignant hyperthermia or thyrotoxicosis
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