GI, GDV, Exocrine Pancreas Flashcards
Green, JVECC, 2011, Eval initial lactate and gastric necrosis and subsequent lactate survival. What were main findings?
- NO * sig relationship b/t survival and presence of macroscopic gastric necrosis with initial lacate > 6
- sig relationship b/t initial lactate > 2.9 mmol/L for predicting necrosis and 50% reduction in lactate 12h after tx (of the 40 that had repeat lactate)
- The other 3/40 that had repeat lactates that were not more than 50% lower, all died
Beal, JVECC, 2011. Regarding fluoroscopically placed NJT, which of the following is true?
a) Most common primary diagnosis was adenocarcinoma
b) Ability to achieve transpyloric passage was 92.3%
c) Ability to achieve jejunal access was 58.2%
d) Median duration of feeding was 6.5 days
b
panc most common primary dz, jejunal access in 78.2%, medial duration feeding 3.3 d
What is stress related injury?
Diffuse, superficial mucosal erosions that are unlikely to result in GI bleeding associated with hemodynamic compromise.
What is stress related mucosal disease?
Stress ulcers extend deeper into submucosa and are more focal. Increased risk for bleeding necessitating pRBC transfusion and intervention to control bleeding
Difference in mortality in humans with SRMD?
48.5% with bleeding vs. 9.1% w/o bleeding
Alaskan sled dogs SRMD incidence?
48.5%
Pathogenesis for SRMD involves…
Splanchnic ischemia
Loss of host defenses
Assault by gastric acid
What is the GMDS?
gastric mucosal defense system that protects against gastric acid, pepsin, and bile acids
What makes up the GMDS?
- Extracellular mucus barrier
- Cellular membrane properties
- Rapid epithelial cell restitution
- Mucosal HCO3 secretion
- High mucosal blood flow rate
- Neurohormonal factors
- Prostaglandins
What is the extracellular mucus barrier?
unstirred layer of mucus gel, bicarb, and surfactant phospholipids
What is fxn of extracellular mucus barrier?
- maintain surface pH 7
- prevent pepsin infiltration and proteolytic degredation
- hydrophopic properties of surfactant phospholipids to repel water soluble agents
Mucus gel is…
95% water, 5% mucin glycoproteins
What are trefoil factor family proteins?
peptides co-secreted with mucus gel - fxn in intracellular assembly and packing of mucins and increase mucus viscosity
What influences gastric mucus secretion?
ACTH, corticosteroids, NSAIDS
What prevents back diffusion of acid and pepsin in stomach?
cellular tight jxns and correct functioning of membrane pumps and exchanges
What do gastric epithelial cells secrete?
prostaglandins, TFFs, heat shock proteins, cathelicidins, defensins
What do cathelicidin and defensins do?
participate in innate immunity, preventing bacterial colonization
What is epithelial restitution?
rapidly sealing epithelial compromise
pH requirement for epithelial restitution?
> 3.0
What is survivin?
protein expressed by progenitor cells that prevents apoptosis and promotes mitosis. Takes 3-7 days for epithelial restitution.
What do parietal cells do?
secrete acid from apical membrane and bicarb from basolateral membrane (alkaline tide). The interstitial bicarb transported paracellularly to GI epithelial surface to be trapped in mucus.
What vasodilators do endothelial cells produce?
NO, prostacyclin (PGI2)
protects from vasoconstrictors
What are vasoconstrictors?
leukotriene C4, thromboxane A2, endothelin-1
How does H2S help maintain mucosal blood flow?
mucosal protectant, modulates inflammation via inhibiting leukocyte adherence to vascular endotheliam
Vagal stimulation does what in GMDS?
increases mucus secretion and intracellular bicarb concentration
When vagal afferents detect noxious stimulus or acid at gastric epitheliam, nerve endings release..
calcitonin gene-related peptide
substance P
Result: NO mediated vasodilation
What other peptides enhance mucosal blood flow?
gastrin cholecystokinin thyrotropin-releasing hormone corticotropin releasing factor epidermal growth factor
What does ghrelin do?
stimulates appetite and increases acid secretion
Maybe: enhance mucosal blood flow thru NO and CGRP, and inhibit IL-1B, IL-6, TNF-alpha
What prostaglandins are cytoprotective in the gastric mucosa?
PGE2 and PGI2
Fxn: stimulation of mucus, bicarb, and phospholipid secretion AND inhibit acid secretion, tissue mast cell degranulation, leukocyte and plt adhesion
ROS
superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical
Where are parietal cells found?
oxyntic glands
What happens in parietal cells?
carbonic anhydrase converts water and CO2 to H and HCO3. H secreted thru apical H-K-ATPase pump and HCO3 secreted thru basolateral membrane in exchange for Cl-
Secretion of gastric acid is mediated by…
gastrin (paracrine)
acetylcholine (neurocrine)
histamine (endocrine)
What is the most potent secretogogue?
histamine
How do gastrin, ACh, and histamine increase acid secretion?
Bind their receptors, activates second messenger that increases intracellular calcium (gastrin, ACh) of increases cAMP (histamine). The second messengers then activate protein kinase, increasing cytosolic phosphoproteins, which ultimately activate proton pump
Risk factors for SRMD
PPV and coagulopathy (HIGHEST)
sepsis shock/hypotension renal failure hepatic failure neuro trauma and sx MOF trauma aspiration pneumonia ileus major sx burns >35% BSA organ transplant high dose corticosteroid prolonged ICU stay
Where are SRMD lesions found?
stomach with oxyntic glands - fundus, body
contrast peptic ulcer dz is antrum and pylorus
Pepsin inhibited and fibrinogen halted at pH over…
> 4
pH over ___ required for plt aggregation and fibrin clot formation
> 6
Histamine released from…
tissue mast cells and enterochromaffin cells
Where is the H2 receptor?
basolateral membrane of parietal cells
List H2 receptor antagonists
cimetidine
nizatidine
ranitidine
famotidine
metabolized in liver
secreted in kidneys
Which H2 receptor antagonists have prokinetic actions?
ranitidine
nizatidine
Which H2 receptor antagonist impairs P450 liver?
cimetidine
Adverse effects of H2RAs
diarrhea, headache, drowsiness, fatigue, muscle pain, constipation, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia
What reaction has IV famotidine caused in cats? Speculated reason?
hemolysis, maybe due to benzyl alcohol preservative
How do PPIs work?
Substituted benzimidazoles that bind to the proton pump, inhibiting the final step in gastric acid secretion in a dose dependent manner
weak base, accumulates in canaliculi where converted to sulfenamide form which irreversibly binds to proton pump
List PPIs
omeprazole lansoprazole pantoprazole esomeprazole rabeprazole
Bases behind why PPIs provide more potent acid suppression than H2RAs?
Irreversible proton pump inhibition, progressive intracellular acidification, drug accumulation
What drug has decreased bioactivation via CYP 450 when administered with omeprazole?
clopidogrel
What drugs have prolonged eliminates when administered with PPIs?
cyclosporine diazepam phenytoin warfarin theophylline propanolol
P450 pathway
Reported adverse effects of PPIs in people?
Abd pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pancreatitis, hepatic necrosis/failure, pancytopenia, agranulocytosis, hypergastrinemia with chronic use
What is sucralfate?
Complex salt of sucrose sulfate and aluminum hydroxide
Aluminum negative and will bind everything
What are benefits of sucralfate?
- Coat mucosa
- Inhibit pepsin molecules
- Stimulate prostaglandin release
- Increase mucosal blood flow
- Increase HCO3 and mucus secretion
- Stimulates epidermal growth factor for cell renewal
What are potential benefits of EN?
- Acid buffering
- Mucosal energy source
- Enhance mucosal immunity
- Induction of prostaglandin secretion
- Improve mucosal blood flow
Gastric layers.
Serosa, longitudinal SM, circular SM, submucosa, mucosa
When myenteric plexus is stimulated, what happens?
- Increased tonic contraction
- Increase intensity of rhythmical contractions
- Increase rate of rhythm of contraction
- Increase velocity of conduction of excitatory waves along the gut wall
Some of the neurons of the myenteric plexus secrete what inhibitory NT?
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
Where is gastrin released from?
G cells of antrum, duodenum, and jejenum
What stimulates release of gastrin?
protein, distension, vagal stimulation (ACh)
What inhibits release of gastrin?
acid
What does gastrin do?
stimulates gastric acid secretion and mucosal growth
Where is cholecystokinin released from?
I cells of dudenum, jejunum, and ileum
What stimulates release of CCK?
protein, fat, acid
What does CCK do?
Stimulates pancreatic enzyme and bicarb secretion, stimulate GB contraction and growth of exocrine panc
Inhibits gastric emptying
Where is secretin released from?
S cells of duodenum, jejunum, ileum
What stimulates release of secretin?
acid!!!!!! and fat
What are the actions of secretin?
Stimulates: pepsin secretion, pancreatic bicarb secretion!!!!, biliary bicarb secretion, growth of exocrine panc
Inhibits: gastric acid secretion
Where is gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) released from?
K cells of duodenum and jejunum
What stimulates release of GIP?
protein, fat, carbs
Fxns of GIP
Stimulates insulin release and inhibits gastric acid secretion
GIP also known as
glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide
Where is motilin secreted from
M cells of duodenum and jejunum
Motilin secretion stimulated by?
fat, acid, nerve
What does motilin do?
Stimulates gastric and intestinal motility
Oxyntic glands (acid forming) secrete…
hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor (from parietal cells), pepsinogen (from chief or peptic cells)
mucus (from mucous neck cells)