Basic and ADVANCED EXAM Flashcards
HYPOnatremia and MAC
Decreases MAC
Glucagon and cardiac cells
Increase intracellular cAMP, which results in increased inotropy
Transducer vs pt
- Raise the tranducer (lowering the pt)>>>lowers the pressure reading
- Lower the tranducer (raising the pt)>>raises the pressure reading
What happens when the BP cuff is raised 20cm above the heart? BP reading will be 15cm lower than reality
CBF: CMR ratio
Volatile agent >1 MAC:
- increase CBF
- decrease CMR
Volatile agent <1 MAC:
- minimal effect on CBF
- decrease CMR
IV anesthetic:
- decrease CMR
- decreases CBF
PLASMA VOLUME and body fluid:
-intracellular
- extracellular
- interstitial
- plasma
- intracellular: 2/3 of total body water
- extracellular: 1/3 of total body water
- interstitial fluid: 3/4 of extracellular
- plasma fluid: 1/4 of extracellular
CAUDAL epidural
Sacrococcygeal ligament, THEN epidural space

Pulmonary circulation does NOT degrade:
- dopamine
- epinephrine
- histamine
Laryngospasm reflex: afferent limb vs efferent limb
- Afferent limb: superior laryngeal nerve, internal branch
- Efferent limb: recurrent larygneal nerve
DOPAMINE infusion: receptors
Low dose: D1 receptors
High dose: B1 receptors
Highest dose: A1 receptors
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Volume of liquid anesthetic
-iso 1% at 4L/min
3 * fresh gas flow * volume % anesthetic vapor = 12ml/hr
Sulfhemoglobinemia vs methemoglobinemia
Similar CP: cyanosis
Sulfhemoglobinemia: shifts curve right, hence better tolerated; no antidote
Methemoglobinemia: shifts cruve left, so poorly tolerated; txt is methylene blue; or ascorbic acid for G6PD pts
Artery of Adamkiewicz (The great radicular artery)
- Comes off aorta between T9-T12
- Supplies the LOWER anterior portion of the spinal cord
- Interruption results in ASA (anterior spinal artery) syndrome
Labs a/w ESRD (secondary hyperPARATHYROIDISM)
- HYPERphos
- Low calcium
COMPLIANCE equation
1/C (rs=respiratory system) = 1/C (lungs) + 1/ C (chest wall)
Conus medullaris and dural sac
Conus medullaris: terminal end of spinal cord
- ADULTS: ends at L1-L2
- Neonates: ends at L3
Dural sac: dura matter terminates distally as the dural sac
- ADULTS: ends at S1-S2
- Neonates: S3
CO2 is transported in blood in which 3 forms
- dissolved CO2
- bicarbonate
- carbamino compounds
2,3 DPG
- What increases?
- What decreases?
- Increases? HyperPHOSPHATEMIA
- Decreases? 1u pRBC; thus results in left shit;
vs anemia produces right shift
Crichothyroid muscle
- innervated by?
- role?
- innervated by the SLN, external branch
- tenses the vocal cords
First-line vasopressor for pts with TBI and increased urine output?
VASOPRESSIN
Onset of local anesthetic
- low pKA and high lipid solubility enables fast onset
- alfentanil has very low pKA, hence why has 4x faster onset than fentanyl
St. John’s wort
CYP inducer
Hence, warfarin breakdown will be enhanced>>increased risk for clot
Chronic steroids: metabolic abnormalities
A/w hyperglycemia, hypo K (corticosteroids act on the mineralocroticoid receptor), increased urinary uric acid/calcium (think kidney stones)
Burn patients and NDNMB
- Dosing requirements for NDNMB, including roc, is increased
- with the exception of mivacurium, which is metabolized by pseudocholinesterase, which exhibits decreased level in burn patients
-Plateaued INSPIRATORY curve
-think: vocal cord paralysis, dysfxn








