IA #1 Flashcards
How are IA eliminated?
Via the lungs (exhaled)
What effects does aging have on CO?
Decreased
Boyles law says that _ and _ have an inverse relationship
Volume and pressure
Fick’s law of diffusion says that diffusion of the gas into the blood depends on: (3 things)
The thickness of the membrane
The partial pressure of the gas
The solubility of the gas (highly soluble in the blood means it wants to get into the blood and prefers to stay there)
Graham’s Law of effusion says that gas molecules will effuse through a ___ or ____.
Channel or pore.
The smaller the molecule the easier it will effuse to the other side. But this is all dependent on solubility. CO2 is more water soluble than O2 so it is more diffusable.
What 3 pressures are in equilibrium when the patient is asleep in the maintenance phase?
PA, Pa, Pbrain
Alveolar pressure represents what 2 things?
The depth of the anesthetic and where the pt is in recovery from the anesthetic
There are 3 partial pressures we are concerned with. What are they?
Ventilator to lungs
Lungs to blood
Blood to tissue
How does a high or low CO affect induction?
Low: Slow induction
High: Fast induction
How does the A-V partial pressure difference affect diffusion of the gas?
Explain :) long story
Alveoli to blood depends on what coefficient?
Blood: gas partition coefficient
Arterial blood to brain depends on what coefficient?
Brain: blood partition coefficient
What does a high blood: gas partition coefficient mean?
The gas would rather stay in the blood than diffuse into the tissues
What does an Fe/Fi ratio of 1 mean?
Equilibrium. What is going in is coming out
What does the Fe/Fi ratio mean?
The concentration of what goes into the lungs vis what comes out the lungs
The concentration effect depicts the impact of the Pi on the rate of rise of the ___
PA
The higher the PI of the volatile that is administered, the more rapidly PA approaches ____
Pi
Over-pressurization means you are administering a high concentration of the gas (therefore higher partial pressure) so PA will approach ____ more rapidly. The goal is for PA to equal Pi because that means the concentration delivered is what the patient is actually getting.
Pi
Sevo’s MAC is 1.8% If you have at 7%, what does that mean?
Over pressurized. The Partial pressure of gas will be higher
Second gas effect means that if NO (diffuses very easily) is given with a volatile, the NO will diffuse across faster leaving the volatile behind and create a ___
Big concentration gradient, the gas will now get forced into the blood
Nitrous oxide diffuses into air-filled cavities with both _ and _ walls
Compliant and noncompliant
How much air diffuses into air-filled cavities in 10-15 minutes?
10 L
Generally speaking, we would not give NO to pt’s undergoing which procedures?
Belly, ear, eye, or if they have an existing pneumo (will make it worse)
Induction of anesthesia happens when Pi is equal to P_
A
How does increased alveolar ventilation (by increasing the rate not tidal volume) increase the rate of anesthesia induction? BUT
The quantity of the gas pt is taking in is higher –> The PA will equilibrate with the Pi much faster
BUT
the increased ventilation leads to a dilution of CO2. Low CO2 leads to constriction of cerebral blood vessels. Less cerebral blood flow leading to less gas getting to the brain where it should be to work!!!
What is the bodies safe guard when we take in too much IA?
The IA works directly on medullary center (dose dependent) and will slow rate of breathing when dose is high. The decreased rate decreases alveolar ventilation which will decrease the amount of gas we are taking in to help decrease the PA :)
If the body decreases its RR because too much IA, concentration in the brain will decrease because the PA is low now. That is a shift from _. As the PBrain decreases what happens to the RR?
Does this happen with MV?
P brain to PA
Increases
No
Solubility is a RATIO of how the inhaled gas distributes between 2 compartments at _ when pressures are _
equilibrium
equal