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What is MAC amnesia?

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MAC 25%

- concentration that blocks anterograde memory in 50% of awake patients

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What is MAC awake?

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50% MAC

- Concentration required to prevent eye opening on verbal command

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What is MAC intubation?

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130% MAC (1.3)

- concentration required to prevent movement or coughing during intubation

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What is MAC bar?

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150% MAC (1.5)

- concentration required to block adrenergic response to skin incision

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What are factors that increase MAC?

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  • age—> term infant to 6 months of age have the HIGHEST MAC REQUIREMENT
  • hyperthermia
  • Chronic ETOH abuse-liver already working hard (often unreported)
  • hypernatremia
  • drugs that increase CNS catecholamines
    • meth, cocaine
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What are factors that have no effect on MAC?

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  • thyroid gland dysfunction
  • duration of anesthesia
  • gender
  • hyper or hypokalemia
  • hyper or hypocarbia
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What factors decrease MAC?

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  • hypothermia- for every 1 C decrease in body temp, MAC decreases by 2-5%
  • pre-op meds (fentanyl, versed, opioids, barbiturates, hypnotics)
  • neonates/premature infants
  • elderly
  • pregnancy
  • acute ETOH ingestion
  • lithium
  • cardio pulmonary bypass
  • hyponatremia
  • alpha 2 agonists
  • calcium channel blockers
  • severe hypoxemia: PaO2 <38 mmHg
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MAC values of halogenated inhalation agents

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  • N2O—-> 104%
  • Sevo—-> 2.2%
  • Iso—-> 1.4%
  • Des—-> 6.6%
  • Halo—-> 0.75%
  • En—-> 1.68%
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Which agent should you avoid with severe nausea?

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N2O

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What is the concentration effect?

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High inspired concentration speeds up induction

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How does alveolar ventilation affect induction?

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Increased alveolar ventilation increases rate of rise of agent and speeds induction

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How does the anesthesia system affect induction?

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Volume, solubility of components and gas flow rates—> higher rates speed induction

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What does uptake from alveolar space depend on?

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Depends on:

  • solubility
  • CO
  • alveolar/venous partial pressure difference
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If you make a change in your agent and gas flows are low it will take a while to see the effects. What can you do about this?

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  • either increase flows to speed it up or…

- give IV agent along with it (propofol)

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What is the most important single facto in determining the speed of induction and the rate of emergence?

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SOLUBILITY

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What is solubility?

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The amount of agent required to saturate a volume of blood at a given temperature
- expressed as blood:gas partition coefficient

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What is true regarding high solubility?

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  • the more soluble the agent the more it will be take up into pulmonary capillaries and into tissues
  • high solubility will have high blood:gas partition coefficient
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What are the blood:gas partition coefficients for the halogenated agents?

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N2O—-> 0.47
Sevo—-> 0.65
Iso—-> 1.4
Des—-> 0.42
Halo 2.3 (very soluble)
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A poorly soluble agent a has a _________ inhalation induction and a ___________ emergence. Why?

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Faster, faster

Faster induction—> poorly soluble agent rapidly reaches saturation in blood- is saturated when reaches the brain

Faster emergence —> agents prefer fas state and come out of tissues/blood quicker

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How does a high CO affect induction?

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Slower rate of rise and slower induction

- blood flowing too fast to be saturated

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How does low CO affect induction?

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Allows large alveolar partial pressure gradient to from, blood gets maximally saturated
- faster induction

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What does a large partial pressure difference do?

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Enhances uptake and speeds inhalation induction

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What % of body weight and CO do the vessel rich group occupy?

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10% of body wt

75% of CO

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What is the relative solubility in the fat group compared to the vessel rich group?

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20 fat
1 vessel rich
—> will store in fat much longer

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What is the 2nd gas effect?
The ability of large volume uptake of a first gas (N2O) to accelerate the rate of rise of alveolar partial pressure of concurrently administered companion gas, speeding induction
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What is diffusion hypoxia?
Occurs after N2O stopped N2O diffuses faster from blood to alveoli, so fast there is more N2O than O2 in alveoli and hypoxemia ensues—>avoid by giving 100% O2 for 5-10 minutes after nitrous stopped - exaggerated with decreased FRC, pregnancy, obesity and pediatrics
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What do all inhaled agents have in common?
- all produce bronchodilation —> decrease airway resistance - non-flammable - can trigger MH - mostly exhaled unchanged by lungs - inhibit HPV - decrease mucocilliary clearance - are fluoridated hydrocarbons—> bad for environment - use lower FGF to avoid overuse - potentiate non-depolarize get NMB agents
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What are the non-pungent agents?
(SHNO) Sevo Halothane Nitrous Oxide
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How can you remember the rate of rise curves?
NDSI | Nitrous is the fastest, then des, then sevo, then iso
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What are the good things about nitrous oxide?
- good analgesic - safe in MH - non-flammable, but a O2 source and supports combustion
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What are some negative aspects of nitrous oxide?
- avoid in closed spaces (will expand them ) - diffuses into closed spaces 35 times faster than it can be removed * long term use—> peripheral neuropathy and megaloblastic anemia (B12) - inhibits methionine synthesis
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What close air spaces will N2O diffuse into?
* AVOID USE OF N2O IN THESE INSTANCES * - ETT cuff - pneumothorax - complete bowel obstruction - inner ear - pneumocephalus - air embolism - intraoccular bubble
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What are some facts abut Halothane?
* dose dependent decrease in contractility —> hypotension, and decreased CO (SVR and PVR remain the same) - blunts reflexive tachycardia with hypotension * SWEET ODOR (thymol preservative) used with pediatrics—> vagal stimulation cause BRADYCARDIA - pretreat with atropine - potent MH trigger * sensitized heart to catecholamines, dysrhythmogenic —> use epi with caution - severely decreased respiratory drive - halothane hepatitis
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Who is at risk for halothane hepatitis?
- Multiple exposures over a short time - females - obesity - avoid in liver disease or repeated exposure in 6 months
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What are some things iso and des have in common?
- pungent odor—> irritating to the airways | - when rapidly increasing dose will cause tachycardia
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What is true regarding des?
- poorly soluble - rapid wash in and wash out - uses special vaporizer, heated and kept at 2 atm
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What is true regarding iso?
Risk of Coronary steal syndrome—> normal coronary arteries dilate, stenosis ones don’t—> blood shunted from diseased vessels
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What is true regarding sevo?
- non-pungent - pediatrics tolerate high levels * rapid induction and emergence —> sometimes too rapidly—> delirium in children - potential nephrotoxicity - avoid in renal failure - reacts with soda lime to create compound A
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What are some facts about compound A?
- nephrotoxic, affects brain and liver - increased compound A with low FGF, high temp (high agent) Long cases, dry soda lime —> keep FGF at least 2l/min when running Sevoflurane
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What are some facts about Enflurane?
* It is not a good drug * - decreases contractility and SVR - marked respiratory depression - increases cerebral blood flow and ICP - decreases renal blood flow - tonic-clinic muscle action- epileptiform EEG * avoid with renal failure and seizure disorder *

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