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9/23/20 Renal physiology - Dr. Puttreddy

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September 23, 2020

9/23/20 Renal physiology - Dr. Puttreddy

9/23/20 Renal physiology - Dr. Puttreddy

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September 23, 2020
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  1. RENAL PHYSIOLOGY Sahitya Puttreddy, MD Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology

    and Perioperative Medicine Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  2. JGA

  3. RENAL BLOOD FLOW • Renal blood flow = 20% of

    cardiac output • Autoregulation between 80 – 180 mmHg • When MAP is outside autoregulatory range, RBF becomes pressure dependent • Changes in autoregulation with HTN and DM
  4. GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE • Volume of ultrafiltrate formed by both

    kidneys per minute • Reflects glomerular function, dependent on glomerular filtration pressure • Normal GFR = 125 ml/min • GFR decreases 5% per decade after age 20
  5. DETERMINANTS OF GFR • The surface area of the filter

    • The thickness or permeability of the filter • Magnitude of any forces favoring filtration • Magnitude of any forces opposing filtration
  6. GFR • Kf - coefficient of filtration • Pcap –

    capillary hydrostatic pressure • Pi – interstitial hydrostatic pressure • – capillary oncotic pressire • i – interstitial oncotic pressire GFR = Kf {(forces favoring filtration) – (forces opposing filtration)}
  7. REGULATION OF RBF AND GFR • Arterial blood pressure •

    Myogenic response • Tubuloglomerular feedback
  8. THE PROXIMAL TUBULE • Major function of proximal tubule is

    Na+ absorption • Reabsorption • Sodium chloride • Water • Bicarbonate • Glucose, protein, amino acids • Potassium, magnesium, calcium • Phosphates, uric acid, urea • Secretion • Organic anions • Organic cations
  9. THE LOOP OF HENLE • Reabsorption • Sodium, chloride •

    Water • Potassium, calcium, magnesium • Countercurrent multiplier
  10. THE DISTAL TUBULE • Reabsorption • Sodium chloride • Water

    • Potassium • Calcium • Bicarbonate • Secretion • Hydrogen ion • Potassium • Calcium
  11. THE COLLECTING TUBULE • Reabsorption • Sodium chloride • Water

    • Potassium • Bicarbonate • Secretion • Potassium • Hydrogen ion • Ammonia production
  12. RENAL FUNCTION TESTS • Significant renal disease can exist with

    normal lab values • Normal values may not be applicable during anesthesia • Tests of glomerular filtration: BUN, Creatinine, Creatinine clearance • Tests of tubular function: Urine specific gravity, Urine osmolality, Urine sodium
  13. SERUM CREATININE • Serum creatinine concentration is used as a

    marker for GFR • Filtered but not resabsorbed • Muscle metabolism  creatine  creatinine (nonenzymatically converted) • Not influenced by protein metabolism • Not influenced by fluid flow through renal tubules • Influenced by skeletal muscle mass, age, catabolism • Increases in creatinine not noted until GFR declines 50% • Nonrenal excretion of creatinine via GI tract • Normal serum creatinine = 0.5 – 1.2 mg/dl
  14. BLOOD UREA NITROGEN • BUN varies with changes in GFR

    • Relationship between creatinine and BUN useful in diagnosing etiology of renal failure • Influenced by dietary intake (variable protein intake), GI bleeding, febrile illness (increased catabolism), dehydration • Normal serum BUN = 8 – 20 mg/dl
  15. CREATININE CLEARANCE • Measures ability of glomeruli to excrete creatinine

    into urine for a given serum creatinine concentration • Most reliable measure of GFR (than serum BUN and creatinine) • Does not depend on age or presence of steady state • Timed test, accurate urine volume measurement influences interpretation • GFR = CrCl = (Urine creatinine x Urine flow rate)/(Serum creatinine) • Progressive renal disease enhances creatinine secretion in proximal tubules (CCR progressively overestimates true GFR)
  16. R E N I N - A N G I

    O T E N S I N - A L D O S T E R O N E
  17. RENAL VASODILATORY MECHANISMS • PG produced in kidney in response

    to sympathetic stimulation, hypotension, increased AT II, renal ischemia • PG vasodilate juxtamedullary vessels and maintain cortical blood flow • ANP from atrial myocytes ANP
  18. DEFINING ACID-BASE DISORDERS Disorder Primary change Compensatory Response Respiratory Acidosis

    ↑ PaCO2 ↑ HCO3 - Alkalosis ↓ PaCO2 ↓ HCO3 - Metabolic Acidosis ↓ HCO3 - ↓ PaCO2 Alkalosis ↑ HCO3 - ↑ PaCO2
  19. RENAL COMPENSATION – ACIDOSIS • Appreciable in 12-24 hours, may

    not be maximal for up to 5 days • Increased reabsorption of HCO3 - • Increased excretion of titratable acids • Increased formation of ammonia
  20. RENAL COMPENSATION – ALKALOSIS • Kidneys highly effective in protecting

    against • Decreased reclamation of filtered HCO3 − (leading to bicarbonaturia) • Reduced generation of new HCO3 −
  21. NORMAL COMPENSATORY RESPONSES Disturbance Response Expected Change Respiratory acidosis Acute

    ↑ HCO3 - 1 mEq/L per 10 mmHg increase in PaCO2 Chronic ↑ HCO3 - 4 mEq/L per 10 mmHg increase in PaCO2 Respiratory alkalosis Acute ↓ HCO3 - 2 mEq/L per 10 mmHg decrease in PaCO2 Chronic ↓ HCO3 - 4 mEq/L per 10 mmHg decrease in PaCO2 Metabolic acidosis ↓ PaCO2 1.2 x the decrease in HCO3 - Metabolic alkalosis ↑ PaCO2 0.7 x the increase in HCO3 -
  22. DRUG EXCRETION • Glomerular filtration • Active secretion by renal

    tubules • Passive reabsorption by renal tubules
  23. DIURETICS • Diuretic drugs increase urine output by the kidney

    • This is accomplished by altering how the kidney handles sodium • Many have more than one mechanism of action • Majority of diuretics exert their action on the luminal cell membrane from within the renal tubules • Highly protein bound
  24. LOOP DIURETICS • Furosemide (Lasix), Bumetanide (Bumex), Ethacrynic acid, Torsemide

    • Inhibit the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter in the thick ascending limb • With max effect, promote excretion of 15-20% of filtered sodium load • Induce renal synthesis of prostaglandins • Increase urinary calcium and magnesium excretion (treatment of hypercalcemia)
  25. THIAZIDE DIURETICS • Hydrochlorothiazide, Chlorthalidone • Inhibit the sodium-chloride transporter

    in the distal tubule • Increase Na+ excretion to only 3-5% of the filtered load • Carbonic anhydrase inhibiting action in proximal tubule • Augment calcium reabsorption in the distal tubule
  26. POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS • Aldosterone antagonists (Spironolactone and eplerenone) •

    Noncompetitive potassium-sparing diuretics (Triamterene and amiloride) – not dependent on aldosterone activity • Adjuvants, usually used in conjunction with other diuretics • Inhibit Na+ reabsorption in collecting tubules
  27. CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS • Acetazolamide (Diamox) • Inhibit the transport

    of bicarbonate out of the proximal convoluted tubule into the interstitium
  28. OSMOTIC DIURETICS • Mannitol • Filtered by the glomeruli and

    not reabsorbed • Increased osmolarity of renal tubule fluid and associated excretion of water • Increased RBF, PG synthesis, free radical scavenger • Reduction of ICP and cerebral edema • Role in AKI
  29. DIURETIC USES • Systemic and pulmonary hypertension • Edematous states

    (Heart failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome) • Evaluation of acute oliguria • Thiazides – hypercalcuria renal stone formation
  30. SI D E EFF EC TS Class Adverse Side Effects

    Drug Interactions Thiazide •hypokalemia •metabolic alkalosis •dehydration (hypovolemia), leading to hypotension •hyponatremia •hyperglycemia in diabetics •hypercholesterolemia; hypertriglyceridemia •hypercalcemia •hyperuricemia (at low doses) •hypokalemia potentiates digitalis toxicity •non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: reduced diuretic efficacy •beta-blockers: potentiate hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemias •corticosteroids: enhance hypokalemia Loop •hypokalemia •metabolic alkalosis •hypomagnesemia •hyperuricemia •dehydration (hypovolemia), prerenal azotemia •dose-related hearing loss (ototoxicity) •hypokalemia potentiates digitalis toxicity •non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: reduced diuretic efficacy •corticosteroids: enhance hypokalemia •aminoglycosides: enhance ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity K+-sparing •hyperkalemia •metabolic acidosis •gynecomastia (aldosterone antagonists) •gastric problems including peptic ulcer •ACE inhibitors, B blockers: potentiate hyperkalemia •non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: reduced diuretic efficacy Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors •hypokalemia •Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis (non gap) •Alkalinization of urine interferes with excretion of amine drugs Osmotic diuretics •Hyponatremia •Circulatory overload, pulmonary edema •Nephrotoxicity in renal insufficiency
  31. DOPAMINERGIC DRUGS • Dopamine and Fenoldopam • Dopamine dilates renal

    arterioles via its agonistic action at the DA1 receptor, leading to increased RBF and GFR • Dopamine dose dependent side effects: tachydysrhythmias, pulmonary shunting, tissue ischemia • Fenoldopam is a selective DA1 receptor agonist, lacks adrenergic activity • Low dose dopamine (0.5-3 mcg/kg/m) is natriuretic • “Renal dose dopamine” – no significant renoprotective properties
  32. ACUTE KIDNEY CONDITIONS •Hypovolemia •Low renal blood flow (hypotension, low

    cardiac output, excess renal vascular resistance due to high SVR or renal clot, dissection, etc.) •Intraabdominal hypertension (high CVP decreases the pressure gradient across the kidneys) Prerenal Azotemia •Acute tubular necrosis •Contrast dye •Myoglobin, Hemoglobin Intrinsic Acute Kidney Injury •Obstruction of the ureters or urethra •Catheter dysfunction Postrenal Acute Kidney Injury (Obstructive Uropathy)
  33. Nephrotoxins Commonly Found in the Hospital Setting Exogenous Antibiotics (aminoglycosides,

    cephalosporins, amphotericin B, sulfonamide, tetracyclines, vancomycin) Anesthetic agents (methoxyflurane, enflurane) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, indomethacin, ketorolac) Chemotherapeutic–immunosuppressive agents (cisplatinum, cyclosporin A, methotrexate, mitomycin, nitrosoureas, tacrolimus) Contrast media Endogenous Calcium (hypercalcemia) Uric acid (hyperuricemia and hyperuricosuria) Myoglobin (rhabdomyolysis) Hemoglobin (hemolysis) Bilirubin (obstructive jaundice) Oxalate crystals Paraproteins
  34. PRERENAL OLIGURIA • Excretion of concentrated urine that contains minimal

    amounts of sodium • Tubular function intact • Management is influenced by their risk for development of ARF • Fluid challenge may help • Administration of diuretics is controversial
  35. INTRINSIC RENAL DISEASE • Poorly concentrated urine with excessive amount

    of sodium • Causes include ATN, glomerulonephritis, and acute interstitial nephritis
  36. PRERENAL VS INTRINSIC RENAL Diagnostic Feature Prerenal Oliguria ATN FeNa

    <1% >3% Urine specific gravity >1.015 1.01-1.015 Urine sodium (mEq/L) <40 >40 Urine osmolality (mOsm/L) >400 <400 Causes Decreased RBF Renal ischemia, toxins
  37. AKI Predictors of Postoperative AKI Advanced age (>59) Emergent surgery

    Chronic liver disease High-risk surgery Body mass index > 32 Peripheral vascular occlusive disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  38. SEVERITY OF KIDNEY INJURY BY CC Creatinine Clearance (mL/min) Normal

    100 – 120 Decreased renal reserve 60 – 100 Mild renal impairment 40 – 60 Moderate renal insufficiency 25 – 40 Kidney failure <25 End-stage renal disease <10
  39. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CRF Changes Characteristic of Chronic Renal Disease Anemia

    (normocytic, normochromic) Depressed ejection fraction Decreased platelet adhesiveness Hyperkalemia Unpredictable intravascular fluid volume Metabolic acidosis Systemic hypertension Pericardial effusion Decreased sympathetic nervous system activity Metabolic disease (Diabetes mellitus) Delayed gastric emptying, nausea and vomiting, ileus
  40. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE • Predominant cause of death (acute MI, dysrhythmias,

    cardiomyopathy) • Severe and refractory systemic hypertension • Congestive heart failure • Does not necessarily contraindicate renal transplantation • Changes in lipid metabolism (decreased HDL, increased TG)
  41. RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY Indications for starting renal replacement therapy: •

    Oliguria (urine output <200mL/12h) • Anuria/extreme oliguria (urine output <50mL/12h) • Hyperkalemia ([K]>6.5mEq/L) • Severe acidemia (pH<7.1) • Azotemia ([urea]>30mg/dL) • Clinically significant organ (especially pulmonary) edema, fluid overload • Uremic encephalopathy, pericarditis, or neuropathy/myopathy • Severe hypo- or hypernatremia ([Na]<115 or >160mEq/L)
  42. MODES OF DIALYSIS & HEMOFILTRATION Intermittent hemodialysis •Most efficient because

    large amounts of fluid can be removed and electrolyte abnormalities can rapidly be corrected •Not appropriate in unstable patients, as 20-30% of patients undergoing hemodialysis will become hypotensive •In an unstable patient, the hypotension may not be tolerated and could cause further renal injury or disequilibrium syndrome from the large osmotic shifts Peritoneal dialysis •Simple and cost effective •Can cause infection, has poor clearance of solutes and uric acid Continuous hemodiafiltration •More effective urea clearance and controlled fluid removal •Beneficial in the critically ill patient, as these patients usually have intravascular hypovolemia secondary to decreased oncotic pressure from capillary leak, and this method allows for precise volume control, continuously. •Provides improved nutritional support •Safer in patients with cerebral injury or cardiovascular disorders, given the improved control of volume
  43. COMPLICATIONS OF HEMODIALYSIS • Neurological – disequilibrium syndrome, dementia •

    Cardiovascular – intravascular volume depletion, hypotension, arrhythmia • Pulmonary – hypoxemia • Gastrointestinal – Ascites • Hematological – Anemia, transient neutropenia, residual anticoagulation • Metabolic – Hypokalemia, large protein losses • Infectious – peritonitis, transfusion-related hepatitis
  44. EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA & SURGERY ON RENAL FUNCTION • Reversible

    decreases in RBF, GFR, urinary flow, sodium excretion occur during both general and regional anesthesia • Increases in epinephrine, norepinephrine, renin, ATII, aldosterone, ADH, cortisol common as a stress response • Volatile and intravenous drug effects… • Pneumoperitoneum produces abdominal compartment-like state
  45. INHALATIONAL AGENTS • Ideal due to lack of dependence on

    kidneys for elimination, ability to control BP, minimal direct effects on RBF • Decrease renal vascular resistance • Accelerated induction and emergence may be seen in severely anemic patients • Compound A, breakdown product of Sevoflurane, accumulation in breathing circuit is favored by low flow rates (<2L/min) • Nitrous oxide decreases arterial oxygen content, may be avoided in severely anemic patients
  46. PROPOFOL & ETOMIDATE • Pharmacokinetics are minimally impaired by renal

    function • Decreased protein binding of etomidate (larger free fraction) in patients with hypoalbuminemia
  47. BENZODIAZEPINES • Benzodiazepines are extensively protein bound (CKD increases free

    fraction) • Potentiated effect & increased sensitivity • Slow plasma clearance • Midazolam (active) ⍺-hydroxy metabolite accumulates with repeat administration or long-term infusions • Repeated diazepam or lorazepam administration may cause active metabolite- induced sedation
  48. BARBITURATES • Increased sensitivity • Pharmacokinetic profiles unchanged • Increase

    in free circulating barbiturates • Acidosis may favor more rapid effect
  49. OPIOIDS • Accumulation of morphine and meperidine, and their metabolites,

    morphine-6- glucuronide and normeperidine, respectively, can prolong respiratory depression (with chronic administration). Increased normeperidine lowers seizure threshold • Hydromorphone metabolite hydromorphone-3-glucuronide may accumulate causing cognitive dysfunction and myoclonus • Codeine & sufentanil can cause prolonged narcosis • Fentanyl – no active metabolites, unchanged free fraction, short redistribution phase • Alfentanil – reduced protein binding, no change in elimination half life or clearance, inactive metabolites • Remifentanil metabolite clinical implications are limited
  50. MUSCLE RELAXANTS • Muscle relaxants most likely to produce prolonged

    effects in ESRD because of their dependence on renal excretion • Succinylcholine, atracurium, cis-atracurium, and mivacurium appear to have minimal renal excretion of the unchanged parent compound • Most nondepolarizing muscle relaxants must be either hepatically excreted or metabolized to inactive forms in order to terminate their activity • Some muscle relaxants have renally excreted active metabolites that may contribute to their prolonged duration of action in patients with ESRD
  51. SUCCINYLCHOLINE • Provided the serum potassium concentration is not dangerously

    elevated, its use can be justified as part of a rapid-sequence anesthesia induction technique because its duration of action in ESRD is not significantly prolonged • The rise in serum potassium following succinylcholine administration is 0.5 mEq/L in normal • Potassium rise following succinylcholine administration is usually well tolerated in patients with chronically elevated serum potassium levels • Although decreased plasma cholinesterase levels have been reported in uremic patients following dialysis, significantly prolonged neuromuscular block is rare
  52. CISATRACURIUM & ATRACURIUM • Atracurium and its derivative, cis-atracurium, undergo

    enzymatic ester hydrolysis and spontaneous nonenzymatic (Hoffman) degradation with minimal renal excretion of the parent compound • Their elimination half-life, clearance, and duration of action are not affected by renal failure • Atracurium metabolite, laudanosine, may accumulate with repeated dosing or continuous infusion (Seizures in animals)
  53. VECURONIUM & ROCURONIUM • Vecuronium duration of action is prolonged

    as a result of reduced plasma clearance and increased elimination half-life • An intubating dose lasts approximately 50% longer in patients with ESRD • Active metabolite, 3-desmethylvecuronium, accumulates in patients receiving a continuous vecuronium infusion • Rocuronium has a pharmacokinetic profile in normal subjects similar to that of vecuronium, but block is variable • With appropriate neuromuscular block monitoring, both drugs can be used safely in patients in renal disease
  54. REVERSAL & ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS • Renal excretion is the principle

    route of elimination for edrophonium, neostigmine, and pyridostigmine • Half-lives are prolonged at least as much as any of the relaxants • The anticholinergic agents atropine and glycopyrrolate are similarly excreted by the kidney • No dosage alteration of anticholinesterases are required • “Recurarization” is unlikely
  55. SUGAMMADEX • Substantially excreted renally • No dose adjustment in

    mild to moderate renal impairment • Bridion not recommended for use in patients with severe renal impairment (CC<30mL/min), including those requiring dialysis • Persistent sugammadex may impair the ability of some paralytics to work if re- paralysis is needed
  56. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION & CONSIDERATIONS • Address preoperative dialysis need •

    Signs of fluid overload or hypovolemia (consider dry weight) • Chest Xray, CBC, Chem, Coags, ABG, EKG, Echo findings and significance
  57. INTRAOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS • Continuous blood pressure monitoring may be indicated

    (balance with need to preserve arteries) • Risk of thrombosis if blood pressure cuff on the same arm with AV fistula • Consider RSI • Dose of induction agent reduced if immediately following dialysis • Maintenance agent should control HTN with minimal deleterious effect on CO • Controlled ventilation should be considered with kidney failure • Consider avoiding LR if large volumes required (4 mEq/L potassium)
  58. AV FISTULA • Most common: Radiocephalic, Brachiocephalic, Brachiobasilic • Usually

    requires maturation before use • May increase in size and become aneurysmal • Complications can also include cardiac failure due to increased venous return to the heart, and steal syndrome • Anesthetic considerations: avoid accessing fistula, avoid accessing indwelling dialysis lines, minimize cannulation attempts, local vs general vs regional anesthesia, coagulation status, heparinization
  59. AV GRAFT • Most common: Forearm loop, brachioaxillary • Prosthetic

    graft to connect artery and vein, tunneled subcutaneously • Ease of cannulation, large surface area, short maturation time • Greater thrombosis and infection rates, and inferior long-term patency
  60. RENAL TRANSPLANT • Most common diagnoses for patients on adult

    transplant list: T2DM and HTN • Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death (and therefore graft loss) after renal transplantation • Screening for tumors and infection, psychiatric stability, social support • Severe heart, lung, or liver disease; most malignancies are exclusions • Patients should be dialyzed before surgery • Scheduling of transplant and maximal cold ischemia time dependent on type of donor (ie. SCD, ECD, DCD)
  61. MANNITOL IN RENAL TRANSPLANT • Protective agent during renal transplantation

    • Ability to increase renal blood flow • Release of intrarenal vasodilating prostaglandins and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) • Oxygen free-radical scavenger • May convert a patient from oliguric ARF to nonoliguric ARF • Significant reduction in postoperative acute tubular necrosis in patients treated with mannitol • Adequate volume expansion with crystalloid prior to vessel clamp also helps decrease postoperative ATN
  62. TURP • TURP is a mainstay and even gold standard

    therapy to alleviate urine obstructive symptoms related to BPH • Lithotomy position – nerve injury • Preoperative considerations: Elderly - CV, pulmonary status, anticoagulation status • Intraoperative considerations: GA vs Regional, hypothermia, transfusion requirement, prostatic capsule perforation • Postoperative considerations: Bleeding, TUR syndrome, bacteremia
  63. TUR SYNDROME • Spectrum of morbidities associated with irrigating solution

    • Nonconductive nonelectrolyte solutions • Hypervolemic water intoxication • The principal components are • (1) excessive volume expansion (respiratory distress, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, hypertension, bradycardia, etc.) • (2) hyponatremia (mental confusion, nausea, etc.) • (3) other problems specific to each of the irrigating solutions
  64. TUR SYNDROME • Very large amount of irrigant absorption needed

    • Increased irrigant absorption dependent on • number and size of open venous sinuses • surgical disruption of the prostatic capsule • longer duration of resection (limit to 1 hour) • higher hydrostatic pressure of the irrigating fluid (limit suspension no more than 30cm) • lower venous pressure at the irrigant–blood interface
  65. RENAL FAILURE - ELECTROLYTES • Elevated Electrolytes: potassium, phosphate, and

    magnesium • Decreased Electrolytes: sodium, calcium • Acid/Base: anion gap metabolic acidosis
  66. HYPONATREMIA • Symptoms rarely occur unless sodium values are less

    than 125 mmol/L • Hyponatremia may occur in the setting of an expanded, normal, or contracted extracellular fluid volume • Intravascular volume status and urinary sodium concentration are key in differentiating • If water excess is a reason for hyponatremia, a dilute urine with a sodium concentration above 20 mmol/L is expected • Renal sodium retention (urine sodium <20 mmol/L) suggests sodium loss as a cause • If hyponatremia is acute, the risk of neurologic complications is higher, and cautious treatment is indicated to prevent cerebral edema and seizures • This should be accomplished with intravenous hypertonic saline and furosemide to enhance water excretion and prevent sodium overload
  67. HYPERNATREMIA • Result of sodium gain or water loss, most

    commonly the latter • Dehydration of brain tissue can cause symptoms ranging from confusion to convulsions and coma • Hemoconcentration, hyperosmolar low urine output, very low urinary sodium concentration and evidence of prerenal failure (elevations of BUN and serum creatinine) • Occasionally, the urine is not maximally concentrated, suggesting an osmotic diuresis or an intrinsic renal disorder such as diabetes insipidus • The primary goal of treatment is restoration of serum tonicity, which can be achieved with isotonic or hypotonic parenteral fluids and/or diuretics
  68. HYPOKALEMIA • Net potassium deficiency or transfer of extracellular potassium

    to the intracellular space • Total body depletion may exist even with normal extracellular potassium levels (e.g., diabetic ketoacidosis) • Causes of hypokalemia include extrarenal loss (e.g., vomiting, diarrhea), renal loss (impaired processing due to drugs, hormones, or inherited renal abnormalities), potassium shifts between the extra- and intracellular spaces (e.g., insulin therapy) • Clinical manifestations of hypokalemia include electrocardiography (ECG) changes (flattened T waves—“no pot, no T,” U waves, prodysrhythmic state) and skeletal muscle weakness • Hypokalemia treatment involves supplementation by either intravenous or oral route
  69. HYPERKALEMIA • Important to consider the duration of the condition

    • Causes of acute hyperkalemia: drugs (succinylcholine, ACE/ARB’s, mannitol, spironolactone, digitalis, non-selective beta blockers) that cause decreased renal K+ excretion, reperfusion of an organ/vascular bed after ischemia (usually greater than 4 hours), transfusions, decreased aldosterone levels, transcellular shifts (intracellular to extracellular), often caused by acidosis, acute renal failure • ECG changes (peaked T waves, ST segment depression, and shortened QT interval), soon followed by manifestations of severe hyperkalemia, including QRS complex widening, prolonged PR interval, disappearance of the P wave, sine wave QRS, ventricular fibrillation, and asystole • Clinically, muscle weakness and paralysis
  70. HYPERKALEMIA • Acute Hyperkalemia Treatment • Membrane Stabilization: CaCl2 •

    K+ Shift: glucose/insulin, induce alkalosis (bicarbonate, hyperventilation), β-agonists • K+ Excretion: furosemide, resins, fludrocortisone, dialysis
  71. HYPOCALCEMIA • Hypocalcemia: numbness, digital numbness, laryngospasm, carpopedal spasm, bronchospasm,

    seizures, and respiratory arrest • Mental status changes, including irritability, depression, and impaired cognition may also occur • Cardiac manifestations include QT interval prolongation and dysrhythmias, possible complete heart block • May be due to several mechanisms, including a decrease in PTH secretion or action, reduced vitamin D synthesis or action, resistance of bone to PTH or vitamin D effects, or calcium sequestration • Acute hypocalcemia due to citrate toxicity can develop from rapid infusion of citrate-stored packed red blood cells, particularly with citrate accumulation during the anhepatic phase of liver transplant procedures • Parathyroidectomy, either selectively or as a complication of thyroidectomy during neck surgery, can acutely reduce PTH levels and precipitate hypocalcemia
  72. HYPERCALCEMIA • Mild to moderate hypercalcemia (11 to 14 mg/100

    mL) often has no symptoms, but when levels > 15 mg/100 mL, clinical changes become more common • Clinical symptoms include constipation, nausea and vomiting, polyuria, renal calculi, oliguric renal failure, drowsiness, lethargy, weakness, stupor, and coma • Cardiovascular manifestations may include shortened QT interval, QRS widening • The most frequent causes of hypercalcemia are primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy • Other causes include thiazide or lithium therapy, granulomatous disease, renal failure
  73. HYPERCALCEMIA • Initial treatment: diuresis and administration of normal saline

    to dilute plasma calcium • Patients who have muscle weakness should receive decreased doses of nondepolarizing muscle relaxants • Vigilance with respect to EKG
  74. HYPERMAGNESEMIA • Increases in plasma magnesium are often due to

    excessive intake (magnesium- containing antacids or laxatives) and/or renal impairment • Iatrogenic hypermagnesemia can also occur during magnesium sulfate therapy for gestational hypertension in the mother as well as the fetus • Clinical manifestations typically are hyporeflexia, sedation, nausea, vomiting, flushing, urinary retention, ileus and skeletal muscle weakness • Impaired release of acetylcholine and decreased motor end-plate sensitivity to acetylcholine • Vasodilation, bradycardia, myocardial depression, respiratory arrest • Prolongation of the P–R interval and widening of the QRS complex
  75. HYPERMAGNESEMIA • All sources of magnesium intake (most often antacids)

    should be stopped • Intravenous calcium • Loop diuretic along with an infusion of ½-normal saline in 5% dextrose enhances urinary magnesium excretion • Dosages of NMBAs should be reduced by 25–50%
  76. HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA • Phosphate is a source of chemical energy as

    it forms ATP in all cells • Symptoms include muscle weakness, respiratory failure, and difficulty in weaning critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation • Leftward shift of the oxyhemoglobin curve (increased affinity for oxygen: less oxygen delivery to tissues), increased RBC fragility • Hypophosphatemia can result from intracellular redistribution, inadequate intake or absorption secondary to alcoholism or malnutrition, or from increased renal or gastrointestinal losses • Treatment with intravenous and oral supplementation