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Propagation along an unmyelinated axon is referred to as continuous conduction purchase aricept 5 mg without prescription; along the length of a myelinated axon generic 10 mg aricept with mastercard, + it is saltatory conduction. Continuous conduction is slow because there are always voltage-gated Na channels opening, + and more and more Na is rushing into the cell. Saltatory conduction is faster because the action potential basically jumps + from one node to the next (saltare = “to leap”), and the new influx of Na renews the depolarized membrane. Along with the myelination of the axon, the diameter of the axon can influence the speed of conduction. Much as water runs faster in a + wide river than in a narrow creek, Na -based depolarization spreads faster down a wide axon than down a narrow one. This concept is known as resistance and is generally true for electrical wires or plumbing, just as it is true for axons, although the specific conditions are different at the scales of electrons or ions versus water in a river. The concentrations of ions in the extracellular fluid are the basis for how the membrane potential is established and changes in electrochemical signaling. After the repolarizing phase of the action + + + potential, K leakage channels and the Na /K pump ensure that the ions return to their original locations. Astrocytes can become reactive in cases such as these, which impairs their ability to maintain the local chemical + environment. This sodium/potassium imbalance negatively affects the internal chemistry of cells, preventing them from functioning normally. Often, the action potentials occur so rapidly that watching a screen to see them occur is not helpful. A speaker is powered by the signals recorded from a neuron and it “pops” each time the neuron fires an action potential. A stimulus starts the depolarization, but the action potential runs on its own once a threshold has been reached. These special types of potentials influence a neuron and determine whether an action potential will occur or not. The amount of change in the membrane potential is determined by the size of the stimulus that causes it. In the example of testing the temperature of the shower, slightly warm water would only initiate a small change in a thermoreceptor, whereas hot water would cause a large amount of change in the membrane potential. For a membrane at the resting potential, a graded potential represents a change in that voltage either above -70 mV or below -70 mV. Both of these ions have higher concentrations outside the cell than inside; because they have a positive charge, they will move into the cell causing it to become less negative + - relative to the outside. If a positive charge moves out of a cell, the cell becomes more negative; if a negative charge enters the cell, the same thing happens. Types of Graded Potentials For the unipolar cells of sensory neurons—both those with free nerve endings and those within encapsulations—graded potentials develop in the dendrites that influence the generation of an action potential in the axon of the same cell. For other sensory receptor cells, such as taste cells or photoreceptors of the retina, graded potentials in their membranes result in the release of neurotransmitters at synapses with sensory neurons. Summation All types of graded potentials will result in small changes of either depolarization or hyperpolarization in the voltage of a membrane. If the total change in voltage in the membrane is a positive 15 mV, meaning that the membrane depolarizes from -70 mV to -55 mV, then the graded potentials This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx. For receptor potentials, threshold is not a factor because the change in membrane potential for receptor cells directly causes neurotransmitter release. However, generator potentials can initiate action potentials in the sensory neuron axon, and postsynaptic potentials can initiate an action potential in the axon of other neurons. Graded potentials summate at a specific location at the beginning of the axon to initiate the action potential, namely the initial segment. For sensory neurons, which do not have a cell body between the dendrites and the axon, the initial segment is directly adjacent to the dendritic endings. For all other neurons, the axon hillock is essentially the initial segment of the axon, and it is where summation takes place. Summation can be spatial or temporal, meaning it can be the result of multiple graded potentials at different locations on the neuron, or all at the same place but separated in time. Spatial summation is related to associating the activity of multiple inputs to a neuron with each other. Temporal summation is the relationship of multiple action potentials from a single cell resulting in a significant change in the membrane potential. At point B, a mix of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials result in a different end result for the membrane potential. The process of converting electrical signals to chemical signals and back requires subtle changes that can result in transient increases or decreases in membrane voltage. To cause a lasting change in the target cell, multiple signals are usually added together, or summated. Does spatial summation have to happen all at once, or can the separate signals arrive on the postsynaptic neuron at slightly different times?

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The following is a list of the basic • Suction: switched on and immediately to hand in needs for adult oral intubation purchase aricept 10 mg visa. The technique of oral intubation The cuff is inflated by injecting air via a pilot tube generic 5mg aricept, at the distal end of which is a one-way valve to pre- Preoxygenation vent deflation and a small ‘balloon’ to indicate when the cuff is inflated. A wide variety of All patients who are to be intubated are asked to specialized tubes have been developed, examples breathe 100% oxygen via a close-fitting facemask of which are shown in Fig. This provides a • Reinforced tubes are used to prevent kinking and reservoir of oxygen in the patient’s lungs, reducing subsequent obstruction as a result of the position- the risk of hypoxia if difficulty is encountered with ing of the patient’s head (Fig. Once this has been accomplished, the • Preformed tubes are used during surgery on the appropriate drugs will be administered to render head and neck, and are designed to take the con- the patient unconscious and abolish laryngeal nections away from the surgical field (Fig. Positioning Intubation The patient’s head is placed on a small pillow with The tracheal tube is introduced into the right side the neck flexed and the head extended at the of the mouth, advanced and seen to pass through the atlanto-occipital joint, the ‘sniffing the morning cords until the cuff lies just below the cords. The patient’s mouth is fully opened tube is then held firmly and the laryngoscope is using the index finger and thumb of the right hand carefully removed, and the cuff is inflated suffi- in a scissor action. Laryngoscopy For nasotracheal intubation a well-lubricated The laryngoscope is held in the left hand and the tube is introduced, usually via the right nostril blade introduced into the mouth along the right- along the floor of the nose with the bevel pointing hand side of the tongue, displacing it to the left. It is ad- The blade is advanced until the tip lies in the gap vanced into the oropharynx, where it is usually between the base of the tongue and the epiglottis, visualized using a laryngoscope in the manner de- the vallecula. The rectly into the larynx by pushing on the proximal effort comes from the upper arm not the wrist, to end, or the tip picked up with Magill’s forceps lift the tongue and epiglottis to expose the larynx, (which are designed not to impair the view of the seen as a triangular opening with the apex anteri- larynx) and directed into the larynx. The proce- orly and the whitish coloured true cords laterally dure then continues as for oral intubation. It is inserted by holding the handle rather Due to: than using one’s index finger as a guide, and sits • Unrecognized oesophageal intubation If there is opposite the laryngeal opening. A specially de- any doubt about the position of the tube it should signed reinforced, cuffed, tracheal tube can then be be removed and the patient ventilated via a inserted, and, due to the shape and position of the facemask. Confirming the position of the • Aspiration Regurgitated gastric contents can tracheal tube cause blockage of the airways directly, or secondary This can be achieved using a number of to laryngeal spasm and bronchospasm. Cricoid techniques: pressure can be used to reduce the risk of regurgita- • Measuring the carbon dioxide in expired gas (capnog- tion prior to intubation (see below). Trauma • Oesophageal detector: a 50mL syringe is attached to the tracheal tube and the plunger rapidly with- • Direct During laryngoscopy and insertion of the drawn. If the tracheal tube is in the oesophagus, re- tube, damage to lips, teeth, tongue, pharynx, lar- sistance is felt and air cannot be aspirated; if it is in ynx, trachea, and nose and nasopharynx during the trachea, air is easily aspirated. Complications of tracheal intubation • Vomiting This may be stimulated when laryn- The following complications are the more com- goscopy is attempted in patients who are inade- mon ones, not an attempt to cover all occurrences. It is more frequent when there is material in the stomach; for example in emergencies when the patient is not starved, in 25 Chapter 2 Anaesthesia patients with intestinal obstruction, or when gas- Cricoid pressure (Sellick’s manoeuvre) tric emptying is delayed, as after opiate analgesics or following trauma. Regurgitation and aspiration of gastric contents are • Laryngeal spasm Reflex adduction of the vocal life-threatening complications of anaesthesia and cords as a result of stimulation of the epiglottis or every effort must be made to minimize the risk. Preoperatively, patients are starved to reduce gas- tric volume and drugs may be given to increase pH. At induction of anaesthesia, cricoid pressure pro- Difficult intubation vides a physical barrier to regurgitation. As the Occasionally, intubation of the trachea is made cricoid cartilage is the only complete ring of carti- difficult because of an inability to visualize the lage in the larynx, pressure on it, anteroposteriorly, larynx. This may have been predicted at the forces the whole ring posteriorly, compressing the preoperative assessment or may be unexpected. A oesophagus against the body of the sixth cervical variety of techniques have been described to help vertebra, thereby preventing regurgitation. An as- solve this problem and include the following: sistant, using the thumb and index finger, applies •M anipulation of the thyroid cartilage by back- pressure whilst the other hand is behind the pa- wards and upwards pressure by an assistant to try tient’s neck to stabilize it (Fig. Pressure is and bring the larynx or its posterior aspect into applied as the patient loses consciousness and view. It long, is inserted blindly into the trachea, over should be maintained even if the patient starts to which the tracheal tube is ‘railroaded’ into place. If trachea via the mouth or nose, and is used as a vomiting does occur, the patient should be turned guide over which a tube can be passed into the tra- onto his or her side to minimize aspiration. Consciousness is lost rapidly as sort to one of the emergency techniques described the concentration of the drug in the brain rises below. The drug is then redistributed to other tissues and the plasma concentration falls; this is followed by a fall in brain concentration and Emergency airway techniques the patient recovers consciousness. Despite a short These must only be used when all other techniques duration of action, complete elimination, usually have failed to maintain oxygenation. Consequently, brane is identified and punctured using a large bore most drugs are not given repeatedly to maintain cannula (12–14 gauge) attached to a syringe. Currently, the only exception to this ration of air confirms that the tip of the cannula is propofol (see below).

A small amount should be applied only to warts and allowed to dry order aricept 5mg without prescription, at which time a white frosting is intense cheap aricept 10mg otc, the acid can be neutralized with soap or sodium develops. If an excess amount of acid is applied, the treated be powdered with talc, sodium bicarbonate, or liquid soap preparations to remove unreacted acid. Recommended Regimens for Urethral Meatus Warts Surgical therapy has the advantage of usually eliminating Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen warts at a single visit. After local anesthesia is applied, the visible genital treatment area and adjacent normal skin must be dry before contact with podophyllin. Care must be taken Data are limited on the use of podoflox and imiquimod for treatment of distal meatal warts. Alternatively, the warts can be removed either by tangential excision with a pair of fne scissors or a scalpel, by laser, or by Recommended Regimens for Anal Warts curettage. If an excess amount of acid is applied, the treated area should be powdered with talc, sodium bicarbonate, or liquid soap preparations in most cases if surgical removal is performed properly. This treatment can be repeated weekly, if therapy is most benefcial for patients who have a large number necessary. Nevertheless, some persons diagnosed with genital warts and their partners: infections do progress to genital warts, precancers, and • Genital warts are not life threatening. Ablative modalities usually are efective, but careful Special Considerations follow-up is essential for patient management. Pregnancy Imiquimod, sinecatechins, podophyllin, and podoflox Cervical Cancer Screening for should not be used during pregnancy. Pregnant women with genital cervical disease, or history of cervical disease compared with warts should be counseled concerning the low risk for warts women without these characteristics (419). No data suggest that treat- ommendation is based on the low incidence of cervical cancer ment modalities for external genital warts should be diferent for and limited utility of screening in younger women (98). However, to ensure the reliability of screening methods, the safety and response to the provision of adequate care, follow-up and referral sources treatments, and the programmatic considerations that would must be in place. When available, a copy of the Pap test result should women frequently equate having a pelvic examination with be provided. Women with abnormal screening or diagnostic having a Pap test; they erroneously believe that a sample for tests should be referred to clinic settings that employ providers Pap testing was taken, when in reality, only a pelvic examina- who are experienced in managing these cases (see Follow-Up). Additionally, these tests Guidelines for Management of Abnormal Cervical Cytology (429) can be used in conjunction with a Pap test (adjunct testing) for (information regarding management and follow-up care is cervical cancer screening of women aged ≥30 years. Clinics and of the lower genital tract and, if indicated, conduct a health-care providers who ofer cervical screening services but colposcopically directed biopsy. Colposcopy is appropriate if the provider has con- and results of follow-up appointment should be clearly docu- cerns about adherence with recommended follow-up or mented in the clinic record. Te test can be performed after care- should be referred immediately for colposcopy, and if ful removal of the discharge with a saline-soaked cotton indicated, directed cervical biopsy. In women whose cervix rapidly, and lesions caused by these infections also have high remains intact after a hysterectomy, regularly scheduled rates of regression to normal. Print materials are available at several Several studies have documented an increased prevalence websites (http://www. Additional testing exposure vaccination with widely available vaccines, including might be required to confrm these results. However, 10%–15% of patients experience a relapse of used with caution among persons with hepatitis A. By 1 month after the frst dose, 94%–100% of mentally infected animals, but transmission by saliva has not adults have protective antibody levels; 100% of adults develop been demonstrated. In randomized con- In the United States, almost half of all persons with hepatitis trolled trials, the equivalent of 1 dose of hepatitis A vaccine A report having no risk factor for the disease. Among adults administered before exposure has been 94%–100% efective in with identifed risk factors, most cases occur among interna- preventing clinical hepatitis A (2). Kinetic models of antibody tional travelers, household or sexual contacts, nonhousehold decline indicate that protective levels of antibody persist for contacts (e. A combined hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine has been developed and licensed for use as a 3-dose series in adults aged Diagnosis ≥18 years (Table 3). Patients with acute hepatitis A usually require only support- Prevaccination Serologic Testing for Susceptibility ive care, with no restrictions in diet or activity. Hospitalization might be necessary for patients who become dehydrated Approximately one third of the U. Te potential cost-savings of testing should Hepatitis B be weighed against the cost and the likelihood that testing will Hepatitis B is caused by infection with the hepatitis B virus interfere with initiating vaccination. This vaccine is recommended for persons aged ≥18 years who are at increased risk for both hepatitis B and hepatitis A virus infections. Periodic testing to determine antibody health-care provider should consider the need to achieve levels after routine vaccination in immunocompetent persons completion of the vaccine series. Approved adolescent and is not necessary, and booster doses of vaccine are not currently adult schedules for both monovalent hepatitis B vaccine (i.

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