Toma de decisiones en anestesiología Algoritmos de actuación Cuarta edición Lois L. Bready, MD Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Professor and Vice Chair Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Dawn Dillman, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Susan H. Noorily, MD Clinical Professor Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas COLABORADORES Stacey Allen, MD Daniel Martin Bitner, MD, MS Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas D.M. Anderson, MD Mary Blanchette, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative University of Texas Health Sciences Center Medicine in San Antonio Oregon Health Sciences University San Antonio, Texas Portland, Oregon Franklin L. Anderson, MD Erik A. Boatman, MD Department of Anesthesiology San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education University of Texas Health Sciences Center Consortium in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Gwendolyn L. Boyd, MD J. Jeff Andrews, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of Alabama at Birmingham School University of Texas Health Sciences Center of Medicine in San Antonio Birmingham, Alabama San Antonio, Texas Christopher A. Bracken, MD, PhD William P. Arnold III, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesia University of Texas Health Sciences Center University of Virginia in San Antonio Charlottesville, Virginia San Antonio, Texas Patrick Bakke, MD Carol R. Bradford, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Department of Otolaryngology Medicine University of Michigan Medical Center Oregon Health Sciences University Ann Arbor, Michigan Portland, Oregon Kevin M. Brady, MD Joanne Baust, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Anesthesiology Medicine University of Texas Health Sciences Center The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in San Antonio Baltimore, Maryland San Antonio, Texas Ansgar M. Brambrink, MD, PhD Jonathan L. Benumof, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Department of Anesthesia Medicine University of California at San Diego Oregon Health Sciences University San Diego, California Portland, Oregon Lauren Berkow, MD Darin Brandt, DO Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Portland, Oregon Baltimore, Maryland Lois L. Bready, MD Arnold J. Berry, MD, MPH Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center Emory University School of Medicine in San Antonio Atlanta, Georgia San Antonio, Texas iii iv COLABORADORES Russell C. Brockwell, MD John A. Dilger, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of Alabama at Birmingham Mayo Clinic Birmingham, Alabama Rochester, Maryland David M. Broussard, MD Dawn Dillman, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Ochsner Clinical Foundation Oregon Health Sciences University New Orleans, Louisiana Portland, Oregon Allan C.D. Brown, MD Stephen Donahue, MD Department of Anesthesiology Anesthesiologists for Children University of Michigan Medical Center Dallas, Texas Ann Arbor, Michigan Nivine H. Doran, MD Carol E. Campbell, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Anesthesiology Medicine University of Texas Health Sciences Center University of New Mexico in San Antonio Albuquerque, New Mexico San Antonio, Texas M. Joanne Douglas, MD A. Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD Department of Anesthesia University of British Columbia Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital George A. Dumitrascu, MD San Francisco, California Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bonny Carter, MD Lynn A. Fenton, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine University of Texas Health Sciences Center Oregon Health Sciences University in San Antonio Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas Juergen Fleisch, MD Lydia Cassorla, MD, MBA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Oregon Health Sciences University University of California San Francisco Portland, Oregon San Francisco, California Judith A. Freeman, MD, CHB Harold D. Cline, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Oregon Health Sciences University University of Maryland Medical Center Portland, Oregon Baltimore, Maryland Thomas Frietsch, MD Corey Collins, DO Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Medford, Massachusetts Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Sally Combest, MD Department of Anesthesiology William R. Furman, MD University of Texas Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology in San Antonio University of North Carolina San Antonio, Texas Chapel Hill, North Carolina Saundra E. Curry, MD Susan Garwood, MD, ChB, BSc, FRCA Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Columbia University College of Physicians and Yale School of Medicine Surgeons Yale-New Haven Hospital New York, New York New Haven, Connecticut Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez, MD Ethan Gaumond, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon COLABORADORES v Kevin B. Gerold, DO, JD Vivian Hou, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Portland, Oregon Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Michael P. Hutchens, MD, MA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine James D. Griffin, MD Oregon Health Sciences University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Portland, Oregon University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Per-Olof Jarnberg, MD, PhD Dallas, Texas Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Mary Ann Gurkowski, MD Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology Wendy B. Kang, MD, JD University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio Department of Anesthesiology San Antonio, Texas University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Charles B. Hantler, MD Suzanne B. Karan, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Washington University University of Rochester School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri and Dentistry Rochester, New York Jinny Kim Hartman, MD Department of Anesthesiology Celia I. Kaye, MD, PhD Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Pediatrics Lebanon, New Hampshire University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado Joy L. Hawkins, MD Department of Anesthesia Angela Kendrick, MD University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Denver, Colorado Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Eugenie Heitmiller, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Jeffrey R. Kirsch, MD Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Oregon Health Sciences University Baltimore, Maryland Portland, Oregon Antonio Hernandez, MD Kevin K. Klein, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management University of Texas Health Sciences Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at in San Antonio Dallas San Antonio, Texas Dallas, Texas Rosemary Hickey, MD Ines P. Koerner, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative University of Texas Health Sciences Center Medicine in San Antonio Oregon Health Sciences University San Antonio, Texas Portland, Oregon Joseph R. Holahan, MD Hector LaCassie, MD South Texas Oncology and Hematology PA Department of Anesthesiology San Antonio, Texas Duke University Health System Durham, North Carolina W. Corbett Holmgreen, MD, DDS Department of Anesthesiology Kirk Lalwani, MD University of Texas Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine in San Antonio Oregon Health Sciences University San Antonio, Texas Portland, Oregon vi COLABORADORES Marilyn Green Larach, MD, FAAP Kimberly D. Milhoan, MD Owing Mills, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio Catherine K. Lineberger, MD San Antonio, Texas Department of Anesthesiology Duke University Health System Tobias Moeller-Bertram, MD Durham, North Carolina Department of Anesthesiology University of California at San Diego John J. Liszka-Hackzell, MD, PhD San Diego, California Department of Anesthesiology University of Arizona College of Medicine Joseph J. Naples, MD Tucson, Arizona Department of Anesthesiology The Methodist Hospital Robert Loeb, MD Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology University of Arizona College of Medicine David V. Nelson, PhD Tucson, Arizona Department of Psychology and Philosophy Sam Houston State University Gaelan B. Luhn, MD Huntsville, Texas Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center Christopher D. Newell, MD in San Antonio Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine San Antonio, Texas Oregon Health Sciences University Colin F. Mackenzie, MD, ChB, FCCM Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology Victor Ng, MD University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care University of California San Francisco T. Philip Malan, Jr., MD, PhD San Francisco, California Department of Anesthesiology University of Arizona College of Medicine Dolores B. Njoku, MD Tucson, Arizona Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Vinod Malhotra, MD Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Susan H. Noorily, MD New York, New York Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center David C. Mayer, MD in San Antonio Department of Anesthesiology San Antonio, Texas University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina J. Russell Norton, MD Department of Anesthesiology Kathryn E. McGoldrick, MD University of Rochester School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Dentistry New York Medical College Rochester, New York Valhalla, New York Steven C. Onstad Katherine R. McGuire, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Oregon Health Sciences University University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas William T. Merritt, MD, MBA James C. Opton, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Oregon Health Sciences University Baltimore, Maryland Portland, Oregon Sara M. Metcalf, MD Malcolm D. Orr, MD, PhD Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Oregon Health Sciences University University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio Portland, Oregon San Antonio, Texas COLABORADORES vii Robert H. Overbaugh, MD Marco S. Robin, DO Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Oregon Health Sciences University Hershey, Pennsylvania Portland, Oregon Fred G. Panico, MD Stephen T. Robinson, MD Seaford, Delaware Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Cathleen L. Peterson-Layne, MD, PhD Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology Duke University Health System James N. Rogers, MD Durham, North Carolina Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center Michael G. Phillips, BHS, PA-C in San Antonio University of Alabama at Birmingham San Antonio, Texas School of Medicine Birmingham, Alabama Mark A. Rosen, MD Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Jorge Pineda, MD University of California San Francisco Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative San Francisco, California Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Renata Rusa, MD Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Anthony S. Poon, MD, DDS, PhD Portland, Oregon Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery University of Texas Health Sciences Center Andrew S. Rushton, MD in San Antonio Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative San Antonio, Texas Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Marcelo Quezado, MD Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Susan M. Ryan, MD The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care Baltimore, Maryland University of California San Francisco Rajam S. Ramamurthy, MD San Francisco, California Department of Anesthesiology Lauren L. Salgado, MD University of Texas Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology in San Antonio University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Somayaji Ramamurthy, MD Jamie McElrath Schwartz, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine in San Antonio The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions San Antonio, Texas Baltimore, Maryland Deborah K. Rasch, MD Jaydeep S. Shah, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology University of Texas Health Sciences Center University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Jeffrey M. Richman, MD David I. Shapiro, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Department of Anesthesiology The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Erie County Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland Buffalo, New York Kerri M. Robertson, MD Aarti Sharma, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Duke University Health System Weill Medical College of Cornell University Durham, North Carolina New York, New York viii COLABORADORES Nicholas R. Simmons, MD Michael Verber, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Washington University University of Texas Health Sciences Center St. Louis, Missouri in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Gary D. Skrivanek, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Jennifer F. Vookles, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Dallas Medicine Dallas, Texas Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon Tod B. Sloan, MD, PhD Department of Anesthesiology David B. Waisel, MD University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology Denver, Colorado Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Fred J. Spielman, MD Department of Anesthesiology Tessa L. Walters, MD University of North Carolina Burlingame, California Chapel Hill, North Carolina Denham S. Ward, MD, PhD Louis A. Stool, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management University of Rochester School of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dentistry Dallas Rochester, New York Dallas, Texas Leila G. Welborn, MD Vijayendra Sudheendra, MD Department of Anesthesiology Department of Surgery Children’s National Medical Center Brown University Washington, DC Providence, Rhode Isaland Gary Welch, MD Melba W.G. Swafford, MD Mico, Texas Department of Anesthesiology Baylor College of Medicine Lynda T. Wells, MD Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology University of Virginia Health System Veronica C. Swanson, MD Charlottesville, Virginia Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University James R. Zaidan, MD, MBA Portland, Oregon Department of Anesthesiology Emory University School of Medicine Jeffrey E. Terrell, MD Atlanta, Georgia Department of Anesthesiology University of Michigan Medical Center Angela Zimmerman, MD Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine John E. Tetzlaff, MD Oregon Health Sciences University Division of Anesthesiology Portland, Oregon Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio Marcos A. Zuazu, MD Department of Anesthesiology Mohamed Tiouririne, MD University of Texas Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology in San Antonio University of Virginia Health System San Antonio, Texas Charlottesville, Virginia Irena Vaitkeviciute, MD Department of Anesthesiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut PRÓLOGO El propósito de Toma de decisiones en anestesiología es En el aprendizaje de la práctica de la anestesiología o presentar el proceso de actuación anestésica en el periope- para revisar un procedimiento con el que no se está fa- ratorio en forma de árbol de decisiones. Así pues, este tra- miliarizado, es sumamente útil disponer de un acceso in- bajo no pretende reemplazar los tratados de anestesia clá- mediato a un especialista experimentado que nos pueda sicos, sino más bien describir cómo se debe emplear la sugerir una estrategia razonable y que nos señale necesi- información que contienen. Este formato estimula al lector dades quirúrgicas especiales (y peligros potenciales). Esto a pensar de forma sistemática y a seguir una secuencia de es lo que pretendemos en nuestro trabajo, sugerir una se- actuación lógica durante todo el proceso de evaluación y rie de esquemas de actuación anestésica razonables que preparación preoperatoria, en las actuaciones intraopera- sirvan como referencia clínica. Dado que los consejos torias y en el postoperatorio. Nuestra meta era construir al- aportados por los especialistas experimentados deben in- goritmos que resultasen fáciles de seguir, en los que se de- dividualizarse para cada paciente en concreto, nuestras mostrasen claramente los puntos de decisión y que fueran sugerencias deben contemplarse a la vista de las necesi- sencillos pero no simplistas. Los comentarios vienen es- dades especiales de cada caso. Deseamos que los anes- quematizados con respecto a los puntos de decisión desig- tesistas y otros especialistas implicados en la asistencia nados con letras para ampliar la información, que a su vez perioperatoria de los pacientes quirúrgicos puedan en- está respaldada por referencias bibliográficas. Lo más inte- contrar en esta obra un método de revisión estimulante. resante ha sido reformular y reorganizar nuestros conoci- La información aportada por los que han utilizado este li- mientos y experiencia clínica para tratar de construir estos bro ha sido de gran ayuda y los animamos a que nos si- algoritmos. gan enviando sus sugerencias. Aunque nos gustaría suponer que nuestras prácticas es- Muchas gracias a los autores, que han compartido ge- tán basadas en la evidencia, muchas de las decisiones que nerosamente su experiencia clínica y que han acometido se adoptan en el «mundo real» están influenciadas por las con entusiasmo este formato inusual. Gracias a Natasha preferencias del paciente, la disponibilidad de equipos y Andjelkovic por su ayuda y apoyo, sin los cuales habría material, por aspectos medicolegales, así como por las li- sido imposible realizar este libro. Nuestro agradecimiento mitaciones actuales de la anestesiología. A pesar de estas especial a Katharine Holahan, extraordinaria ayudante restricciones, nos esforzamos a diario para que nuestras de- editorial, que coordinó el proceso de edición del manus- cisiones sean precisas y para que el resultado asistencial so- crito y mantuvo una organización perfecta. Y como siem- bre nuestros pacientes sea óptimo. Hemos intentado ga- pre, nuestra más profunda gratitud al gran número de re- rantizar que los algoritmos sean precisos y realistas. En sidentes de anestesiología con los que hemos trabajado y campos controvertidos pueden reflejar las preferencias y el aprendido a lo largo de estos años; nos hacéis sentir or- modo de actuar de cada uno de los colaboradores. En al- gullosos. gunos casos puede haber técnicas alternativas válidas que no están descritas. Como expertos en educación implicados en progra- Lois L. Bready, MD mas de formación universitaria, hemos dirigido de forma Dawn Dillman, MD consciente este trabajo a los rreessiiddeenntteess ddee aanneesstteessiioollooggííaa.. Susan H. Noorily, MD ix ÍNDICE DE CONTENIDOS FUNDAMENTOS DE ANESTESIA 17 RESPUESTA ANTE UNA ALARMA DE PRESIÓN BAJA 50 1 ANESTESIA GENERAL 2 J. Russell Norton, M.D., Dawn Dillman, M.D. y Denham S. Ward, M.D., Ph.D. 2 ANESTESIA REGIONAL (AR) 4 18 RELAJANTES NEUROMUSCULARES 52 Rosemary Hickey, M.D., Sara M. Metcalf, M.D., y James N. Rogers, M.D. y Juergen Fleisch, M.D. 3 PREMEDICACIÓN DE LOS ADULTOS 8 19 PACIENTE CON ESTÓMAGO LLENO 56 Katherine R. McGuire, M.D. Joanne Baust, M.D. 4 PREMEDICACIÓN DE LOS NIÑOS 10 20 PACIENTE ANCIANO 58 Joanne Baust, M.D. Robert H. Overbaugh, M.D. 5 SISTEMAS DE RESPIRACIÓN 21 CONSENTIMIENTO INFORMADO EN ANESTESIA 14 PARA EL ANESTESIÓLOGO 60 Russell C. Brockwell, M.D., David B. Waisel, M.D. y J. Jeff Andrews, M.D. 22 VOLUNTADES ANTICIPADAS (VA) 62 6 INTUBACIÓN TRAQUEAL (IT) 18 Wendy B. Kang, M.D., J.D. Dawn Dillman, M.D. 23 ORDEN DE NO REANIMACIÓN 7 VÍA RESPIRATORIA DIFÍCIL: PREVISTA 20 EN EL QUIRÓFANO 64 Tobias Moeller-Bertram, M.D., David B. Waisel, M.D. y Jonathan L. Benumof, M.D. 8 VÍA RESPIRATORIA DIFÍCIL: DEPENDENCIA QUÍMICA IMPREVISTA, SE PUEDE VENTILAR 24 EN LOS ANESTESIÓLOGOS Tobias Moeller-Bertram, M.D., y Jonathan L. Benumof, M.D. 24 IDENTIFICACIÓN, INTERVENCIÓN Y TRATAMIENTO 68 9 VÍA RESPIRATORIA DIFÍCIL: William P. Arnold III, M.D. IMPREVISTA, NO SE PUEDE VENTILAR, NO SE PUEDE INTUBAR 28 25 ANESTESIÓLOGOS CON Tobias Moeller-Bertram, M.D., PROBLEMAS DE DEPENDENCIA: y Jonathan L. Benumof, M.D. ¿REINCORPORACIÓN LABORAL? 70 William P. Arnold III, M.D. 10 MONITORIZACIÓN EN ANESTESIA 30 D.M. Anderson, M.D. REANIMACIÓN: PARADA CARDÍACA 11 CAPNOGRAFÍA 32 26 ASISTOLIA 74 D.M. Anderson, M.D. Erik A. Boatman, M.D. 12 PULSIOXIMETRÍA 36 27 FIBRILACIÓN VENTRICULAR (FV) George A. Dumitrascu, M.D. Y TAQUICARDIA VENTRICULAR 13 OXIGENACIÓN 38 SIN PULSO (TVSP) 76 David M. Broussard, M.D. Erik A. Boatman, M.D. 14 HIPOXEMIA INTRAOPERATORIA 40 28 ACTIVIDAD ELÉCTRICA SIN D.M. Anderson, M.D. PULSO (AESP) 78 Erik A. Boatman, M.D. 15 DISMINUCIÓN DE LA CONCENTRACIÓN INSPIRADA DE OXÍGENO 42 ARRITMIAS POTENCIALMENTE Robert Loeb, M.D. MORTALES SIN PARADA CARDÍACA 16 AUMENTO DE LA PRESIÓN MÁXIMA EN LA VÍA RESPIRATORIA 46 29 BRADICARDIA 82 Robert Loeb, M.D. Stephen T. Robinson, M.D. xi