10 Random Questions


During a cardiac arrest with effective chest compression and positive-pressure ventilation, 50 mEq of sodium bicarbonate is administered. Which of the following is the most likely result?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

The induction dose of thiopental should be decreased in each of the following situations EXCEPT


Of the following, the most reliable criterion for adequate clinical reversal of neuromuscular blockade is

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The portion of the infant airway with the smallest cross-sectional area occurs at the level of the

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following drugs has the shortest elimination half-life?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

While checking an anesthesia machine, opening the oxygen flow-control valve yields no oxygen flow, although the wall-mounted oxygen pipeline supply gauge reads 50 psig. Opening the backup oxygen cylinder results in normal oxygen flow. The most likely cause is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Compared with morphine 5 mg administered epidurally at T12, morphine 5 mg administered intravenously is associated with

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Regional & Pain

Two hours after coronary artery bypass grafting, a 60-year-old man has a heart rate of 140 bpm and blood pressure of 80/60 mmHg. Cardiac index is 1.5 L/min/m2. Central venous pressure is 23 mmHg with large a-waves in the right atrial pressure tracing. A pulsus paradoxus of 6 mmHg is noted. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

ADVANCED Cardiac

To detect the delivery of hypoxic gas mixture, the optimal location for an oxygen analyzer in this circle is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following processes is primarily responsible for the decrease in core body temperature that occurs during the first hour of general anesthesia?

BASIC General