10 Random Questions


When used for irrigation during transurethral resection of the prostate, glycine 1.5% is associated with each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

In a patient who has undergone cholecystectomy, which of the following is the most likely pulmonary effect of systemically administered opioids?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 39-year-old patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus receives thiopental 250 mg and succinylcholine 80 mg and is ventilated with 0.75% isoflurane in oxygen. Arterial pressure decreases abruptly from 140/100 to 80/50 mmHg while heart rate remains unchanged at 70 bpm. Failure of heart rate to increase most likely results from

ADVANCED General

When succinylcholine is administered intravenously to infants, intragastric pressure

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Each of the following increases arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide tension difference EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Compared with adults, neonates are more likely to become hypoxemic following anesthesia and extubation because of a relatively

ADVANCED Pediatric

Evaluation of a postoperative neurologic deficit discloses inability to oppose the thumb and little finger, weakness of abduction of the thumb, and loss of flexion of the distal phalanx of the index finger. This problem is most likely related to


A patient is anesthetized using an inhaled anesthetic with a blood/gas partition coefficient of 13.0. Recovery time depends primarily on

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements concerning the ventilatory effects of inhalational anesthesia is true?


A 72-year-old man has massive venous hemorrhage during a radical prostatectomy. Blood pressure decreases from 110/60 to 75/30 mmHg and central venous pressure decreases from 12 to 4 mmHg. PetC02 decreases from 34 to 24 mmHg during constant minute ventilation. The most appropriate next step should be to

ADVANCED General