10 Random Questions


In a patient receiving an epidural analgesic infusion postoperatively, clear fluid is noted to drip back freely from the epidural catheter. Each of the following findings correctly identifies the associated fluid EXCEPT

ADVANCED Neuro Regional & Pain

A patient who has severe pain from unresectable cancer of the base of the tongue is referred for a neurolytic block. A block of which of the following will be effective?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics General Cardiac

Which of the following statements concerning carbon monoxide poisoning is true? A 38-year-old woman with a large goiter has undergone subtotal thyroidectomy. Airway obstruction is noted immediately after extubation despite normal vocal cord function on laryngoscopy. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

ADVANCED General

Delirium produced by high doses of atropine can be reversed by intravenous injection of

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following is an effect of acetazolamide?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 35-year-old woman receiving isoflurane anesthesia suddenly develops tachycardia, hypertension, and multifocal ventricular ectopy during dissection of a pheochromocytoma. Each of the following would be appropriate treatment EXCEPT


The primary purpose of denitrogenation prior to anesthetic induction is to

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

Which of the following statements concerning postherpetic neuralgia is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

During repair for coarctation of the aorta in a healthy 13-year-old patient, right radial artery pressure increases from 100/60 to 105/70 mmHg after the aorta is cross clamped. This most likely indicates that

ADVANCED Cardiac