10 Random Questions


The patient at LEAST risk of pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents during induction of anesthesia is

BASIC General

A patient has tonic movements of the head and neck, nystagmus, and slurred speech after receiving metoclopramide for nausea after nitrous oxide-opioid anesthesia. The most appropriate pharmacologic treatment is

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following chemotherapeutic drugs is a cause of pulmonary fibrosis?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 75-year-old man received an uneventful epidural anesthetic for total knee arthroplasty. Twenty-four hours later he has a painless flaccid paralysis in both legs. This clinical presentation is most consistent with

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A patient has palpitations, flushing, and light-headedness after gingival injection of a local anesthetic. This reaction is most likely caused by

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Alveolar partial pressure of an inhaled anesthetic rises more rapidly in a parturient at term than in a nonpregnant woman because


A patient with hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis develops weakness of skeletal muscles at the end of an emergency appendectomy under spinal anesthesia. If the weakness is a result of the familial periodic paralysis, which of the following statements is true?


The left ventricular function curve is from a young, healthy patient. If X represents the patient's myocardial function prior to anesthesia, the effect of 1 MAC of isoflurane at normocarbia is best represented by which of the following positions?


A 14-year-old girl with status asthmaticus is receiving oxygen 3 L/min through nasal prongs. Heart rate is 110 bpm. Arterial blood gas values are PaO2 90 mmHg, PaCO2 32 mmHg, and pH 7.46. If ventilation appears unchanged, which of the following is the most reliable sign of impending respiratory failure?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Pediatric

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

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics