10 Random Questions


A 72-year-old patient who takes levodopa and carbidopa is undergoing colon resection. Metoclopramide is administered preoperatively and anesthesia is maintained with proposal, fentanyl, and nitrous oxide, with vecuronium for muscle relaxation. Fifteen minutes after reversal of muscle relaxation with neostigmine and atropine and tracheal extubation, the patient has dyspnea and muscular rigidity. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 4-year-old child has just undergone a one-hour tonsillectomy with a volatile anesthetic, nitrous oxide, and oxygen. Which of the following will result in the most rapid emergence?

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 35-year-old man has acute onset of low back pain, lower extremity weakness, and bladder dysfunction. He had a lumbar laminectomy two years ago. A myelogram shows disk herniation at L4-5. The most appropriate management is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics General Cardiac

A 30-year-old woman is undergoing laparoscopic tubal ligation. Thirty minutes after induction of general anesthesia, arterial oxygen saturation has decreased to 89%. Arterial blood gases at an FiO2 of 1.0 are PaO2 63 mmHg and PaCO2 40 mmHg; PetCO2 is 32 mmHg. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

Following induction of anesthesia with sufentanil and pancuronium, a patient with left main coronary artery disease has a decrease in blood pressure from 110/70 to 60/40 mmHg. There is no change in heart rate or ECG. The most appropriate management of the hypotension is administration of


Miosis, incontinence, excess salivation, and convulsions are toxic effects of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Compared with a patient without liver disease, a patient with cirrhosis will have

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

This flow-volume loop from a 57-year-old man is most consistent with which of the following conditions?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A computer program for hemodynamic calculations has the following input values: body surface area, arterial blood pressure, heart rate, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, and cardiac output. Each of the following values can be derived with this program EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care