10 Random Questions


Compared with a patient who is breathing spontaneously, a patient in the supine position receiving controlled positive-pressure ventilation will most likely have which of the following findings?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

If both recurrent laryngeal nerves were severed during a difficult thyroidectomy for cancer, the most likely finding would be

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements concerning anesthetic management for MRIs is true?


Which of the following correctly describes the anatomic location of the stellate ganglion?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

One full E-cylinder of oxygen at 20°C can deliver 2 L/min of oxygen for at most

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

In patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy affecting the arm, which of the following findings indicates a therapeutic block?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Cholinergic receptor blockade


Which of the following is a manifestation of preeclampsia?

ADVANCED OB

After removing the electrocautery pad from the thigh, a burn is noted at that site. Which of the following most likely contributed to this injury?

BASIC Equipment & Physics