10 Random Questions


A 63-year-old man with a history of congestive heart failure and left ventricular dilation is scheduled for carotid endarterectomy. During carotid cross-clamping, the surgeon requests that systolic blood pressure be increased from 100 to 160 mmHg. Compared with an identical patient with normal left ventricular size, what is the effect of this change in blood pressure on this patient's myocardial oxygen consumption?

ADVANCED General Cardiac

An 18-year-old patient with hemophilia A is scheduled for inguinal hernia repair. Preoperatively, factor VIII concentration is 60% of normal. The most appropriate management is administration of


Static lung compliance is decreased by each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Immediately after sustaining severe head injury, a 20-year-old man has a blood pressure of 150/90 mmHg and an intracranial pressure of 35 mmHg. After one hour of thiopental infusion, blood pressure is 105/60 mmHg, intracranial pres sure is 20 mmHg, central venous pressure is 5 mmHg, and temperature is 36°C. The EEG shows slow-wave activity. The most appropriate next step is administration of

ADVANCED Neuro

Compared with the adult airway, the airway of an infant is characterized by

ADVANCED Pediatric

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

During induction of anesthesia in a 70-year-old man with aortic stenosis, the blood pressure decreases from 140/ 80 to 70/45 mmHg as the cardiac rhythm changes from normal sinus at 70 bpm to junctional at 120 bpm. The most appropriate initial therapy would be

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General Cardiac

In a patient with ventricular fibrillation refractory to repeated attempts at defibrillation and epinephrine administration, the most appropriate management is administration of

BASIC General Cardiac

A 70-kg patient with no acute bleeding has a preoperative platelet count of 40,000/mm3. Following preoperative transfusion of platelets 10 units, the predicted platelet count would be

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

Which of the following is the most appropriate drug to treat hypotension in patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (IHSS)?

ADVANCED Cardiac