10 Random Questions


Which of the following is most likely to be effective in the treatment of clinically evident cerebral vasospasm occurring after subarachnoid hemorrhage?

ADVANCED Neuro

Initiation of positive pressure mechanical ventilation is LEAST likely to decrease cardiac output in patients with which of the following conditions?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

If a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is uncooperative during pulmonary function testing, the most accurate assessment of his disease will be derived from the

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

A pulmonary artery catheter is placed in an awake patient breathing room air. Typical right ventricular and pulmonary artery pressure tracings are obtained. With the catheter balloon inflated, blood drawn from the distal port has a PaO2 of 100 mmHg, while a simultaneous radial artery sample has a PaO2 of 90 mmHg. These data indicate that the

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Respiratory & Critical Care

Assignment of a patient to an ASA physical status category is used to

BASIC General

Which of the following statements concerning neuroleptic malignant syndrome is true?

ADVANCED General

In a patient with surgically significant aortic insufficiency, cardiac output measured by thermodilution will

ADVANCED Cardiac

A programmable DVI pacemaker can be inhibited or inactivated by each of the following EXCEPT


Following paravertebral blocks of the second through fifth intercostal nerves, numbness is noted on the medial aspect of the ipsilateral arm. The most likely cause is


After two hours of anesthesia with halothane 1.2% and oxygen, nitrous oxide 75% is added to the inspired gas mixture. This addition would