10 Random Questions


Which of the following statements best describes testing for susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH)?

ADVANCED General

Measurement of blood pressure with a Doppler device involves

BASIC Equipment & Physics

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


Pseudocholinesterase

BASIC General

The laryngeal mask airway


Compared with dopamine, dobutamine

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

A 72-year-old woman with stable angina is undergoing bowel resection. Anesthesia is induced with etomidate. Five minutes after starting isoflurane 1% in nitrous oxide 50%, her blood pressure decreases from 110/84 to 70/40 mmHg. The most likely cause is

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 15-kg, 3-year-old child is anesthetized for an inguinal hernia repair with halothane and nitrous oxide. The trachea is intubated after administration of succinylcholine 30 mg. At the conclusion of the 45-minute procedure, the child is not breathing; a peripheral nerve twitch monitor indicates no response to a train-of-four stimulus. Further investigation is most likely to show

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

If administered prior to induction of anesthesia, which of the following drugs is most likely to cause tachycardia?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

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