10 Random Questions


A patient who is paraplegic secondary to spinal cord transection at T3 develops bradycardia and facial flushing during a nephrectomy under general anesthesia with nitrous oxide, fentanyl, and atracurium. The most likely cause of this response is

ADVANCED General

Compared with dopamine, dobutamine

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

Following antagonism of a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant with neostigmine, twitch height is normal. To achieve this effect, the percentage of the acetylcholine receptor pool that must be free of muscle relaxant is

BASIC Equipment & Physics Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Myofascial pain is an example of

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Peak airway pressure increases from 25 to 50 cmH2O when beginning right endobronchial ventilation with a right double-lumen tube. The most likely explanation for this increase is

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

A patient with uremia is scheduled for emergency surgery. Bleeding time is 18 minutes. The most appropriate initial treatment is

BASIC General Transfusions & Fluids

In a patient with hypovolemic shock, which of the following factors is the best measure of the overall balance between oxygen supply and demand?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

Which of the following drugs used to produce or reverse muscle relaxation has the greatest prolongation of action in a patient with end-stage renal disease?


To detect the delivery of a hypoxic gas mixture, the optimal location for an oxygen analyzer in this circle is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following is the most appropriate action after an anesthetic vaporizer is tipped?

BASIC Equipment & Physics