10 Random Questions


Which of the following neural functions demonstrates the highest segmental block after spinal anesthesia?

BASIC Regional & Pain

Patients with acute alcohol intoxication are at increased risk for each of the following complications of general anesthesia EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

Which of the following is the best method of pacing to improve cardiac output in a patient with third-degree heart block?

ADVANCED General Cardiac

During direct intra-arterial measurement of blood pressure

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A 70-kg, 46-year-old man is undergoing clipping of a cerebral aneurysm with nitrous oxide, opioid, relaxant anesthesia. He is otherwise healthy. As the surgeons are about to enter the dura, the brain is noted to be tense and bulging. Heart rate is 100 bpm and mean arterial pressure is 90 mmHg. PaO2 is 120 mmHg, PaCO2 is 23 mmHg, and pH is 7.50. Which of the following should be done immediately?

ADVANCED Neuro

A 57-year-old man has back pain, a heart rate of 90 bpm, decreased pulse in the left arm, and blood pressure of 200/110 mmHg. During infusion of nitroprusside, heart rate increases to 115 bpm and blood pressure decreases to 140/80 mmHg. The most appropriate management at this time is administration of

ADVANCED General

Left ventricular end-diastolic volume is most likely to be underestimated by pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in patients with

BASIC Cardiac

Which of the following statements concerning the ventilatory effects of inhalational anesthesia is true?


A 55-year-old man requires intravenous lidocaine for multifocal premature ventricular contractions occurring in the first hour after a below-knee amputation. He has alcoholic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and ascites. Which of the following correctly describes the appropriate modification of the usual loading bolus and maintenance infusion of lidocaine?


A woman is undergoing a repeat cesarean delivery at term following a normal pregnancy. Anesthesia consists of thiopental 250 mg, succinylcholine infusion (180 mg in 20 minutes), nitrous oxide and oxygen (7:3 L/min) until delivery. Twenty minutes after the incision a floppy newborn with a 1-minute Apgar score of 5 is delivered. The most likely explanation for the infant's condition is

ADVANCED OB