10 Random Questions


During surgery with a carbon dioxide laser, which inhaled gas mixture is LEAST likely to promote combustion of the endotracheal tube?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

During Harrington rod instrumentation for scoliosis, monitoring somatosensory evoked potentials

ADVANCED Pediatric Neuro

A 2.8-kg 8-hour-old infant undergoes laparotomy for a ruptured omphalocele. Following primary closure of the abdominal wall, arterial blood gases are PaO2 40 mmHg (FiO2 0.6), PaCO2 55 mmHg, and pH 7.1. Blood pressure is 30/20 mmHg. After increasing the FiO2, the most appropriate action would be to

ADVANCED Pediatric

A meconium-stained, full-term infant has an initial Apgar score of 2. The oropharynx is suctioned and the infant is placed on a heated table. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management of the airway?

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 6-year-old child with severe cerebral palsy is scheduled for general anesthesia. He is at increased risk for each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pediatric

After termination of cardiopulmonary bypass, a patient who is chronically digitalized receives digoxin 0.5 mg in error. An ECG shows sinus bradycardia with intermittent sinus arrest; blood pressure is 90/60 mmHg. Which of the following drugs is contraiindicated in this patient?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

During transurethral resection of the prostate under spinal anesthesia with a sensory level to T10, a patient has sudden onset of sharp upper abdominal pain and nausea. Arterial blood pressure increases from 120/80 to 150/90 mmHg; the patient becomes diaphoretic. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

ADVANCED General

In pregnant patients, which of the following is an effect of the long-term use of cocaine?

ADVANCED OB

An unconscious adult patient is being ventilated through an esophageal obturator airway (EOA) in the emergency department. In the absence of cervical spine injury, which of the following is appropriate?

BASIC Equipment & Physics General

Which of the following is the correct sequence of anatomic structures encountered when using a paramedian approach for lumbar spinal anesthesia?

BASIC Regional & Pain