10 Random Questions


A 72-year-old man has massive venous hemorrhage during a radical prostatectomy. Blood pressure decreases from 110/60 to 75/30 mmHg and central venous pressure decreases from 12 to 4 mmHg. PetC02 decreases from 34 to 24 mmHg during constant minute ventilation. The most appropriate next step should be to

ADVANCED General

A 50-year-old woman has episodes of electric-shock-like pain of one minute in duration affecting the right side of the face. In between episodes of this pain, she is relatively pain free. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?


Optimal ventilation of a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic hernia should consist of

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following is characteristic of the pharmacokinetics of alfentanil?


A 65-year-old patient with compensated congestive heart failure undergoes resection of a large tumor of the temporal lobe. During the procedure, the brain is noted to protrude through the surgical incision. After increasing minute ventila- tion, which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management?


A 45-year-old patient with chronic alcoholism develops jaundice four days after a cholecystectomy under halothane/morphine general anesthesia. Bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase are elevated, but ALT is only slightly above normal. All values were within normal limits preoperatively. The most likely cause of jaundice is

ADVANCED General

In an unpremedicated, spontaneously breathing patient, an alveolar halothane concentration of 0.74% in oxygen is consistently associated with

basic

Which of the following decreases the clearance of atracurium?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Compared with isoflurane, desflurane

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 40-year-old man is undergoing open reduction and internal fixation of a fractured femur. During anesthesia with fentanyl, sevoflurane, and oxygen, heart rate decreases to 20 bpm and 6 premature ventricular contractions per minute are noted. No pulse is detected. The most appropriate next step is to

BASIC General