10 Random Questions


Which of the following is a complication of glycine used for irrigation during transurethral resection of the prostate?

ADVANCED General

Compared with normal adults, which of the following characteristics of neonates best explains the more rapid inhalation induction in neonates?

ADVANCED Pediatric

A moderately obese 38-year-old woman is using patient-controlled morphine analgesia one day after open cholecystectomy. While breathing room air, oxygen saturation is 85%, Pa02 is 48 mmHg, PaC02 is 42 mmHg, and pH is 7.36. In addition to administration of oxygen, the most effective management is to


A 36-year-old woman develops acute airway obstruction 24 hours after total thyroidectomy. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED General

A healthy, 18-year-old, 65-kg woman undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy is being monitored with a properly functioning and calibrated capnograph. The end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration is 6%, and the inspired carbon dioxide concentration is 1%. This may be caused by each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following is the most appropriate initial therapy for acute pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular dysfunction and severe systemic hypotension that occurs during anesthesia?

ADVANCED General

During extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, the shock wave should be synchronized with

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A 30-year-old man who is breathing spontaneously has a ventilatory pattern of sustained deep inspiration and occasional expiratory gasps during emergence from general anesthesia after posterior fossa craniotomy. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

ADVANCED Neuro

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the coronary steal phenomenon?

ADVANCED Cardiac

A 43-year-old man has been hoarse for two weeks since undergoing anterior cervical fusion at C7-8 for treatment of a herniated disk. Laryngoscopy shows paralysis of the right vocal cord. Which of the following is the most likely cause?