10 Random Questions


In a 35-year-old patient, which of the following is associated with an increased duration of clinical narcosis following infusion of a total dose of 10 mg/kg thiopental over three hours?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements concerning successful blockade of the femoral nerve is true?


Which of the following drugs is LEAST likely to cross the placenta?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

Which of the following limits the use of nalbuphine for relief of postoperative pain?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The most medial of the following components in the antecubital fossa is the

BASIC Regional & Pain

After tracheal extubation, a healthy 21-year-old man has a 30-second episode of laryngospasm with marked intercostal and sternal retractions, which are corrected with continuous positive airway pressure administered by mask. He now has dyspnea and tachypnea, and a roentgenogram of the chest shows diffuse bilateral interstitial edema. The most likely cause is increased

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Desflurane is delivered using a vaporizer that contains internal heaters because

BASIC Equipment & Physics Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following findings necessitates the preoperative insertion of a ventricular pacemaker in a 48-year-old man scheduled to undergo cholecystectomy?

ADVANCED Cardiac

Which of the following is the strongest indication for one-lung ventilation?


Which of the following statements concerning the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics is true?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics