10 Random Questions

Which of the following is a manifestation of preeclampsia?

ADVANCED OB

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

The trend plot shows end-tidal gases measured during a radical neck dissection. The event occurring at A is most likely

BASIC Equipment & Physics Respiratory & Critical Care General

The most likely cause of this capnographic tracing obtained just after laryngoscopy and intubation is

BASIC Equipment & Physics General

Which of the following is the most common cause of peroneal nerve damage?

Compared with midazolam, diazepam has which of the following characteristics?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Following a right lower lobectomy, a patient develops a bronchopleural fistula and becomes hypoxic. He is orally intubated and mechanically ventilated with pure oxygen. PaO2 is 65 mmHg, PaCO2 is 70 mmHg, and pH is 7.25. Which of the following will produce the most favorable change in the blood gases?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

Prior to occlusion of any major pulmonary blood vessels during a thoracotomy, applying positive end-expiratory pressure to ventilation through the dependent lumen of a double-lumen tube and occluding the upper lumen of the tube will

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

In patients with renal failure, which of the following muscle relaxants has the most prolonged elimination half-life?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

At induction, the inspired concentration of a volatile anesthetic agent will approach its dialed concentration most rapidly if