10 Random Questions


The adult oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve will resemble that of the fetus in the presence of

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Pediatric

A 20-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle accident is brought to the operating room for irrigation and debridement of open fractures of the femur and humerus. Cyanosis, decreased breath sounds on the left, increased peak airway pressure, and hypotension are noted after intubation of the trachea. The most likely cause is

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A normal adult is receiving general anesthesia via a standard circle system and controlled ventilation. Mass spectrometer data are shown. Which event is most compatible with these data?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Five minutes after intrathecal administration of tetracaine 12 mg in hyperbaric solution, a 60-year-old man has a weak hand grasp. Respirations are normal, heart rate has decreased from 80 to 45 bpm, and blood pressure has decreased from 150/80 to 90/50 mmHg. The most appropriate management at this time is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

The primary determinant of the duration of an intravenous regional block sufficient to provide surgical anesthesia of an upper extremity is

ADVANCED

Halothane

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

You are asked to evaluate a 2000-g male infant three hours after vaginal delivery because of a respiratory rate of 50/min, pulse rate of 115 bpm, and the following arterial blood gas values while breathing room air: PaO2 64 mmHg, PaCO2 43 mmHg, and pH 7.33. His mother received meperidine 75 mg two hours before delivery. Appropriate management includes

ADVANCED Pediatric

At extubation performed one week after nasotracheal intubation, each of the following is likely to occur EXCEPT

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

A patient receives an emergency transfusion of three units of O, Rh-negative blood for profuse hemorrhaging. If his blood type is AB, Rh-negative, which of the following is most appropriate for continuing transfusion?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

A 27-year-old man with chronic renal failure is to undergo revision of an arteriovenous graft. He insists on general anesthesia. Hemodialysis was completed two hours ago, and serum potassium concentration is now 5 mEq/L. Which of the following statements concerning anesthetic management of this patient is true?