10 Random Questions


Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia


Which of the following is the most likely effect of administration of magnesium sulfate in a patient with preeclampsia?

ADVANCED OB

Which of the following combinations of hemoglobin, blood gases, and cardiac output provides the greatest delivery of oxygen to tissue? (Hb, PaO2, SaO2, CO)

BASIC General

A 72-year-old man has ST-segment depression of 2 mm in ECG lead II immediately after suprarenal aortic clamping. Which of the following is the most likely cause?


A woman at 39 weeks' gestation has been in labor for 12 hours. She has had nausea and vomiting for the past eight hours. Maternal arterial blood gas values are PaO1 85 mmHg, PaCO2 31 mmHg, and pH 7.50. Which of the following is the most likely cause of fetal distress occurring at this time?

ADVANCED OB

A patient receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitor therapy for depression undergoes an emergency cholecystectomy. Which of the following is the best means of providing postoperative analgesia in this patient?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Regional & Pain

A patient who is paraplegic secondary to spinal cord transection at T3 develops bradycardia and facial flushing during a nephrectomy under general anesthesia with nitrous oxide, fentanyl, and atracurium. The most likely cause of this response is

ADVANCED General

A 28-year-old patient has severe laryngospasm after extubation of the trachea following general anesthesia. Administration of 100% oxygen using continuous positive airway pressure does not improve symptoms. SpO2 is 75%. Which of the following is the most appropriate immediate management?

BASIC General

During steady-state intraoperative controlled mechanical ventilation, exhaled tidal volume will be increased by

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following findings differentiates the pickwickian syndrome from morbid obesity?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care