10 Random Questions


Six hours after coronary artery bypass grafting, a pulmonary artery catheter oximeter shows a mixed venous hemoglobin oxygen saturation of 50%. This value may result from each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

Compared with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV), intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV)

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Each of the following would be expected in an otherwise healthy 165-kg woman undergoing cholecystectomy EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

In which of the following clinical circumstances does down-regulation of beta-adrenergic receptors occur?


The Bain circuit

BASIC Equipment & Physics

If a patient with excessive bleeding during exploratory laparotomy has a normal activated clotting time, the LEAST likely cause of the bleeding is

ADVANCED Cardiac

A patient with end-stage renal disease has prolonged ventilatory depression after administration of morphine. The most likely cause is increased

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The most important cause of hypotension that occurs normally at initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass is


During induction of anesthesia for cesarean delivery, pancuronium is inadvertently substituted for succinylcholine. The neonate shows no clinical signs of muscle relaxation because pancuronium is

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The induction dose of thiopental should be decreased in each of the following situations EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics