10 Random Questions


Which of the following should be included in the preoperative management of a 12-year-old patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy who is unable to ambulate?

ADVANCED Pediatric

Patients with acute alcohol intoxication are at increased risk for each of the following complications of general anesthesia EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

A 55-year-old man undergoes abdominal perineal resection in the lithotomy position during combined epidural (bupivacaine 0.5%) and isoflurane anesthesia. The epidural catheter is left in place with an infusion of fentanyl 50 jug/hr. Twelve hours after surgery, the patient has left footdrop. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?


Prilocaine is NOT recommended for obstetric regional anesthesia because it

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

Spinal anesthesia at a T6 sensory level is most likely to improve cardiac output in patients with

BASIC Cardiac Regional & Pain

Mepivacaine 40 ml of a 1% solution with epinephrine 1:200,000 is injected into the brachial plexus sheath at the axilla after eliciting a paresthesia in the ulnar nerve distribution. Which of the following is most likely to remain intact?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

The fetal heart rate and uterine contraction tracings shown are most consistent with

ADVANCED OB

Which of the following statements concerning relationships among alveolar pressure, volume, and surface tension is true?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A 48-year-old woman with von Willebrand's disease is scheduled for a hysterectomy. The most appropriate initial preoperative therapy to decrease bleeding is administration of

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids General

Each of the following findings is characteristic of chronic reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the extremities EXCEPT