10 Random Questions


The ECG tracing shows

BASIC General

A 67-year-old man undergoes spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric tetracaine 10 mg for transurethral resection of the prostate. At the end of the 50-minute procedure, the level of anesthesia is T6 and blood pressure is 120/70 mmHg. Within two minutes after transfer to a stretcher, the patient has nausea and blood pressure decreases to 76/42 mmHg. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the acute hypotension?

BASIC Regional & Pain

A 65-kg man is scheduled for wrist surgery with intravenous regional anesthesia with 0.5% lidocaine 50 ml. Which of the following statements is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following is a side effect of beta-adrenergic blockade?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements concerning awareness (recall) during opioid anesthesia is true?

BASIC General

A 70-kg, 46-year-old man is undergoing clipping of a cerebral aneurysm with nitrous oxide, opioid, relaxant anesthesia. He is otherwise healthy. As the surgeons are about to enter the dura, the brain is noted to be tense and bulging. Heart rate is 100 bpm and mean arterial pressure is 90 mmHg. PaO2 is 120 mmHg, PaCO2 is 23 mmHg, and pH is 7.50. Which of the following should be done immediately?

ADVANCED Neuro

Which of the following is characteristic of the pharmacokinetics of alfentanil?


Compared with normal adults, which of the following characteristics of neonates best explains the more rapid inhalation induction in neonates?

ADVANCED Pediatric

Each of the following is consistent with exposure to organophosphates EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A patient becomes flushed, dyspneic, and hypotensive during transfusion of 1 unit of packed red blood cells in the PACU. After discontinuing the transfusion, the most appropriate next step is administration of

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids General