10 Random Questions


A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is undergoing spinal anesthesia to a T6 sensory level. The most pronounced effect on pulmonary function will be a decrease in

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care Regional & Pain

Each of the following conditions can be accurately evaluated with transesophageal echocardiography EXCEPT

ADVANCED Cardiac

An 8-kg, 1-year-old child has a measured blood loss of 50 ml during the first two hours of a rectal pull-through operation. Preoperative hematocrit was 31%. Balanced saline solution 150 ml has been administered for replacement. Urine output has been 2 ml for the last hour, heart rate is 160 bpm, and blood pressure is 40/15 mmHg. The most appropriate fluid therapy is,

ADVANCED Transfusions & Fluids Pediatric

A combined epidural and general anesthetic is used for aortofemoral bypass surgery. Just prior to extubation, the patient received morphine 5 mg through the epidural catheter. Eleven hours later, he is unresponsive while breathing 40% oxygen from a face mask. Respiratory rate is 6/min and SpO2 is 92%. Arterial blood gas analysis shows PaO2 80 mmHg, PaCO2 84 mmHg, and pH 7.16. Which of the following statements concerning this patient is true?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements about thiopental is true?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Recommendations for maximal allowable trace anesthesia gases are based on

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A patient is undergoing exploration of a stab wound to the left side of the neck. On awake laryngoscopy, the left vocal cord is in midposition and the right vocal cord is abducted during inspiration. The most likely cause of these findings is trauma to which of the following structures on the left?

BASIC Regional & Pain

Which of the following is the most likely cause of apnea occurring after a retrobulbar block?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 66-year-old man with aortic regurgitation is brought to the operating room for aortic valve replacement after having received morphine, scopolamine premedication. PO2 is 40 mmHg in a sample of pulmonary artery blood drawn 10 minutes after the patient started breathing pure oxygen. This finding is compatible with

ADVANCED Cardiac

Which of the following is the most important function of temperature compensation in anesthetic vaporizers?

BASIC Equipment & Physics