10 Random Questions


In the majority of cases, fetal heart rate decelerations in a variable pattern are associated with

ADVANCED OB

A woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is extubated and minimally responsive after isoflurane anesthesia. She is receiving oxygen 6 L/min through a face mask. Respirations are 10/min, PaO2 is 68 mmHg, PaCO2 is 54 mmHg, and pH is 7.28. The most likely cause of the respiratory acidemia is

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

An 86-kg, 67-year-old man is undergoing a second coronary artery bypass operation. Five minutes after administration of protamine, blood pressure is 69/40 mmHg, pulmonary artery pressure is 65/42 mmHg, and the cardiac output measured by thermodilution is 2.3 L/min. Which of the following is the most likely cause of these findings?


Which the following findings is most hazardous in premature infants?

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following drugs administered to a parturient eliminates fetal heart rate variability?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

Intraoperatively, the occurrence of prominent "a" waves on the central venous pressure waveform can be explained by each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Cardiac

A 20-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle accident is brought to the operating room for irrigation and debridement of open fractures of the femur and humerus. Cyanosis, decreased breath sounds on the left, increased peak airway pressure, and hypotension are noted after intubation of the trachea. The most likely cause is

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

An apneic adult is receiving an oxygen flow of 4 L/min through a rigid bronchoscope. After five minutes of apnea, which of the following findings is most likely?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Each of the following is a characteristic of prostaglandin E1 (alprostadil) pharmacology in an infant EXCEPT:

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Each of the following is consistent with exposure to organophosphates EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics