10 Random Questions


A delay in surgery for 24 to 48 hours for preoperative stabilization and preparation is acceptable in each of the following neonatal conditions EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pediatric

The best premedication regimen for a known active narcotic addict would include

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Regional & Pain

A 70-year-old man sustains injuries to both carotid bodies during bilateral carotid endarterectomies performed four days apart. Two hours after the second procedure, the patient is breathing room air in the PACU. Which of the following sets (pH, pCO2, pO2) of arterial blood gas values is LEAST likely?


In a spontaneously breathing patient, each of the following increases the work of breathing EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements about the standard error of the mean (SE) is true?

BASIC General

Which of the following factors is LEAST predictive of postoperative cardiac complications?

BASIC General

Arterial oxyhemoglobin desaturation develops more rapidly following apnea in a pregnant patient at term than in a nonpregnant patient with a large intra-abdominal tumor. Which of the following findings in pregnancy is the most likely cause?

ADVANCED OB

Which of the following treatments is LEAST effective in patients with acute herpes zoster?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Fentanyl-induced bradycardia is

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following is the greatest disadvantage of pressure-cycled ventilation?

BASIC Equipment & Physics Respiratory & Critical Care