10 Random Questions


Left ventricular subendocardial perfusion pressure is best estimated by the difference between

BASIC General

You see a flash of fire from the endotracheal tube of a patient undergoing carbon dioxide laser excision of laryngeal polyps. The immediate response should be to


Which of the following will most closely mimic the effects of stellate ganglion block?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements concerning carbon monoxide poisoning is true?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

Fresh frozen plasma is indicated in each of the following situations EXCEPT

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

A 100-kg, 42-year-old woman received enflurane and oxygen for clipping of an intracranial aneurysm lasting eight hours. In the first two postoperative hours, urine output is 2 liters. Serum sodium concentration is 152 mEq/L. Urine osmolality and central venous pressure are low. Which of the following is best used to establish the diagnosis?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following combinations of anesthetic and incorrect vaporizer results in the smallest error in delivered concentration?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following statements concerning the check valve of the common gas outlet on an anesthesia gas machine is true?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A patient is anesthetized using an inhaled anesthetic with a blood/gas partition coefficient of 13.0. Recovery time depends primarily on

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Ten minutes after induction of anesthesia with thiopental and isoflurane but before incision, a patient's nasopharyngeal temperature has decreased to 35.4°C. Which of the following contributed most to this decrease in temperature?

BASIC General