10 Random Questions


Which of the following statements best describes the decrease in cerebral metabolic rate that occurs with administration of volatile anesthetics?


The ECG tracing shows

BASIC General

Which of the following is the most likely effect of infrarenal cross clamping of the aorta without pharmacologic manipulation?

ADVANCED General

Depression of cerebral oxygen requirements below the level required to create an isoelectric EEG can be achieved by

BASIC Neuro

Which of the following is LEAST likely to decrease myocardial oxygen supply?


Five minutes after a stellate ganglion block is performed, a patient becomes restless, then apneic. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Compared with epidural morphine, intrathecal morphine produces

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 30-year-old woman has an abrupt change from sinus to nodal rhythm with unchanged heart rate on ECG during induction of halothane anesthesia. Which of the following is the most likely result of this change?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 35-year-old patient, who is ASA physical status 1, is scheduled for open cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. Which of the following end-tidal concentrations would most likely block the adrenergic response to skin incision?


Arterial pressure in the radial artery is 155/70 mmHg measured by a correctly calibrated catheter-transducer system. At the same time aortic pressure is 140/75 mmHg using a high-fidelity catheter tip transducer. The most likely cause of this discrepancy is

BASIC Equipment & Physics