10 Random Questions


Upon removal of the epidural catheter after uneventful labor and delivery in a 25-year-old primiparous woman, approximately 1.2 cm of the Teflon catheter is left behind in the epidural space. The patient is informed of the complication. The most appropriate management is


A 63-year-old man with a history of congestive heart failure and left ventricular dilation is scheduled for carotid endarterectomy. During carotid cross-clamping, the surgeon requests that systolic blood pressure be increased from 100 to 160 mmHg. Compared with an identical patient with normal left ventricular size, what is the effect of this change in blood pressure on this patient's myocardial oxygen consumption?

ADVANCED General Cardiac

Which the following findings is most hazardous in premature infants?

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following is characteristic of the pharmacokinetics of alfentanil?


Which of the following statements concerning cystoscopy in a patient with a spinal cord injury is true?


A patient who is scheduled for a gastrectomy had abnormal liver function tests for four days following a prior cholecystectomy. In your consultation note, you should

BASIC General

A 2-year-old child has cardiac arrest during an inguinal herniorrhaphy under general anesthesia administered during a Jackson-Rees system. The graph shows end-tidal PCO2 monitored from the tip of the endotracheal tube during cardiopulmonary resuscitation; minute ventilation is unchanged. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the change beginning at the arrow?

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Pediatric

A 70-kg 61-year-old patient undergoes a four-hour resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm during anesthesia with fentanyl and enflurane. Infrarenal clamping is required during the procedure. Twelve hours after the procedure, urine output is 15 ml/hr with a fractional sodium excretion of 6%. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

ADVANCED General

The most common early indication of drug dependence in an anesthesiologist is

BASIC General

Compared with the adult airway, the airway of an infant is characterized by

ADVANCED Pediatric