10 Random Questions


Which of the following is the most important function of temperature compensation in anesthetic vaporizers?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Twenty minutes after an axillary block, the patient reports feeling over the "back of the hand." Examination shows normal sensation over the lateral aspect of the dorsum of the hand and the dorsal base of the thumb and index finger. Supplementary anesthesia of this area can be provided by blocking which of the following nerves?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Percutanous cordotomy is being considered for a patient with severe pain that has persisted for three months after amputation of the arm for osteogenic sarcoma. Which of the following statements is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

The acute onset of hypotension without a decrease in mixed venous oxygen saturation is most likely associated with the onset of

BASIC General

Static lung compliance is decreased by each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements concerning use of temperature-corrected blood gas measurement (pH-stat) during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is true?

ADVANCED Cardiac

Which of the following is a sign of cyanide toxicity during nitroprusside therapy?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

In a patient with severe mitral stenosis, induction of anesthesia must include avoidance of increased


A patient has sudden cardiopulmonary arrest five minutes after retrobulbar block with 0.75% bupivacaine 2 ml with hyaluronidase for ophthalmologic surgery. No premonitory changes were noted on the pulse oximeter. The most likely cause is


In patients with blunt head trauma, cerebral perfusion pressure is determined by the gradient between

BASIC Neuro