10 Random Questions


A tourniquet with dual bladders is being used for intravenous regional anesthesia of the upper extremity. At what point in the procedure should the distal tourniquet be inflated?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 40-year-old man who is scheduled to undergo repair of a tendon laceration of the left hand has complete anesthesia in the median, radial, and ulnar nerve distributions after supraclavicular block. Two hours of tourniquet inflation are required for completion of the procedure. The most appropriate next step is an additional block of which of the following?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

DC shocks of 200 joules applied directly to the heart are likely to

ADVANCED General

Patients with acute alcohol intoxication are at increased risk for each of the following complications of general anesthesia EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

Which of the following statements best describes the decrease in functional residual capacity that accompanies the induction of general anesthesia?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

Compared with healthy nonhypertensive patients, in patients with untreated hypertension undergoing anesthesia and operation,

ADVANCED General

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

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care 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

A 75-year-old man received an uneventful epidural anesthetic for total knee arthroplasty. Twenty-four hours later he has a painless flaccid paralysis in both legs. This clinical presentation is most consistent with

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following chemotherapeutic drugs is a cause of pulmonary fibrosis?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics