10 Random Questions


Which of the following is most effective in decontaminating an anesthesia machine that was splattered with HIV-contaminated blood?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

An 88-kg man is anesthetized with 66% nitrous oxide, 33% oxygen, and 1% isoflurane using a circle system. Following tracheal intubation, the nitrous oxide flow is set at 1 L/min and the oxygen flow is set at 0.5 L/min. After two hours the oxygen monitor indicates a circuit oxygen concentration of only 25% despite the flows noted above. The most likely explanation for this discrepancy is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Each of the following is an effect of intravascular radiographic contrast media EXCEPT

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 50-year-old man with an 80 pack-year history of cigarette smoking has a forced expiratory volume in one second of 1.5 L and a forced vital capacity of 3.5 L. Which of the following statements concerning intraoperative anesthetic management is true?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements best describes testing for susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia (MH)?

ADVANCED General

Each of the following conditions is associated with upregulation of the acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Each of the following is a complication of celiac plexus block with 0.5% lidocaine 40 ml EXCEPT

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Optimal ventilation of a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic hernia should consist of

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following factors causes a decrease in mixed venous oxygen saturation?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the coronary steal phenomenon?

ADVANCED Cardiac