10 Random Questions


A 26-year-old man is in the ICU one hour after sustaining a displaced cervical fracture at the level of C7-8 in a diving accident. Each of the following findings is consistent with this patient's injury EXCEPT


Which of the following would be most likely to increase the duration of seizures during electroconvulsive therapy using a barbiturate and succinyleholine for general anesthesia?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro

Which of the following statements concerning brain stem auditory evoked responses is true?

ADVANCED Neuro

A patient is undergoing a craniotomy in the sitting position. Mean arterial pressure measures 80 mmHg from a radial artery catheter located 27 cm below the right atrium and a transducer located, zeroed, and calibrated at the level of the right atrium. The circle of Willis is 27 cm above the right atrium. Intracranial pressure is 0 cmH20 and right atrial pressure is 5 cmH20. The cerebral perfusion pressure in mmHg is


Which of the following factors will slow the induction of anesthesia in patients receiving volatile anesthetics?


A patient with lumbar disk disease requires lumbar epidural injection of a corticosteroid for control of low back pain. Which of the following statements concerning this treatment is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Following induction of general anesthesia, mask ventilation and the initial attempt at intubation is unsuccessful. Which of the following procedures is most appropriate?

BASIC General

A multi-orifices right heart catheter is being positioned by EKG control prior to sitting craniotomy. The EKG tracing is obtained between the distal tip of the catheter and the right arm lead. The most appropriate next step is to

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Neuro

In an unpremedicated, spontaneously breathing patient, an alveolar halothane concentration of 0.74% in oxygen is consistently associated with

basic

The most beneficial effect of continuous positive airway pressure in a newborn with respiratory distress syndrome is

ADVANCED Pediatric