10 Random Questions


Which of the following is indicated by an alarm condition in the line-isolation monitor?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following statements concerning interscalene brachial plexus block is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements concerning propofol is true?


Five minutes after a stellate ganglion block is performed, a patient becomes restless, then apneic. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 3.3-kg neonate is brought to the operating room for repair of a left diaphragmatic hernia. A 3-mm endotracheal tube is placed to a depth of 9 cm. Initial arterial blood gas values from a right radial catheter while spontaneously breathing oxygen 50% are PaO2 82 mmHg, PaCO2 41 mmHg, pH 7.33, and base excess -5. After reduction of the hernia (during closure of the abdomen), vigorous attempts to expand the atelectatic lung are unsuccessful. The infant rapidly becomes very dusky, heart rate is 60 bpm, breath sounds are distant and squeaky bilaterally, and pulmonary compliance is decreased. Which of the following should be done first?

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 70-kg patient with no acute bleeding has a preoperative platelet count of 40,000/mm3. Following preoperative transfusion of platelets 10 units, the predicted platelet count would be

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

Which of the following statements is true concerning administration of 70% nitrous oxide to a patient with an unrecognized pneumothorax?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following postoperative treatments decreases the risk for deep venous thrombosis?

ADVANCED General

Following maternal epidural injection, fetal exposure to chloroprocaine is lower than fetal exposure to bupivacaine for which of the following reasons?

ADVANCED Pediatric OB

The flow proportioning system on an anesthesia machine

BASIC Equipment & Physics