10 Random Questions


A 33-year-old primigravid woman with myasthenia gravis, well-controlled with pyridostigmine, is in labor with the cervix dilated 7 cm. She has a headache and feels very nervous. Blood pressure is 160/115 mmHg, she has 3+ pitting edema, and urinalysis shows 4+ protein. Appropriate management of her labor should include

ADVANCED OB

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia


During anesthesia with nitrous oxide, oxygen, and a relaxant, the patient's lungs are being mechanically ventilated and there is a heated humidifier in the circuit. The most likely cause of an apparent increase in inspired oxygen concentration is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

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

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 35-kg child requires mechanical ventilation with 100% oxygen at a tidal volume of 350 mL and a rate of 20/min during a severe asthma attack. The most likely cause of severe hypotension after initiating mechanical ventilation is

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Pediatric

A 36-year-old woman who undergoes peritoneal dialysis for chronic renal failure requires emergency surgical exploration for bowel obstruction. Serum creatinine concentration is 9.8 mg/dl and BUN concentration is 124 mg/dl. The most likely abnormality of coagulation is

BASIC General

While delivering nitrous oxide 1.5 L/min, oxygen 1.5 L/min, and halothane 1%, a leak in the oxygen flowmeter will most likely be detected by the

BASIC Equipment & Physics

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

basic

Intrabiliary pressure will be increased to the greatest extent by intravenous administration of

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

If minute ventilation remains constant, a decrease in end-expiratory carbon dioxide concentration will occur with

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care