A 64-year-old man with diabetes mellitus well controlled with NPH insulin undergoes lower extremity revascularization. Following administration of protamine 10 mg, the patient has facial flushing and blood pressure of 60/30 mmHg. The most appropriate initial step in management is administration of which of the following drugs?
Which of the following statements concerning cerebral vasospasm following intracranial hemorrhage is true?
(A) It is accompanied by paradoxical intracranial hypotension
(B) It responds to nitroprusside therapy
(C) It persists more than 48 hours after hemorrhage
(D) It is exacerbated by intravascular volume expansion
(E) It is confirmed by ST-T wave changes in the absence of myocardial ischemia
C
A woman is in labor at 40 weeks' gestation and the fetus is in breech presentation. Which of the following will provide adequate uterine relaxation for vaginal delivery?