10 Random Questions


In the diagram, point "X" represents a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction. The points labeled 1, 2, and 3 each represent the results of a different therapeutic intervention. Which of the following represents the most likely intervention at each point?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

A meconium-stained, full-term infant has an initial Apgar score of 2. The oropharynx is suctioned and the infant is placed on a heated table. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management of the airway?

ADVANCED Pediatric

In a patient with adult respiratory distress syndrome who is being mechanically ventilated, which of the following findings indicates the most severe disease?


During induction of anesthesia in a 70-year-old man with aortic stenosis, the blood pressure decreases from 140/ 80 to 70/45 mmHg as the cardiac rhythm changes from normal sinus at 70 bpm to junctional at 120 bpm. The most appropriate initial therapy would be

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General Cardiac

Proper zeroing of an arterial pressure transducer attached to a supine anesthetized patient is best accomplished by

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Administration of succinylcholine 1 mg/kg to a pregnant woman rarely causes fetal neuromuscular blockade. Which characteristic of succinylcholine best explains this phenomenon?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

A patient undergoes axillary block for placement of an arteriovenous shunt in the forearm. Blockade of the musculocutaneous nerve is not achieved. Injection of a local anesthetic at which of the following sites will provide the required sensory block?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which property of oxygen is detected by the fail-safe device on the anesthesia machine?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following statements concerning cerebral blood flow (CBF) during anesthesia is true?


In a patient receiving an epidural analgesic infusion postoperatively, clear fluid is noted to drip back freely from the epidural catheter. Each of the following findings correctly identifies the associated fluid EXCEPT

ADVANCED Neuro Regional & Pain