10 Random Questions


Static lung compliance is decreased by each of the following EXCEPT


A sensory level of T2 is achieved after administration of spinal anesthesia. Which of the following lung volumes is LEAST likely to be affected?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care Regional & Pain

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 effects of catecholamine results in the greatest increase in preload?

BASIC Cardiac

A patient receives remifentanil 25 mcg just before retrobulbar block with 0.25% bupivacaine 4 mL. Over the next 10 minutes, he develops apnea and loses consciousness. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

The ECG rhythm shown developed during cholecystectomy in a 62-year-old man who had a myocardial infarction and is taking atenolol. The drug of choice for treating this dysrhythmia is


Which of the following drugs increases gastric pH while decreasing gastric volume?


A patient being mechanically ventilated in the ICU requires wound debridement twice daily. Each of the following agents would be appropriate for induction of brief general anesthesia EXCEPT

BASIC General

During application of continuous positive airway pressure, lung compliance increases because of

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements concerning absorption of irrigation fluid during transurethral resection of the prostate is true?

ADVANCED General