10 Random Questions


In the operating room

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A 22-year-old woman with preeclampsia has undergone emergency cesarean delivery during general anesthesia. At the completion of the surgery, attempts at reversal of vecuronium are unsuccessful. Each of the following could be a cause of this failure EXCEPT


The action of dantrolene on skeletal muscle

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following correctly describes the anatomic location of the stellate ganglion?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements concerning autonomic hyperreflexia after spinal cord transection is true?

ADVANCED General

Which of the following statements about thiopental is true?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Block of the superficial cervical plexus is performed at which location?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following best explains the decreased effect of hyperventilation on cerebral blood flow when PaCO2 decreases below 20 mmHg?

BASIC Neuro

An advantage of CPDA-1 over CPD for storage of packed red blood cells is

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

A 50-year-old woman has episodes of electric-shock-like pain of one minute in duration affecting the right side of the face. In between episodes of this pain, she is relatively pain free. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?