10 Random Questions


Which of the following phenomena is primarily responsible for the decrease in core body temperature that commonly occurs during the first hour of general anesthesia?

BASIC General

Which of the following statements concerning cerebral vasospasm following intracranial hemorrhage is true?


An sevoflurane vaporizer is filled with isoflurane and the vaporizer dial is set at 1%. Which of the following will occur?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Preoperative evaluation of a patient who has marked malnutrition will demonstrate each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following complications is more likely to occur during cannulation of the left internal jugular vein than during cannulation of the right internal jugular vein?

BASIC General

A 45-year-old woman who sustained a subarachnoid hemorrhage 18 hours ago develops a severe headache and becomes unresponsive. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's change in mental status?

ADVANCED Neuro

On routine inspection of an anesthesia machine, the nitrous oxide E cylinder pressure is 360 psi. This indicates that the

BASIC Equipment & Physics

The physiologic function most likely to be spared when a local anesthetic differential nerve block is administered is

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Regional & Pain

Cerebral blood flow is decreased by each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Neuro

A 30-year-old, 70-kg woman with mitral stenosis is scheduled for elective laparoscopic sterilization. Preoperatively she is taking digoxin and an unknown medication for chronic mental depression. The EKG demonstrates atrial fibrillation. Heart rate is 68 bpm. Anesthesia is induced with thiopental followed by nitrous oxide 50%, halothane 0.75%, and a continuous succinylcholine infusion. The ventilator is set to deliver a minute volume of 5 liters through an endotracheal tube. As the carbon dioxide is being insufflated into the abdomen, the blood pressure is noted to be elevated (150/100 mmHg) and ventricular bigeminy is present. The most appropriate therapy is to

BASIC General