10 Random Questions


A 54-year-old woman who is scheduled to undergo emergency exploratory laparotomy takes warfarin sodium for anticoagulation. Prothrombin time is 19 sec (control 12 sec). Which of the following agents is most appropriate to reverse the effects of warfarin?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

A 65-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has chest pain prior to induction of anesthesia. Pulse is 80 bpm and blood pressure is 130/80 mmHg. The ECG (V5) shows sinus rhythm and new ST-segment depression. The most appropriate management is administration of

BASIC General Cardiac

Which of the following statements is true concerning administration of 70% nitrous oxide to a patient with an unrecognized pneumothorax?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The accuracy of oxyhemoglobin saturation determined by digital pulse oximetry is affected significantly by each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Equipment & Physics

During cardiopulmonary bypass at a nasopharyngeal temperature of 28°C and a hematocrit of 20%, temperature-corrected PaCO2 is 50 mmHg and uncorrected PaCO2 is 60 mmHg. The most appropriate management is to

ADVANCED Cardiac

Each of the following decreases hepatic blood flow EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure increases acutely from 10 to 20 mmHg in a 28-year-old man undergoing cervical laminectomy in the sitting position. The most appropriate first step in the management of this patient is to


Two hours after coronary artery bypass grafting, a 60-year-old man has a heart rate of 140 bpm and blood pressure of 80/60 mmHg. Cardiac index is 1.5 L/min/m2. Central venous pressure is 23 mmHg with large a-waves in the right atrial pressure tracing. A pulsus paradoxus of 6 mmHg is noted. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

ADVANCED Cardiac

Compared with other volatile inhalation anesthetics, desflurane has which of the following characteristics?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following findings is characteristic of whole blood preserved in CPD and stored at 4°C for one week?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids