10 Random Questions


Compared with dopamine, dobutamine

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

A 28-year-old woman receives a lumbar epidural anesthetic for uncomplicated labor and delivery. During removal of the catheter, 1 cm breaks off and remains in her back. After informing the patient, the most appropriate management is

ADVANCED OB Regional & Pain

Compared with adults, caudal anesthesia in children is associated with

ADVANCED Pediatric Regional & Pain

In an infant, spinal anesthesia to a sensory level of T8 is achieved with tetracaine administered at the L2-3 interspace. Compared with spinal anesthesia to the same sensory level in an adult, this anesthetic is associated with a

ADVANCED Pediatric Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements regarding carbon monoxide poisoning is true?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

Assignment of a patient to an ASA physical status category is used to

BASIC General

If a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is uncooperative during pulmonary function testing, the most accurate assessment of his disease will be derived from the

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

A 26-year-old woman has headache, nausea, and photophobia 36 hours after cesarean delivery for chorioamnionitis using subarachnoid block. Temperature is 38.8°C and leukocyte count is 14,200/mm3. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management?

ADVANCED OB

During induced hypotension for clipping of a cerebral aneurysm in a 20-degree head-up position, the arterial pressure transducer should be zero referenced at which level?


Each of the following conditions causes resistance to nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics