10 Random Questions


During right upper lobectomy and one-lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube, the PaO2 decreases to 40 mmHg. The PaCO2 is 39 mmHg. Which of the following is most appropriate?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

Alveolar stability at varying lung volumes is maintained by

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

An adult patient with atrial fibrillation develops pulseless ventricular tachycardia wfiile undergoing synchronized electirical cardioversion. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?

BASIC General Cardiac

A patient develops jaundice one week after undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy during halothane anesthesia. Laboratory studies show an increased serum alkaline phosphatase concentration, a mildly increased serum aspartate aminotransferase concentration, and a markedly increased conjugated bilirubin fraction. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

Which of the following attenuates the most common cardiovascular side effect of protamine administration?


Compared with isoflurane, desflurane

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Upon removal of the epidural catheter after uneventful labor and delivery in a 25-year-old primiparous woman, approximately 1.2 cm of the Teflon catheter is left behind in the epidural space. The patient is informed of the complication. The most appropriate management is


The most likely effect of a celiac plexus block for an abdominal operation is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following combinations of hemoglobin, blood gases, and cardiac output provides the greatest delivery of oxygen to tissue? (Hb, PaO2, SaO2, CO)

BASIC General

Which of the following drugs increases cerebral blood flow while decreasing cerebral metabolic rate?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro