10 Random Questions


A 50-year-old man with alcoholism and jaundice is scheduled to undergo umbilical herniorrhaphy. An increase in which of the following best indicates impaired synthetic hepatic function?

BASIC General

Which of the following statements concerning barbiturate protection from cerebral ischemia is true?

ADVANCED Neuro

The acute onset of hypotension without a decrease in mixed venous oxygen saturation is most likely associated with the onset of

BASIC General

Which of the following findings is most likely in a 3-year-old child who has a secundum-type atrial septal defect with a 2:1 left-to-right shunt?

ADVANCED Pediatric

Normal pregnancy is associated with a decrease in each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED OB

Prolonged respiratory depression following administration of morphine is more likely in patients with chronic renal faillure than in patients with normal kidney function because of

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Succinylcholine can be administered safely to a patient with

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Following maternal epidural injection, fetal exposure to chloroprocaine is lower than fetal exposure to bupivacaine for which of the following reasons?

ADVANCED Pediatric OB

Two months ago a 68-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had a transurethral resection of the prostate under spinal anesthesia with tetracaine plus epinephrine. He now has numbness and tingling in both feet and disturbance of gait. Physical examination demonstrates stocking-type hypesthesia of both feet and ankles. The most likely diagnosis is

ADVANCED General Regional & Pain

Nausea and vomiting in pediatric outpatients are

ADVANCED Pediatric