10 Random Questions


Following protamine administration, profound pulmonary hypertension is most likely initiated by release of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

The anesthetic concentration necessary to suppress responses to intubation without muscle relaxation is


A parturient receives ketamine 2 mg/kg and succinylcholine 1.5 mg/kg for induction prior to elective cesarean delivery. Which of the following is most likely to be present in the newborn infant?

ADVANCED Pediatric OB

Compared with thiopental, etomidate causes

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 22-year-old woman with preeclampsia has undergone emergency cesarean delivery during general anesthesia. At the completion of the surgery, attempts at reversal of vecuronium are unsuccessful. Each of the following could be a cause of this failure EXCEPT


A 72-year-old man has ST-segment depression of 2 mm in ECG lead II immediately after suprarenal aortic clamping. Which of the following is the most likely cause?


Ketamine decreases

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 40-year-old woman receives alfentanil 75 mcg/kg followed by an infusion of 1.5 mcg/kg/min for a one-hour cholecystectomy and cholangiogram. This regimen could be associated with each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

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

BASIC General

A 45-year-old patient with chronic alcoholism develops jaundice four days after a cholecystectomy under halothane/morphine general anesthesia. Bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase are elevated, but ALT is only slightly above normal. All values were within normal limits preoperatively. The most likely cause of jaundice is

ADVANCED General