10 Random Questions


A patient with jaundice who has a minimally elevated SGOT (AST), markedly elevated alkaline phosphatase, and normal prothrombin time is to receive a muscle relaxant. Which of the following is most likely in this patient?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to affect serum ionized calcium concentration following blood transfusion?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

Compared with thiopental, methohexital is characterized by

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The most important cause of hypotension that occurs normally at initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass is


A complication of terbutaline therapy to terminate premature labor is

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

A 40-year-old patient has pain following injection of 8 ml of thiopental 2.5% through a right radial artery catheter. His hand remains pink. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?

ADVANCED General

Three hours after total thyroidectomy, a 33-year-old man develops inspiratory stridor. The most likely cause is


Four days after mitral valve replacement, a 49-year-old, 70-kg woman who has had oliguric renal failure since the operation requires insertion of a Schribner shunt for hemodialysis. Her BUN concentration is 104 mg/dl, serum creatinine is 9.3 mg/dl, serum sodium is 130 mEq/L, and serum potassium is 6.7 mEq/L. During the operation under local anesthesia, diazepam 7.5 mg and morphine 10 mg are administered intravenously to control agitation. Five minutes later while she is sleeping quietly, unifocal premature ventricular contractions appear at a rate of 10 per minute on the ECG monitor. The most appropriate therapy is to

ADVANCED General Cardiac

During induction of anesthesia for cesarean delivery, pancuronium is inadvertently substituted for succinylcholine. The neonate shows no clinical signs of muscle relaxation because pancuronium is

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

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