10 Random Questions


A 26-year-old woman has persistent uterine bleeding following a normal spontaneous delivery without anesthesia. The uterus is firm on manual examination. Which of the following anesthetics is most appropriate for manual extraction of the placenta?


During repair for coarctation of the aorta in a healthy 13-year-old patient, right radial artery pressure increases from 100/60 to 105/70 mmHg after the aorta is cross clamped. This most likely indicates that

ADVANCED Cardiac

Compared with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV), intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV)

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Mismatching of ventilation to perfusion in the lung is greatest in which of the following situations?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A 70-year-old patient is shivering and has chest pain in the PACU following a cholecystectomy. Heart rate is 120 bpm, and blood pressure is 220/120 mmHg. SpO2 is 97% at an FiO2 of 0.4. An ECG shows ST-T wave changes, which are not affected by intravenous administration of nitroglycerin. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?

ADVANCED General Cardiac

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

A multigravid woman is receiving oxytocin by infusion for augmentation of labor. Fetal heart rate is 190 bpm with beat-to-beat variability of 6 to 8 bpm. The most appropriate immediate action would be to

ADVANCED OB

In this diagram of a circle system, an increase in dead space is most likely to result from placement of the pressure relief valve at location

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Alveolar dead space is decreased by

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A 40-year-old woman with chronic renal failure is undergoing revision of an arteriovenous shunt with general anesthesia. The capnographic waveform was obtained during spontaneous ventilation 20 minutes after administration of succinylcholine and tracheal intubation. Which of the following is the most likely cause of these findings?