10 Random Questions

A 70-kg, 50-year-old man is scheduled for muscle flap closure of a decubitus ulcer over the sacrum. He has been quadriplegic at the level of C6-7 for six years. Which of the following is most likely to result from subarachnoid anesthesia with tetracaine 10 mg for this procedure?

ADVANCED General Regional & Pain

Which of the following drugs used to produce or reverse muscle relaxation has the greatest prolongation of action in a patient with end-stage renal disease?

The low fetal/maternal plasma ratio of bupivacaine compared with lidocaine is due to

ADVANCED OB Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A normal adult is receiving general anesthesia via a standard circle system and controlled ventilation. Mass spectrometer data are shown. Which event is most compatible with these data?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

During induction of anesthesia in a 70-year-old man with aortic stenosis, the blood pressure decreases from 140/ 80 to 70/45 mmHg as the cardiac rhythm changes from normal sinus at 70 bpm to junctional at 120 bpm. The most appropriate initial therapy would be

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General Cardiac

A 65-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has chest pain prior to induction of anesthesia. Pulse is 80 bpm and blood pressure is 130/80 mmHg. The ECG (V5) shows sinus rhythm and new ST-segment depression. The most appropriate management is administration of

BASIC General Cardiac

Which of the lines shown in the graph illustrates the relationship of hematocrit and oxygen transport?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following findings differentiates the pickwickian syndrome from morbid obesity?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

In calculating the fluid requirements for a newborn undergoing repair of an omphalocele, the third-space loss should be replaced by

ADVANCED Pediatric

The EEG of a patient undergoing anesthesia with high-dose fentanyl would most likely show