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10 Random Questions

Each of the following is an adverse effect of intranasal administration of cocaine prior to nasotracheal intubation EXCEPT

(A) complete heart block
(B) hypertension
(C) myocardial ischemia
(D) seizures
(E) ventricular tachycardia

Which of the following is the most appropriate pharmacologic therapy for trigeminal neuralgia?

(A) Buprenorphine
(B) Carbamazepine
(C) Chlorpromazine
(D) Pentazocine
(E) Phenelzine

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which property of oxygen is detected by the fail-safe device on the anesthesia machine?

(A) Concentration
(B) Flow
(C) Pressure
(D) Partial pressure
(E) Reserve volume

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Following axillary block for insertion of an arteriovenous fistula in the forearm, a patient has pain on surgical incision. Which of the following nerves should be blocked to relieve this pain?

(A) Axillary
(B) Median
(C) Musculocutaneous
(D) Radial
(E) Ulnar

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

In the absence of coronary artery disease, isoflurane-induced vasodilation and tachycardia are beneficial hemodynamic goals for which of the following cardiac diseases?

(A) Aortic regurgitation
(B) Aortic stenosis
(C) Asymmetric septal hypertrophy (IHSS)
(D) Mitral stenosis
(E) Pulmonary regurgitation

ADVANCED General Cardiac

A 32-year-old man is scheduled for hernia repair. He underwent heart transplantation for cardiomyopathy five years ago. Which of the following findings is most likely?

(A) Absence of coronary atherosclerosis
(B) Biventricular hypokinesis on echocardiography
(C) Down-regulation of cardiac beta-adrenergic receptors
(D) Increased heart rate at rest
(E) Right ventricular hypertrophy

ADVANCED General Cardiac

A previously healthy 28-year-old woman scheduled for laparoscopic tubal ligation becomes, agitated and refuses to undergo the procedure after being brought to the operating room. This behavior most likely resulted from preoperative administration of

(A) droperidol
(B) cimetidine
(C) atropine
(D) meperidine
(E) midazolam

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

In a healthy 70-kg adult, which of the following is the most likely effect of intravenous administration of morphine 10 mg on ventilatory responses?

(A) Increased response to hypoxia and decreased response to hypercarbia
(B) Decreased response to hypercarbia and no change in response to hypoxia
(C) Decreased response to both hypoxia and hypercarbia
(D) No change in response to hypercarbia and decreased response to hypoxia
(E) No change in response to hypoxia or hypercarbia

During axillary brachial plexus anesthesia, motor block frequently precedes sensory block because of

(A) conduction velocity of motor fibers
(B) myelination of motor fibers
(C) size of motor fibers
(D) presence of septa between motor fibers
(E) peripheral location of motor fibers in the nerve bundle

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

In patients with blunt head trauma, cerebral perfusion pressure is determined by the gradient between

(A) diastolic pressure and central venous pressure
(B) intracranial pressure and central venous pressure
(C) mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure
(D) mean arterial pressure and intracranial pressure
(E) systolic pressure and intracranial pressure

BASIC Neuro