10 Random Questions


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

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

Intravenous administration of mannitol during a craniotomy

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro

A 30-year-old woman has difficulty talking 15 minutes after initiation of interscalene block for closed reduction of a dislocated shoulder. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Each of the following is a physiologic effect of intra-aortic balloon pump therapy EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care Cardiac

A 120-kg 56-year-old man undergoing gastrectomy during anesthesia with fentanyl and isoflurane has a PetCO2 of 35 mmHg and a PaCO2 of 50 mmHg. His FEV,/FVC ratio is 80% of predicted. Heart rate is 120 bpm and arterial blood pressure is 80/40 mmHg. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the difference in PaCO2 and PetCO2?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

After administration of a single dose of vecuronium, function returns last to which of the following muscles?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following is most indicative of reflex sympathetic dystrophy?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

In a patient with peripheral vascular disease, the most likely result of lumbar sympathetic block is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

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