10 Random Questions


The following breath sounds are heard after placement of a left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tube. The most likely cause of these findings is


A moderately obese 38-year-old woman is using patient-controlled morphine analgesia one day after open cholecystectomy. While breathing room air, oxygen saturation is 85%, Pa02 is 48 mmHg, PaC02 is 42 mmHg, and pH is 7.36. In addition to administration of oxygen, the most effective management is to


In a patient with 20% pulmonary shunt and a PaO2 of 60 mmHg, cardiac output suddenly decreases from 5 L/min to 3 L/min. Oxygen consumption is unchanged. As a result, the PaO2 will

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A 30-year-old primiparous woman delivered a healthy infant by cesarean section during uneventful spinal anesthesia with tetracaine 10 mg in 2 ml of 5% dextrose solution. Twelve hours after delivery she has bilateral loss of pain and temperature sensibility, but not touch, below T8 and paralysis of both legs. The most likely cause of this complication is

ADVANCED OB Regional & Pain

A 31-year-old man received an uneventful epidural anesthetic for arthroscopy of the knee and meniscectomy. Twenty-four hours later he still has painless flaccid paralysis in both legs. This clinical presentation is most consistent with

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A patient has sudden cardiopulmonary arrest five minutes after retrobulbar block with 0.75% bupivacaine 2 ml with hyaluronidase for ophthalmologic surgery. No premonitory changes were noted on the pulse oximeter. The most likely cause is


Compared with the adult airway, the neonatal airway has which of the following characteristics?

ADVANCED Pediatric

In a patient who is breathing spontaneously, the work of breathing increases with each of the following EXCEPT


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

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

During apneic oxygenation (FiO2 1.0) through a rigid bronchoscope

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care