10 Random Questions


Which of the following is a cardiorespiratory effect of epidural block to a T4 sensory level?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Regional & Pain

Twenty minutes after thiopental induction for femoral herniorrhaphy, a 34-year-old woman is breathing spontaneously and receiving nitrous oxide-oxygen (2 liters each) and enflurane 3% by face mask. Pulse is 90 bpm, blood pressure is 80/60 mmHg, end-tidal enflurane concentration is 2%, and end-tidal carbon dioxide tension is 48 mmHg. Which of the following is most likely to occur on skin incision?

BASIC General

Meperidine has a more rapid onset of action than morphine following intravenous injection because of its

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 72-year-old man has had residual hemiparesis since having a cerebrovascular accident three years ago. Compared with the response of the unaffected limbs to nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, the hemiparetic limbs will show


Which of the following statements concerning the management of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy is true?

ADVANCED OB

An apneic adult is receiving an oxygen flow of 4 L/min through a rigid bronchoscope. After five minutes of apnea, which of the following findings is most likely?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Postoperatively, a patient is being mechanically ventilated by a constant-flow, pressure-cycled ventilator with the following initial settings: inspiratory/expiratory (I/E) ratio of 1:2, peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) of 25 cmH2O, and rate of 10/min. One hour later, the I/E ratio is 1:4. Which of the following would ensure that the minute ventilation is the same as that initially set?

BASIC Equipment & Physics Respiratory & Critical Care

In a patient with chronic congestive heart failure, the safest pharmacologic approach to brain swelling during a craniotomy is


At the end of an anesthetic in which a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant was administered, the least number of receptors are blocked

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

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?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain