10 Random Questions


Which of the following is characteristic of low back pain associated with myofascial pain syndrome but not of pain associated with a herniated lumbar disk?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Systemic hypothermia to 30°C is accompanied by


A newborn is in respiratory distress. Examination shows a scaphoid abdomen, cyanosis while breathing oxygen by mask, and heart sounds in the right hemithorax. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?

ADVANCED Pediatric

An 18-month-old child with tetralogy of Fallot is anesthetized with halothane and nitrous oxide. Following intubation, oxygen saturation decreases abruptly from 85% to 45%. The most effective treatment is

ADVANCED Pediatric Cardiac

Arterial pressure in the radial artery is 155/70 mmHg measured by a correctly calibrated catheter-transducer system. At the same time aortic pressure is 140/75 mmHg using a high-fidelity catheter tip transducer. The most likely cause of this discrepancy is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Hypomagnesemia is associated with

ADVANCED General Cardiac

Microatelectasis 48 hours after abdominal surgery is most consistently manifested by

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Compared with a patient who is breathing spontaneously, a patient in the supine position receiving controlled positive-pressure ventilation will most likely have which of the following findings?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following inhalational anesthetics best relieves left ventricular outflow obstruction in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (IHSS)?


A newly developed inhalational anesthetic has a blood-gas partition coefficient of 0.2. Which of the following statements best describes this drug compared with isoflurane?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics