10 Random Questions


Measurement of which of the following provides the most reliable information about the severity of bronchospasm?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

One week after sustaining third-degree burns over 40% of his body surface area, a patient requires general anesthesia for debridement and skin grafting. Which of the following responses to neuromuscular blockers is most likely?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A patient sustains cardiac arrest while being mechanically ventilated. Which of the following is the most likely effect on PetCO2?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Each of the following affects the induction dose of thiopental EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

An elderly man has an acute dissection of the descending thoracic aorta. Which of the following antihypertensive therapies is most likely to extend the dissection?

ADVANCED General

A 62-year-old patient who is undergoing femoral-popliteal arterial bypass grafting during general anesthesia develops supraventricular tachycardia. Heart rate is 165 bpm and blood pressure is 90/50 mmHg. Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate treatment of the tachycardia?


Positive end-expiratory pressure is effective for treatment of hypoxia resulting from each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements concerning the use of epidural anesthesia for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A patient whose trachea is intubated develops partial airway obstruction two hours after induction of fentanyl, nitrous oxide, oxygen anesthesia. The anesthesiologist discontinues the nitrous oxide and controls ventilation, and there is gradual improvement during the next hour. No evidence of a respiratory disorder is found at the conclusion of the anesthetic. Which of the following is most likely?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A 50-year-old man is scheduled to undergo emergency craniotomy for evacuation of an epidural hematoma. His Glasgow Coma Scale score is 6; heart rate is 54 bpm, and blood pressure is 190/110 mmHg. The most appropriate initial management is administration of which of the following agents?

ADVANCED Neuro