10 Random Questions


The principal rationale for the use of warmed humidified inspired anesthetic gases in children is to

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Pediatric

A 35-year-old woman with a grade III subarachnoid hemorrhage is undergoing clipping of a middle cerebral artery aneurysm 48 hours after initial hemorrhage. Which of the following drugs used to induce hypotension is LEAST likely to affect intracranial pressure?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro

One full E-cylinder of oxygen at 20°C can deliver 2 L/min of oxygen for at most

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following is most likely to decrease uterine tone?

ADVANCED OB

Which of the following decreases the risk for burns during electrocauterization?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Upon removal of the epidural catheter after uneventful labor and delivery in a 25-year-old primiparous woman, approximately 1.2 cm of the Teflon catheter is left behind in the epidural space. The patient is informed of the complication. The most appropriate management is


Bronchospasm occurring during anesthesia in a patient with an ileal carcinoid is best treated by administration of

ADVANCED General

Perception of pain from cutaneous sources involves each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Regional & Pain

Anesthesia is induced with halothane in a 3-year-old girl. Sixty seconds after administration of succinylcholine 1 mg/kg intravenously, heart rate decreases rapidly from 120 to 60 bpm. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Each of the following is an adverse effect of intranasal administration of cocaine prior to nasotracheal intubation EXCEPT