10 Random Questions


Which of the following is a side effect of beta-adrenergic blockade?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements concerning cerebral blood flow (CBF) during anesthesia is true?


The primary purpose of denitrogenation prior to anesthetic induction is to

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care General

The correlation between anesthetic potency and lipid solubility

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

In patients with head trauma, which of the following factors results in a return of arterial pH toward normal levels after two days of mechanical hyperventilation?

ADVANCED General Neuro

A 64-year-old man with a large pancreatic tumor has severe abdominal pain that radiates to the low back. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?


A 57-year-old man who weighs 150 kg and is 170 cm (67 in) tall is scheduled for cholecystectomy. He has a 100 pack-year smoking history. Which of the following findings on pulmonary function testing are most likely?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

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

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 65-year-old man has a history of alcohol abuse. Which of the following preoperative serum concentrations would provide the best assessment of synthetic hepatic function?

BASIC General

A healthy 57-year-old man with a ureteral calculus is scheduled for immersion extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Which of the following statements is true?

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics General