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10 Random Questions

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

(A) decrease postoperative respiratory complications
(B) decrease postoperative shivering
(C) preserve ciliary function
(D) prevent dehydration
(E) prevent evaporative heat loss

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?

(A) Esmolol
(B) Hydralazine
(C) Isoflurane
(D) Nitroglycerin
(E) Sodium nitroprusside

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro

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

(A) 30 minutes
(B) 90 minutes
(C) 3 hours
(D) 5 hours
(E) 12 hours

BASIC Equipment & Physics

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

(A) Administration of isoflurane 1%
(B) Administration of nitrous oxide 50%
(C) Intravascular injection of 5 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine
(D) Intravenous administration of ketamine 2 mg/kg
(E) Paracervical block with 20 ml of 1% lidocaine

ADVANCED OB

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

(A) Conductive flooring
(B) Grounding of the patient to the operating table
(C) Increased resistance at the return electrode
(D) Isolation of the current output of the electrosurgical unit
(E) Placement of the return electrode at a distance from the surgical site

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

(A) immediate surgical removal
(B) prophylactic antibiotics
(C) lumbar myelogram
(D) monthly neurologic examinations
(E) no intervention

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

(A) aminophylline
(B) dexamethasone
(C) halothane
(D) ketamine
(E) somatostatin

ADVANCED General

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

(A) frontal lobe gyri
(B) lateral spinothalamic tracts
(C) periaqueductal gray matter
(D) spinal dorsal horn lamina V
(E) unmyelinated C fibers

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

(A) acute hyperkalemia
(B) failure to pretreat with a nondepolarizing relaxant
(C) halothane overdose
(D) muscarinic activity
(E) sympathetic ganglionic blockade

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

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

(A) complete heart block
(B) hypertension
(C) myocardial ischemia
(D) seizures
(E) ventricular tachycardia