10 Random Questions


Two hours after a colon resection, a 60-year-old woman with adult-onset diabetes mellitus is somnolent and has a blood glucose concentration of 612 mg/dl. Which of the following findings are most likely? (Sodium, Osmolality, Intravascular volume)


During application of continuous positive airway pressure, lung compliance increases because of

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A computer program for hemodynamic calculations has the following input values: body surface area, arterial blood pressure, heart rate, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, and cardiac output. Each of the following values can be derived with this program EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Measurement of blood pressure with a Doppler device involves

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A child has tachypnea immediately after reintubation for intractable laryngospasm. Oxygen saturation is 78% at an FiO2 of 1.0. A radiograph of the chest taken 15 minutes later is most likely to show

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Pediatric

Compared with epidural morphine, intrathecal morphine produces

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Each of the following statements concerning norepinephrine is true EXCEPT:

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A child undergoing general anesthesia is breathing spontaneously using the Jackson-Rees modification of the Ayres T-piece. Respiratory rate is 20/min and tidal volume is 75 ml. What is the minimum fresh gas flow required to prevent rebreathing?

ADVANCED Equipment & Physics Pediatric

A multiparous 24-year-old woman sustains an amniotic fluid embolism during general anesthesia. The LEAST likely clinical finding is

ADVANCED OB

A 70-year-old man undergoes cross clamping of the aorta for repair of an abdominal aneurysm. Which of the following methods is most appropriate for decreasing hypotension associated with removal of the cross clamp?

ADVANCED General