10 Random Questions


Which of the following is most likely to decrease in the affected area following a paravertebral lumbar sympathetic block?


Which of the following statements concerning the management of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy is true?

ADVANCED OB

During an operation with cardiopulmonary bypass using a bubble oxygenator, the risk for systemic gas embolization increases when


A newly developed inhalational anesthetic has a blood-gas partition coefficient of 0.2. Which of the following statements best describes this drug compared with isoflurane?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Each of the following is a physiologic effect of intra-aortic balloon pump therapy EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care Cardiac

A 60-kg 25-year-old woman is undergoing laparoscopy in the Trendelenburg position during general anesthesia. Five minutes after peritoneal inflation, the peak airway pressure required to deliver a tidal volume of 800 ml increases from 25 cmH2O to 60 cmH2O. SpO2 decreases from 100% to 80% and systolic blood pressure increases from 110 mmHg to 140 mmHg. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A sedative/hypnotic drug is administered prior to electroconvulsive therapy to do which of the following?


Which of the following statements concerning relationships among alveolar pressure, volume, and surface tension is true?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following nerves is most likely to be injured by a fracture of the shaft of the humerus?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following findings is an early indication of cyanide toxicity?