10 Random Questions


A 32-year-old man with acute aortic regurgitation is scheduled to undergo emergency aortic valve replacement. Heart rate is 110 bpm, blood pressure is 90/35 mmHg, and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure is 14 mmHg. Cardiac index is 2.2 L/min/m2. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?


In a patient with peripheral vascular disease, the most likely result of lumbar sympathetic block is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

In the absence of coronary artery disease, isoflurane-induced vasodilation and tachycardia are beneficial hemodynamic goals for which of the following cardiac diseases?

ADVANCED General Cardiac

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

ADVANCED General

During induction of anesthesia in a 70-year-old man with aortic stenosis, the blood pressure decreases from 140/ 80 to 70/45 mmHg as the cardiac rhythm changes from normal sinus at 70 bpm to junctional at 120 bpm. The most appropriate initial therapy would be

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General Cardiac

Each of the following increases arterial to end-tidal carbon dioxide tension difference EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following will most closely mimic the effects of stellate ganglion block?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A mechanically ventilated newborn infant is undergoing gastroschisis repair during halothane anesthesia. Based on the right radial artery catheter tracing shown, which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion?

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 40-year-old man who is scheduled to undergo repair of a tendon laceration of the left hand has complete anesthesia in the median, radial, and ulnar nerve distributions after supraclavicular block. Two hours of tourniquet inflation are required for completion of the procedure. The most appropriate next step is an additional block of which of the following?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Desflurane is delivered using a vaporizer that contains internal heaters because

BASIC Equipment & Physics Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics