10 Random Questions


A woman has weakness of the right quadriceps and a decreased knee jerk reflex on the right one day after forceps delivery under epidural anesthesia. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED OB Regional & Pain

Desflurane at a stable alveolar concentration of 7%

BASIC Equipment & Physics Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Compared with similar use in adults, routine use of succinylcholine in children is hazardous because of the increased risk for which of the following?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Which property of oxygen is detected by the fail-safe device on the anesthesia machine?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

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

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following is indicated by an alarm condition in the line-isolation monitor?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

When compared with a healthy 30-year-old man, which of the following respiratory parameters is decreased in an otherwise healthy 80-year-old man?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Each of the following affects the induction dose of thiopental EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 30-year-old man who is breathing spontaneously has a ventilatory pattern of sustained deep inspiration and occasional expiratory gasps during emergence from general anesthesia after posterior fossa craniotomy. Which of the following is the most likely cause?

ADVANCED Neuro

Following antagonism of a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant with neostigmine, twitch height is normal. To achieve this effect, the percentage of the acetylcholine receptor pool that must be free of muscle relaxant is

BASIC Equipment & Physics Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics