10 Random Questions


Which of the following findings differentiates the pickwickian syndrome from morbid obesity?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

In clinical anesthesia practice, the term "informed consent" is best described as a legal concept in which patients

BASIC General

During Harrington rod instrumentation for scoliosis, monitoring somatosensory evoked potentials

ADVANCED Pediatric Neuro

A 60-year-old obese man who has an antithrombin III deficiency is scheduled for radical prostatectomy. Prior to the operation this patient should receive

ADVANCED Transfusions & Fluids Cardiac

During active labor, 10 ml of bupivacaine 0.5% with epinephrine 1:200,000 is administered epidurally. Fifteen minutes later, maternal blood pressure is 70/50 mmHg and heart rate is 70 bpm; fetal heart rate is 90 bpm for 45 seconds, with loss of beat-to-beat variability. The most likely explanation for the fetal vital signs is

ADVANCED OB

Compared with adults, caudal anesthesia in children is associated with

ADVANCED Pediatric Regional & Pain

Compared with healthy nonhypertensive patients, in patients with untreated hypertension undergoing anesthesia and operation,

ADVANCED General

Which of the following situations is most likely related to paraplegia following repair of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm?

ADVANCED General

In a patient undergoing liver transplantation, sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride are administered immediately before reperfusion of the transplanted liver to counteract

ADVANCED General

Microatelectasis 48 hours after abdominal surgery is most consistently manifested by

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care