10 Random Questions


A previously healthy 28-year-old woman scheduled for laparoscopic tubal ligation becomes, agitated and refuses to undergo the procedure after being brought to the operating room. This behavior most likely resulted from preoperative administration of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

Postoperatively a 70-kg patient has a serum sodium value of 130 mEq/L. To increase this value to 140 mEq/L would require the administration of how much sodium in mEq?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

Compared with a patient without liver disease, a patient with cirrhosis will have

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Physiologically, coronary blood flow relates most directly to

BASIC Cardiac

Which of the following statements concerning hyperkalemia after succinylcholine administration to a patient with a spinal cord injury is true?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Volume-cycled flow generators are preferred over pressure-cycled ventilators in critical care units because they


A 24-year-old man who sustained multiple rib fractures in a motor vehicle accident has air leaks through bilateral chest tubes. Which of the following is most likely following initiation of high-frequency jet ventilation?


When performed with identical doses, which of the following types of regional block is associated with the highest plasma concentration of the drug?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Patients with acute alcohol intoxication are at increased risk for each of the following complications of general anesthesia EXCEPT

ADVANCED General

Which of the following is the best initial treatment of anaphylaxis that occurs during general anesthesia?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General