10 Random Questions


In a spontaneously breathing patient, each of the following increases the work of breathing EXCEPT

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A 50-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease undergoes coronary artery bypass grafting. Five minutes after successful termination of cardiopulmonary bypass, ST-segment elevation is noted in lead II of the ECG, and the following findings are noted: BP 70/40, Pulse 80, CVP 16 cmH2O, PAp 25/10. Appropriate management is to

ADVANCED Cardiac

A patient who had liver transplantation two years ago now requires general anesthesia for ENT surgery. Minimal rejection has occurred on a regimen of cyclosporine and prednisone. Which of the following is most likely?

ADVANCED General

In pregnant patients, which of the following is an effect of the long-term use of cocaine?

ADVANCED OB

Five hours after intramuscular administration of morphine 15 mg to a healthy 80-kg man, residual effects are best demonstrated by measuring the


As part of a preoperative evaluation, a patient had a thallium scan showing a "cold spot" over the left ventricle that occurs with moderate exercise and disappears at rest. This most likely indicates

BASIC Cardiac

Failure to block the musculocutaneous nerve adequately during the axillary approach to brachial plexus block will result in inadequate anesthesia of the


A 36-year-old woman develops acute airway obstruction 24 hours after total thyroidectomy. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED General

The gauge pressure on a cylinder of nitrous oxide

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following anesthetic techniques is most appropriate for a woman in the second stage of labor?

ADVANCED OB Regional & Pain