10 Random Questions


Compared with dopamine, dobutamine

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

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

Monitoring sensory evoked potentials may be useful in detecting functional derangement of each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Neuro

Brain stem auditory evoked potentials are most likely to be absent during which of the following?

ADVANCED Neuro

A patient is anesthetized using an inhaled anesthetic with a blood/gas partition coefficient of 13.0. Recovery time depends primarily on

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

The figure describes the uptake of nitrous oxide 75% by individual tissue groups (VRG = vessel-rich group, MG = muscle group, FG = fat group) and their sum (total uptake, TU). Which set of labels accurately describes the curves?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 62-year-old woman with obesity and type II diabetes mellitus is scheduled to undergo vitrectomy of the right eye. Five minutes after retrobulbar injection with 0.75% bupivacaine 4 ml and intravenous administration of fentanyl 50 ju-g and midazolam 1 mg, she is apneic and unresponsive. Which of the following is the most likely cause?


Which of the following statements concerning relationships among alveolar pressure, volume, and surface tension is true?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

A patient with lumbar disk disease requires lumbar epidural injection of a corticosteroid for control of low back pain. Which of the following statements concerning this treatment is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Each of the following increases cardiac output EXCEPT