10 Random Questions


The most effective treatment of severe carbon monoxide poisoning in a 2-year-old child is

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 62-year-old man, who had a myocardial infarction three years ago, complicated by congestive heart failure and renal failure, is undergoing a colectomy. A pulmonary artery catheter demonstrates a cardiac output higher than measurements recorded during a cardiac catheterization two months after the infarction. Which of the following most likely contributes to the increased cardiac output?

ADVANCED Cardiac

During transurethral resection of the prostate, intravascular absorption of glycine irrigant most commonly produces

ADVANCED General

Miosis, incontinence, excess salivation, and convulsions are toxic effects of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A Fluotec vaporizer is set to administer halothane 4% using a fresh gas flow of 4 L/min. If the diluent gas flow is increased to 8 L/min, and at the same time the room temperature increases from 20 to 25°C, the approximate concentration of halothane delivered to the patient would be

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A 72-year-old man has ST-segment depression of 2 mm in ECG lead II immediately after suprarenal aortic clamping. Which of the following is the most likely cause?


In an adult undergoing laparotomy, which of the following is the most effective means of maintaining body temperature during the first hour of anesthesia?


Which of the following muscle relaxants is most likely to result in histamine release following administration of a bolus dose sufficient to facilitate rapid endotracheal intubation?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Each of the following is a characteristic of prostaglandin E1 (alprostadil) pharmacology in an infant EXCEPT:

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Postdural puncture headache occurs most commonly in which of the following patients?

ADVANCED OB