10 Random Questions


In a patient with severe mitral stenosis, induction of anesthesia must include avoidance of increased


Anesthesia is induced with halothane in a 3-year-old girl. Sixty seconds after administration of succinylcholine 1 mg/kg intravenously, heart rate decreases rapidly from 120 to 60 bpm. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

Which of the following is the most effective treatment of shivering following general anesthesia?

BASIC General

Which of the following statements concerning successful blockade of the femoral nerve is true?


A 6-year-old boy undergoes craniotomy in the supine position for brain tumor during anesthesia with 1.5% isoflurane in oxygen. PetCO2 is 38 mmHg, heart rate is 78 bpm, and blood pressure is 130/80 mmHg. After opening the dura, the surgeon notes that the brain is bulging. Which of the following management options is LEAST likely to significantly decrease brain size?

ADVANCED Pediatric Neuro

Which of the following premedicant drug combinations is most effective in preventing passive regurgitation during anesthesia?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 72-year-old man has massive venous hemorrhage during a radical prostatectomy. Blood pressure decreases from 110/60 to 75/30 mmHg and central venous pressure decreases from 12 to 4 mmHg. End-expiratory carbon dioxide tension decreases from 34 to 24 mmHg during constant minute ventilation. The most appropriate next step should be to

BASIC General

Severe nausea and vomiting in the PACU is most effectively treated with a drug that acts as an antagonist at which of the following receptors?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements concerning brain stem auditory evoked responses is true?

ADVANCED Neuro

At extubation performed one week after nasotracheal intubation, each of the following is likely to occur EXCEPT

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care