10 Random Questions


A patient with cirrhosis presenting for liver transplantation is likely to exhibit each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC General

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

Oxygen 100 ml/min is bubbled through a vaporizer containing an anesthetic with a vapor pressure of 150 mmHg, and this mixture is added to a fresh gas flow of 5 L/min. The delivered anesthetic concentration is

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following statements concerning postspinal headache is true?

ADVANCED Neuro Regional & Pain

Infants with untreated pyloric stenosis are at increased risk for each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pediatric

At term which of the following would produce the greatest increase in uterine blood flow?

ADVANCED OB

A 1150-g, 10-day-old infant is undergoing a bowel resection for necrotizing enterocolitis. Heart rate is 200 bpm and blood pressure measured through a femoral artery catheter is 45/24 mmHg. The most appropriate next step is administration of

ADVANCED Pediatric

A patient has hoarseness after undergoing surgery involving the aortic arch. The most likely cause is an injury to which of the following nerves?

ADVANCED General Regional & Pain

Following cardiopulmonary bypass, right ventricular distention is noted after infusion of protamine 40 mg. Pulmonary artery pressure has increased from 25/18 to 50/30 mmHg and systemic arterial pressure has decreased from 110/65 to 0 mmHg. Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment?

ADVANCED Cardiac

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