10 Random Questions


An endobronchial Robertshaw tube is inserted for resection of a midesophageal tumor under isoflurane, oxygen, pancuronium anesthesia. Forty minutes into a planned two-hour resection, arterial blood gas values are reported as PO2 45 mmHg, PCO2 45 mmHg, and pH 7.33. Ten minutes earlier, the values were PO2 210 mmHg, PCO2, 41 mmHg, and pH 7.39. The first action should be to

ADVANCED General

Which of the following drugs has the shortest elimination half-life?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Compared with similar use in adults, routine use of succinylcholine in children is hazardous because of the increased risk for which of the following?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Pediatric

During craniotomy in the sitting position, end-tidal carbon dioxide tension suddenly decreases. Ventilatory excursion of the chest is normal. Further evaluation is most likely to show a decrease in

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Neuro

Postoperatively a 70-kg patient has a serum sodium value of 130 mEq/L. To increase this value to 140 mEq/L would require the administration of how much sodium in mEq?

BASIC Transfusions & Fluids

A woman is in labor at 40 weeks' gestation and the fetus is in breech presentation. Which of the following will provide adequate uterine relaxation for vaginal delivery?

ADVANCED OB

Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure is NOT a reliable estimate of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure when


Which of the following is indicated by an alarm condition in the line-isolation monitor?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

A patient who is scheduled for a gastrectomy had abnormal liver function tests for four days following a prior cholecystectomy. In your consultation note, you should

BASIC General

The preanesthetic ECG trace (lead II) shown from a 32-year-old woman suggests

ADVANCED General