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10 Random Questions

Which of the following findings is most likely in a 3-year-old child who has a secundum-type atrial septal defect with a 2:1 left-to-right shunt?

(A) Pulmonary blood flow twice that of systemic blood flow
(B) Pulmonary vascular resistance twice normal
(C) Mean pulmonary artery pressure twice normal
(D) Right atrial pressure twice normal
(E) Hypoxemia while breathing room air

ADVANCED Pediatric

A previously healthy 28-year-old woman scheduled for laparoscopic tubal ligation becomes, agitated and refuses to undergo the procedure after being brought to the operating room. This behavior most likely resulted from preoperative administration of

(A) droperidol
(B) cimetidine
(C) atropine
(D) meperidine
(E) midazolam

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

Each of the following contributes to hypotension following induction of anesthesia with propofol EXCEPT

(A) central vagal stimulation
(B) decreased central sympathetic tone
(C) direct myocardial depression
(D) resetting of arterial baroreceptors
(E) systemic vasodilation

Which of the following drugs increases gastric pH while decreasing gastric volume?

(A) Glycopyrrolate
(B) Magnesium trisilicate
(C) Metoclopramide
(D) Ranitidine
(E) Sodium citrate

A 30-year-old woman has difficulty talking 15 minutes after initiation of interscalene block for closed reduction of a dislocated shoulder. The most likely cause is

(A) cervical sympathetic block
(B) delayed systemic toxic reaction
(C) phrenic nerve paralysis
(D) pneumothorax
(E) recurrent laryngeal nerve block

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Preoperative parenteral administration of vitamin K is LEAST likely to decrease a prolonged prothrombin time in a patient with

(A) end-stage hepatocellular disease
(B) malabsorption associated with ulcerative colitis
(C) obstructive jaundice
(D) long-term antibiotic therapy
(E) warfarin-induced prothrombin deficiency

Which of the following is most indicative of reflex sympathetic dystrophy?

(A) Dry skin
(B) Dull pain that improves with movement
(C) Fasciculations
(D) Motor weakness
(E) Pallor and cyanosis

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements regarding innervation of the upper extremity is true?

(A) Blockade of the radial nerve decreases the patient's ability to spread the fingers apart
(B) The brachial plexus receives preganglionic sympathetic fibers arising from C5 through T2
(C) Interscalene injection of the brachial plexus at C6 is likely to spare the axillary nerve.
(D) The musculocutaneous nerves receive contributions from C5 and C6
(E) The vertebral artery lies posterior to the nerve roots of the brachial plexus

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Hypomagnesemia is associated with

(A) decreased risk for digitalis toxicity
(B) dysrhythmias sensitive to bretylium
(C) hypercalcemia
(D) prolonged succinylcholine blockade
(E) surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass

ADVANCED General Cardiac

Compared with a semiclosed circle system, a closed system

(A) decreases the risk for anesthetic overdose
(B) decreases the risk for rebreathing carbon dioxide
(C) has lower resistance to gas flow
(D) permits calculation of oxygen consumption
(E) permits more rapid changes in anesthetic depth

BASIC Equipment & Physics