10 Random Questions


Which of the following statements regarding carbon monoxide poisoning is true?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

Compared with healthy nonhypertensive patients, in patients with untreated hypertension undergoing anesthesia and operation,

ADVANCED General

Inhibition of labor by terbutaline causes each of the following maternal side effects EXCEPT

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics OB

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the rapid onset of local anesthesia when sodium bicarbonate is added to lidocaine?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A 43-year-old man has been hoarse for two weeks since undergoing anterior cervical fusion at C7-8 for treatment of a herniated disk. Laryngoscopy shows paralysis of the right vocal cord. Which of the following is the most likely cause?


A comatose 40-year-old man is to undergo evacuation of an acute subdural hematoma. His left pupil is dilated and blood is present behind the left tympanic membrane. Each of the following is an acceptable intervention EXCEPT


A 35-year-old woman with a grade III subarachnoid hemorrhage is undergoing clipping of a middle cerebral artery aneurysm 48 hours after initial hemorrhage. Which of the following drugs used to induce hypotension is LEAST likely to affect intracranial pressure?

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Neuro

In a 35-year-old patient, which of the following is associated with an increased duration of clinical narcosis following infusion of a total dose of 10 mg/kg thiopental over three hours?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

During enflurane anesthesia for colectomy in a 75-year-old man with sepsis, urine output decreases to 10 ml/hr. Heart rate is 120 bpm, blood pressure is 100/50 mmHg, central venous pressure is 10 mmHg, and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure is 15 mmHg. The most appropriate management at this time is to

ADVANCED General

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the coronary steal phenomenon?

ADVANCED Cardiac