10 Random Questions


A 70-kg 22-year-old patient with head trauma and multiple fractures of the long bones is scheduled for fixation of bilateral femoral fractures. Preoperative laboratory studies show a serum sodium concentration of 150 mEq/L, a serum potassium concentration of 3.1 mEq/L, and a urine output greater than 500 ml/hr. Which of the following agents will decrease urine output?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

Maternal hyperventilation produces


With long-term administration, which of the following drugs produces the most prolonged sedative effect of diazepam?


Compared with thiopental, methohexital is characterized by

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following statements about patient-controlled analgesia using opioids is true?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

Which of the following statements concerning neuroleptic malignant syndrome is true?

ADVANCED General

Following protamine administration, profound pulmonary hypertension is most likely initiated by release of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics Cardiac

Which of the following statements concerning the management of diabetes mellitus during pregnancy is true?

ADVANCED OB

A 57-year-old man has back pain, a heart rate of 90 bpm, decreased pulse in the left arm, and blood pressure of 200/110 mmHg. During infusion of nitroprusside, heart rate increases to 115 bpm and blood pressure decreases to 140/80 mmHg. The most appropriate management at this time is administration of

ADVANCED General

Neostigmine administered intravenously without atropine can produce each of the following EXCEPT

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics