10 Random Questions


In a patient who is receiving nitroglycerin intravenously after a coronary artery operation, peripheral oxygen saturation is 85% and PaO2 is 200 mmHg. The most appropriate management is administration of

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Which of the following provides the most definitive diagnosis in a patient with suspected brain death?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care Neuro

A 26-year-old woman has weakness on extension of the right knee one day after uneventful vaginal delivery under spinal anesthesia with lidocaine. The most likely cause is


A 19-year-old man is undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy. He is anesthetized with a spinal block supplemented with midazolam and fentanyl. During the procedure, he has sudden loss of consciousness, profound hypotension, and bradycardia; systolic pressure is 40 mmHg and heart rate is 30 bpm. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is started. The most appropriate next step is administration of

ADVANCED General

Which of the following postoperative treatments decreases the risk for deep venous thrombosis?

ADVANCED General

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 appropriate drug to treat hypotension in patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (IHSS)?

ADVANCED Cardiac

The most effective treatment of severe carbon monoxide poisoning in a 2-year-old child is

ADVANCED Pediatric

A 70-year-old man who has just undergone an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair under halothane anesthesia develops hypertension, dyspnea, and cyanosis shortly after awakening in the recovery room. Administration of furosemide 20 mg intravenously improves the cyanosis within 10 minutes. This immediate effect of furosemide is best explained by

ADVANCED Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics General

During repair for coarctation of the aorta in a healthy 13-year-old patient, right radial artery pressure increases from 100/60 to 105/70 mmHg after the aorta is cross clamped. This most likely indicates that

ADVANCED Cardiac