10 Random Questions


Two hours after sustaining extensive burns of the head, neck and chest in a house fire, a patient has stridor and difficulty breathing. The most appropriate management is

ADVANCED General

In clinical anesthesia practice, the term "informed consent" is best described as a legal concept in which patients

BASIC General

The most medial of the following components in the antecubital fossa is the

BASIC Regional & Pain

The shorter duration of action of alfentanil relative to fentanyl is due to its


Upon removal of the epidural catheter after uneventful labor and delivery in a 25-year-old primiparous woman, approximately 1.2 cm of the Teflon catheter is left behind in the epidural space. The patient is informed of the complication. The most appropriate management is


During postoperative indirect laryngoscopy, the vocal cords appear symmetric during quiet breathing and approximate to the left of midline during phonation. The most likely cause is

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 72-year-old man has had residual hemiparesis since having a cerebrovascular accident three years ago. Compared with the response of the unaffected limbs to nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, the hemiparetic limbs will show


A 50-year-old man who takes aspirin and nifedipine is scheduled for thoracotomy with one-lung ventilation. Which of the following is associated with the greatest risk for intraoperative hypoxemia?

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General

An adult patient with atrial fibrillation develops pulseless ventricular tachycardia wfiile undergoing synchronized electirical cardioversion. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?

BASIC General Cardiac

During one-lung ventilation, each of the following affects hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the nonventilated lung EXCEPT

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care General