10 Random Questions
A 28-year-old woman undergoes total thyroidectomy. The left recurrent laryngeal nerve is transected during the procedure. Which of the following findings is most likely postoperatively?
- (A) Normal voice
- (B) Aphonia
- (C) Hoarseness
- (D) Expiratory stridor
- (E) Inspiratory stridor
If administered prior to induction of anesthesia, which of the following drugs is most likely to cause tachycardia?
- (A) Fentanyl
- (B) Meperidine
- (C) Midazolam
- (D) Morphine
- (E) Sufentanil
The tracing indicates that the pacemaker generator is
- (A) malfunctioning
- (B) VVT sensing and capturing normally
- (C) VOO sensing and capturing normally
- (D) DVI sensing and capturing normally
- (E) VVI sensing and capturing normally
An air/oxygen blender with E-size cylinders is supplying gas to a Mapleson D circuit being used to ventilate a neonate during transport. The air tank is full (psi= 1900/625 L) and flow is 4 L/min. The oxygen tank flow is 5 L/min and the pressure gauge indicates 500 psi. If the flow rates remain unchanged, which of the following statements is correct?
- (A) The air tank will be empty in 90 minutes
- (B) The oxygen tank will be empty in 30 minutes
- (C) The concentration of oxygen in the circuit is 60%
- (D) The oxygen tank will fill with air when the pressure gauge falls below 50 psi
- (E) The volume of oxygen remaining can be determined only by weighing the tank
A 65-year-old man has a history of alcohol abuse. Which of the following preoperative serum concentrations would provide the best assessment of synthetic hepatic function?
- (A) Albumin
- (B) Alkaline phosphatase
- (C) Bilirubin
- (D) Globulin
- (E) Transaminases
Intrabiliary pressure will be increased to the greatest extent by intravenous administration of
- (A) atropine
- (B) glucagon
- (C) naloxone
- (D) fentanyl
- (E) butorphanol
Compared with halothane, desflurane has which of the following characteristics?
- (A) Greater potency
- (B) A higher boiling point
- (C) Increased blood solubility
- (D) Less airway irritability
- (E) Less biodegradation
Each of the following conditions is a cause of agitation in a patient following transurethral resection of the prostate EXCEPT
- (A) bladder distention
- (B) glycine absorption
- (C) inadequate analgesia
- (D) serum sodium concentration of 127 mEq/L
- (E) systolic pressure of 60 mmHg
During emergency laparotomy, a patient who has been taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor for six months develops hypotension despite adequate fluid therapy. The most appropriate management is administration of
- (A) amrinone
- (B) ephedrine
- (C) epinephrine
- (D) isoproterenol
- (E) phenylephrine
Which of the following anesthetic techniques is most appropriate for a woman in the second stage of labor?
- (A) Epidural opioids
- (B) Local infiltration of the perineum
- (C) Lumbar sympathetic block
- (D) Paracervical nerve block
- (E) Pudendal nerve block