10 Random Questions


Which of the following spirometric tests is most likely to be accurate in a patient with severe pain?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care Regional & Pain

A patient whose trachea is intubated develops partial airway obstruction two hours after induction of fentanyl, nitrous oxide, oxygen anesthesia. The anesthesiologist discontinues the nitrous oxide and controls ventilation, and there is gradual improvement during the next hour. No evidence of a respiratory disorder is found at the conclusion of the anesthetic. Which of the following is most likely?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

Which of the following is most effective for maintaining core body temperature in an adult during general anesthesia for foot surgery?


Each of the following conditions is a cause of agitation in a patient following transurethral resection of the prostate EXCEPT


Which of the following combinations of hemoglobin, blood gases, and cardiac output provides the greatest delivery of oxygen to tissue? (Hb, PaO2, SaO2, CO)

BASIC General

Which of the following correctly describes the anatomic location of the stellate ganglion?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

During anesthesia with nitrous oxide and isoflurane in a 70-kg, 25-year-old patient, airway resistance would be decreased by

BASIC General

In an anesthetized patient being mechanically ventilated, end-expired carbon dioxide is 58 mmHg and peak inspiratory airway pressure is 15 cmH20. Ventilator settings indicate a delivered tidal volume of 800 ml, but the expiratory flowmeter shows a tidal volume of 360 ml. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this discrepancy?


Which of the following is an effect of ketorolac administered after vaginal hysterectomy?

BASIC Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

A patient who is paraplegic secondary to spinal cord transection at T3 develops bradycardia and facial flushing during a nephrectomy under general anesthesia with nitrous oxide, fentanyl, and atracurium. The most likely cause of this response is

ADVANCED General