10 Random Questions


If the low-pressure alarm of an anesthesia circuit is broken, which of the following monitors will provide the earliest indication of a disconnected ventilator hose?

BASIC Equipment & Physics

In calculating the fluid requirements for a newborn undergoing repair of an omphalocele, the third-space loss should be replaced by

ADVANCED Pediatric

Which of the following nerves is most likely to be injured by a fracture of the shaft of the humerus?

ADVANCED Regional & Pain

A 26-year-old patient with multiple trauma is admitted to the intensive care unit postoperatively. The early development of polyuria, hypotension, low urine sodium excretion, high serum osmolality, and normal serum creatinine concentration is best explained by

ADVANCED General

Peak airway pressure increases from 25 to 50 cmH2O when beginning right endobronchial ventilation with a right double-lumen tube. The most likely explanation for this increase is

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following is the most likely cause of the coronary steal phenomenon?

ADVANCED Cardiac

Which of the following changes is most likely in the patient whose pulmonary pathology is schematically illustrated?

BASIC Respiratory & Critical Care

Which of the following statements concerning fetal hemoglobin is true?

ADVANCED Pediatric

The sudden onset of pulmonary edema can be caused by each of the following EXCEPT

ADVANCED Respiratory & Critical Care

A mechanically ventilated newborn infant is undergoing gastroschisis repair during halothane anesthesia. Based on the right radial artery catheter tracing shown, which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion?

ADVANCED Pediatric