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89 Cards in this Set
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91. A 4-year-old child with obstructive sleep disorder presenting for |
E |
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90. When compared with non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
C & A |
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89. The syndrome known as transient radicular irritation, or transient |
D |
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88. When ketamine is used for management of acute post-operative pain |
B |
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87. A 30 year old female requires drainage of a large wound abscess following |
D |
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86. During one-lung ventilation, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the |
C |
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85. The MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) and blood:gas partition co- |
A |
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84. When investigating a patient following anaphylaxis during anaesthesia, |
A |
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83. Sensory nerves supplying the territory marked "B" in the figure below, are derived from the nasal branch of the |
A |
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82. The most correct statement regarding intra-operative glucose |
E |
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81. The most correct statement concerning thyroid diseases is that |
B |
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79. In Australia the current leading cause of direct maternal mortality is |
C |
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78. In the pre-operative preparation of patients with phaeochromocytoma |
B |
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77. Serious post-operative epidural infection |
C |
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76. Carbon monoxide poisoning results in hypoxic injury by |
A & C |
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74. Chronic post-operative pain |
B |
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73. Risk factors for post-operative delirium include all the following EXCEPT |
C |
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72. An INCORRECT statement regarding the management of hypocalcaemia |
E |
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71. With respect to general anaesthesia for caesarean section |
C |
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70. Which of the following alternatives is correct regarding the range of values |
A |
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69. Recognised factors that predispose upper limb nerves to compression |
A |
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68. In unselected patients the risk of herpes simplex labialis in the |
A |
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67. The pulmonary artery catheter |
E |
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66. To rule out raised intracranial pressure in an awake patient, the most |
B |
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65. When stimulating the ulnar nerve at the wrist to monitor neuromuscular |
D |
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64. Post-dural puncture headache |
B |
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63. With respect to hepatitis C (HCV), which of the following is FALSE? |
C & E |
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62. Patients with sickle-cell trait |
C |
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61. Factors which do NOT contribute to the increased risk of aspiration |
A |
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60. The primary factor controlling the rate of production of albumin is |
A |
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59. Factors contributing to carbon monoxide accumulation in a circle |
E |
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58. A healthy young adult suffering trauma involving pelvis and lower extremities presents to your emergency department. A MAST suit is in place and one litre of a colloid solution has already been given intravenously. The patient has a pulse rate of 140 beats.min-1, is anxious, |
E |
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57. If the tracheal diameter measured on a PA chest x-ray at the level of the |
B |
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56. When placing a patient in the lithotomy position |
E |
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55. Complications of an intra-orbital local anaesthetic block are minimised if |
D |
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54. For personnel working in an operating room environment |
E |
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53. A patient with severe liver disease is scheduled to have a portacaval |
E |
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52. At a late stage in severe septic shock |
E |
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51. The passage of an appropriately sized endotracheal tube in a neonate |
A |
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50. The most appropriate method for improving oxygenation during one lung |
C |
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49. When performing laser surgery on the airway |
B & C |
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48. Expected adverse drug effects in a geriatric population receiving a high |
D |
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47. According to the American College of Cardiology /American Heart |
A |
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46. Penetrating cardiac injury will most commonly produce damage to the |
E |
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The J-point of the ECG waveform is altered by all of the following EXCEPT |
D |
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44. Effects of volatile anaesthetic agents on the brain include |
A |
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43. The treatment LEAST likely to be useful for torsades de pointes is |
B |
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42. You are called to see a 30 year old man with rapidly deteriorating asthma. |
D |
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41. A 24 year old female with mitral valve prolapse develops atrial flutter |
B |
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40. The presence of small bubbles of air in an invasive arterial pressure |
B |
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39. The end-tidal CO2 partial pressure (PetCO2) may be greater than the |
B |
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38. The power of a statistical test can be expected to decrease, if there is an |
D |
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37. Complications of coeliac plexus block include |
D |
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36. When anaesthetising a patient with an acute pericardial tamponade, |
E |
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35. Recognised features of malignant carcinoid syndrome do NOT include |
E |
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34. When paracetamol is used in infants and children, |
D |
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33. During anaesthesia for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, |
A |
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32. The clinical sign which has the highest correlation with awareness in a |
A |
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31. When a new diagnostic test is evaluated in a group of subjects in whom the diagnosis is known, the following results are obtained |
D |
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30. In a clinical trial, 3 out of 10 patients develop a complication in the |
D |
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29. You are assessing the circulation of a patient using a pulmonary artery catheter. The mean arterial blood pressure is 100 mmHg, CVP is 5 mmHg. The pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is 15 mmHg and the cardiac output is 5 L.min-1. In this patient the systemic vascular resistance (in dynes.sec.cm-5) is |
E |
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28. When working with surgical lasers |
C |
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27. With respect to latex allergy |
C |
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26. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are NOT |
B |
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25. A male with stable angina treated with atenolol (a beta blocker) is |
A |
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24. The risk of Hepatitis B infection after a needlestick injury from a Hepatitis |
D |
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23. Desflurane |
C |
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22. The most appropriate strategy for the management of post-operative pain |
B |
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21 A patient with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis becomes |
E |
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20. In a patient who has a plasma tricyclic antidepressant level greater than |
C |
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19. With a back-pressure compensated ball flowmeter |
D |
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18. Optimal conditions for accurate invasive blood pressure monitoring |
A |
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17. The average expected depth of insertion of an oral endotracheal tube, |
C |
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16. A patient has suffered flash burns of the upper half of the left upper limb, |
C |
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15. In the management of drug-induced anaphylaxis |
D |
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14. In a patient being ventilated under general anaesthesia, end tidal CO2 |
E |
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13. A patient undergoing suprapubic prostatectomy appears to be bleeding |
B |
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12. In patients with portal hypertension undergoing surgery, laboratory |
C |
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11. Induced hypothermia to below 30o C |
B |
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10. Complex regional pain syndrome Type 1 (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) |
C |
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9. Following the intravenous injection of 1 mg.kg-1 of suxamethonium the |
C |
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8. The most important factor in reducing peri-operative morbidity in |
D |
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7. Precautions when providing anaesthesia for surgery using a Nd-YAG |
D |
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6. Carbon dioxide is the most common gas used for insufflation for |
C |
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5. In this diagram of the superior surface of a first rib |
C |
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4. The respiratory effects of morbid obesity include all of the following |
C |
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3. The Visual Analogue Scale for assessment of post-operative pain |
A |
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2. In carbon monoxide poisoning |
D |
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1. In a patient with porphyria, the drug most likely to cause an acute |
D |