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Q: What are the three principal goals of surgical intervention in atrial fibrillation? Answer:  Creation of conduction block to disrupt...

Q: While inserting axillary arterial line, it should be ideally placed A) as high as possible within the axilla B) at low as possible w...

Q : 44 year old air-force pilot is brought to ED after his flight with chest pain, and dyspnea. Patient describes these symptoms progressive...

Q : Diabetes ____________ the risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)? (select one) A) increases B) decreases Answer: B Although ...

Q : Etomidate also has partial analgesic effect.  A) True  B) False Answer: B Etomidate has absolutely no analgesic effect. The obje...

Q: During auscultation of an acute abdomen, the sound of friction rub on the left side of the abdomen raises the possibility of which diseas...

Q: Transmission via droplets occurs within how many feet of an infected patient, and requires droplet isolation?    Answer: 3-6 feet  ...

Q: Is the following statement  true: "If patients were rested back on the ventilator for an hour before extubation after the complet...

Q: How  Beta-blockers directly contribute to delirium? Answer:  By decreasing Melatonin Although delirium is usually multi-factorial an...

Q: Why trazodone is preferred over quetiapine as a sleep aid in ICU? Answer: There is no objective verified data on the basis of biochemi...

Q: What's the relationship between hypothermia and hematocrit? Answer:   Hypothermia can affect a wide range of laboratory finding ...

Q: Which of the following increases the risk of air embolism during central venous catheter (CVC) insertion or removal? (select one) A) H...

Q: There are how many stages of pleural empyema?  Answer: 3 There are three stages of pleural (or any) empyema  stage 1 is an exudati...

Q: Unreactive pupil in Wernicke's Encephalopathy (WE) is found to be associated with? (select one) A) Hypothermia B) Hyperthermia ...

Q: What is the ideal location for a nasogastric tube (NGT) to decompress the stomach? Answer:  gastric fundus NGT for the purpose of...

Q: Which one is more prone to cause immediate esophageal injury and esophageal perforation? (select one)   A) Acid-induced injury   B) Al...

Q : One of the major reasons for 'asynchrony' between a patient and a mechanical ventilator is? (select one) A)  Increasing tidal...

Q: While drawing blood for the coagulation profile, what should be the ratio of citrate solution to whole blood in the tube to have an accur...

Q: Patients who develop transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) with pre-existent acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have? (s...

Q: All of the following are good indicators of respiratory failure in Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) except ? A) Forced vital capacity (...

Q:  All of the following can exacerbate the symptoms of anaphylaxis by causing nonimmunologic mast cell activation except ? A) ethanol B)...

Q: All of the following tends to increase the risk of acute rejection after heart transplant except ? A) Older recipient  B) Female recipi...

Q: Patients from trauma scene should be intubated without the anterior portion of the cervical collar removed? (select one) A) True B) F...

Q: In spontaneous pneumothorax (PTX), what is the characteristic of leucocytosis? Answer: There is less likelihood of left shift Alt...

Q: Use of thyroid hormone therapy during the management of the deceased organ donor has shown association with increased procurement of all ...

Q: Frisén Scale is used to grade which disease? Answer:     P apilledema Frisén Scale is used to grade the severity of papilledema with...

Q: Which areas of the colon are more prone to ischemia due to hypo-perfusion? Answer:   Splenic flexure and rectosigmoid junction The ...

Q: What is Mollaret's meningitis?   Answer: Mollaret's meningitis is a form of recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis (RBLM). I...

Q: Immunosuppressed patients should not receive which of the following vaccines while in the ICU or on discharge? A) Pneumococcus (PCV13 ...

Q: Cerebral blood flow (CBF) decreases by what percentage per drop of each mm Hg in the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2)?...

Q: Video laryngoscopy is recommended for the Endo-tracheal tube (ETT) exchange?  A) True B) False Answer: A Exchange of ETT is a serio...

Q; Fentanyl is? (select one)  A) lipophilic  B) hydrophilic Answer: A The objective of the above question is to emphasize the fact ...