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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347
Rev. colomb. anestesiol. vol.43 no.3 Bogotá July/Sept. 2015
Questions and answers*
Preguntas y respuestas
Fernando Raffán-Sanabria (MD)a,b
a Intensiuist Anesthesiologist, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
b Universidad el Bosque and Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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Natural sleep is controlled by a large pacemaker in which of the following nuclei?
- Preoptic
- Supraoptic
- Paraventricular
- Suprachiasmatic
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In Guerrero-Bermudez et al.'s single-blind, randomized trial comparing midazolam (M) to fentanyl-midazolam (FM) to ketamine-midazolam (KM) in patients undergoing subarachnoic anesthesia, they found:
- A statistically significant reducation in the withdrawal reflex after a needle prick in the KM group compared to the other two groups
- A greater incidence of complications in group M
- A greater level of satisfaction in group KM than in group FM
- There was no statistically significant difference between the three groups in terms of the degree of sedation 5 minutes after the guidelines were applied.
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What would be estimated loss in blood patient for a female patient with a previous normal pregnancy, a weight of 66 kilograms, a postpartum hemorrhage, and who clinically is agitated, pale and cool, with a heart rate of 98 bpm and a systolic arterial pressure of 88 mm/Hg?
- 850 c.c.
- 1400 c.c.
- 1800 c.c.
- 2400 c.c.
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Procoagulant activity increases significantly at the end of pregnancy; of the following coagulation factors, which is the least affected?
- Von Willebrand factor
- Fibrinogen factor
- Factor VIII
- Factor XII
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The initial level of serum fibrinogen in postpartum hemorrhaging is a predictor of the severity and complications. What is the most widelyrecognized cut-offpoint value?
- Less than 350 mg/dl
- Less than 300 mg/dl
- Less than 200 mg/dl
- Less than 100 mg/dl
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What percentage of patients presenting for cardiorespi-ratory arrest in a hospital - according to statistics from developed countries - leave the hospital alive, without taking the neurological state or quality of life into account?
- Between 6.5% and 24%
- Between 32% and 45%
- Between 50% and 65%
- 68% and 72%
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Of the following factors, which is (are) not (an) independent predictors of death in the first 24 hours after cardiac arrest?
- Being male
- Pulseless electrical activity
- Asystole
- Being female
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All of the following factors are considered to be of risk in the etiology of spontaneous pneumothorax in laparoscopic surgery, except:
- Age
- Surgical time greater than 200 minutes
- ET CO2 > 50 mm/Hg
- Sex
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The incidence of failed intubation, understood as the impossibility of inserting an endotracheal tube, for the general population is approximately:
- 0.3%
- 0.15%
- 0.05%
- 0.01%
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Which of the following variables best evaluates lung overdistension?
- PEEP
- Transpulmonary pressure
- Tidal volume
- Inspiratory time
Answers
- d
- d
- b
- d
- c
- a
- a
- d
- c
- b
References
Raffan F. Preguntas y respuestas. Rev Colomb Anestesiol. 2015;43(2):122-170. [ Links ]