The administration of which crystalloid solution is MOST likely to adversely affect intracranial pressure in a 12-year-old-male presenting for resection of a posterior fossa tumor?

You are faced today with taking an acutely intoxicated 57 y.o. male for emergency laparotomy.  Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding potential concerns?

What is the leading cause of death for children with cerebral palsy. 

What is the MOST sensitive means of detecting venous air embolism (VAE)?

The anesthetic management of a patient undergoing open craniotomy for the clipping o an unruptured cerebral aneurysm includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Phase II drug metabolism in the liver primarily involves which processes below? 

A 7-year-old female child presents for elective tonsillectomy under general anesthesia with sevoflurane. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) risk and management in this patient?

The nurse in the emergency department is documenting her findings of the postictal phase of a newly admitted twenty-two-year old female who was found seizing with tonic-clonic movements thirty minutes ago in the yard of a friends house following a party.  What symptoms and findings are indicative of this seizure phase?

During early burn resuscitation, large fluid shifts occur primarily because:

A term infant with pulmonary atresia presents to the cardiac catheterization lab for hemodynamic evaluation and angiography for anatomic delineation. She is tachycardic, hypotensive, and hypoxemic. The hematocrit is 28% and you know single ventricle patients have improved oxygen delivery with a hematocrit of at least 40%. What is your transfusion plan?