1) An elderly male with pain in his left hip is 3) A 24 week pregnant woman is in need of an
scheduled for a hip arthroplasty. He emergency appendectomy. All are
requests to have a spinal anesthetic. All are physiologic changes in pregnancy EXCEPT:
potential complications of a spinal a) Decreased gastroesophageal sphincter
anesthetic EXCEPT: tone
a) Hypotension b) Decreased haemoglobin
b) Infection at site c) Decreased coagulation factors
c) Hematoma at site d) Decreased Functional Residual Capacity
d) Local anesthetic toxicity e) Decreased Systemic Vascular
e) Nausea & Vomiting Resistance
2) All of the following are contraindications to
spinal anesthesia EXCEPT:
a) Raised intracranial pressure
b) Hypovolemia
c) Coagulopathy
d) Infection at site of needle insertion
e) Kyphosis
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