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Metabolic acidosis is characterized by: - Answer a fall in the plasma HCO3- concentration and a low pH The patient is a 71 year old male who presents to the OR with a history of congestive heart failure. His history is positive for increasing shortness of breath, 3 pillow orthopnea, lower extremity edema, and dyspnea with mild exertion. Preoperative lab values are as follows (Arterial values): pH: 7.41, pCO2: 60, pO2: 50, HCO3-: 38.1, BE + 12, SaO2: 72%, Hgb/Hct: 7.6/23 Based on the above inf...

The advantage of continuous warm blood cardioplegia is: A: increased oxygen delivery B: significantly decreased myocardial oxygen tension C: a shift of the oxygen dissociation curve to the left D: lower myocardial oxygen consumption - Answer A IABP augmentation is contraindicated in patients with: A: prosthetic aortic valves B: aortic insufficiency C: VSDs D: peripheral atherosclerosis - Answer B When using a roller pump. aortic dissection caused by the aortic cannula may be de...