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ABA Board Certification VIP Practice Exam
ABA — The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) BASIC Exam is a written examination of approximately 200 multiple-choice questions administered over two sessions (~7 hours total), covering basic and clinical sciences required of CA-1/CA-2 residents; the ADVANCED Exam follows residency completion and tests applied clinical knowledge.
29
Questions
210m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A 58-year-old woman with severe COPD (FEV1 42% predicted) is undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. Forty-five minutes into the case, end-tidal CO2 rises from 42 to 61 mmHg despite an unchanged ventilator setting of RR 14, TV 480 mL. Airway pressures are unchanged, SpO2 is 96%, and the capnograph waveform shows a normal morphology with an upsloping plateau. Which of the following is the MOST likely explanation?
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