FREE Cardiac Surgery Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following ailments increases the likelihood that patients will experience a postoperative embolic stroke?

Accepted Answer

Ascending aortic manipulation

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Renal disease

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Ventricular fibrillation

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Coronary artery atherosclerosis

Question 2

The most common causes of acute renal failure and the need for renal replacement therapy include

Accepted Answer

Fluid overload, metabolic acidosis, and hyperkalemia

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Hypovolemia, metabolic, alkalosis, and hypokalemia

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Initial signs of oliguria

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Increasing levels of serum creatinine

Question 3

Chest tubes are inserted into the mediastinum and right pleural cavity of a patient recovering after mitral valve replacement and cardiopulmonary bypass, with suction adjusted at -20 cm H2O. 120 mL of bloody discharge was produced in the first four hours; however, when the patient is shifted to the side, 70 mL of dark red blood instantly drains out the chest tube, followed by a slowing of the flow. Currently, hemodynamic condition is stable. The most probable reason for the elevated discharge is

Accepted Answer

Pooling of blood

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Inadequate protamine dosing

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Acute onset of bleeding

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Repositioning of the chest tube

Question 4

Systolic blood pressure that is higher than average is a sign of abnormal pulsus paradoxus.

Accepted Answer

More than 10 mm Hg lower during inhalation than exhalation

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5 mm Hg or less higher during inhalation than exhalation

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5 mm Hg or less lower during inhalation than exhalation

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More than 10 mm Hg higher during inhalation than exhalation

Question 5

Which of the following criteria is true when weaning patients off of artificial ventilation during the early postoperative period?

Accepted Answer

Chest tube drainage of 40 mL/hr

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Core temperature of 35.2 C

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Heart rate of 124 bpm

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Slight arrhythmia

Question 6

To reduce the risk of a wound infection, early postoperative blood glucose levels should be kept below which of the following values?

Accepted Answer

180 mg/dL

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110/mg/dL

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160 mg/dL

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140 mg/dL

Question 7

Maintaining the postoperative pulmonary artery pressure at

Accepted Answer

Less than 25 mm Hg

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Less than 10 mm Hg

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Less than 15 mm Hg

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More than 25 mm Hg