Question 1
Which factor is known to increase the Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC) of a volatile anaesthetic agent?
Correct Answer:
Hyperthermia
Question 2
Which inhalational agent has the lowest blood-gas partition coefficient, resulting in the most rapid speed of induction and recovery?
Correct Answer:
Desflurane
Question 3
A 35-year-old patient receives propofol for induction of anaesthesia. What primary mechanism accounts for the rapid termination of its central hypnotic effect following a single bolus dose?
Correct Answer:
Rapid redistribution from brain tissue to less vascular muscle and fat tissues
Question 4
Etomidate is frequently selected for induction in hemodynamically unstable patients. Which enzyme inhibition is responsible for its classic endocrine side effect?
Correct Answer:
11-beta-hydroxylase
Question 5
Ketamine produces a state of 'dissociative anaesthesia'. What is its primary central molecular mechanism of action?
Correct Answer:
Non-competitive antagonism of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors
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