TYK202

Speed of inhalational induction is decreased in the presence of

a) Right-to-left intracardiac shunt.

b) Pulmonary stenosis

c) Left-to-right shunt

d) a and b

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Answer

Answer d. Any phenomenon that decreases pulmonary blood flow (including right-to-left shunts or pulmonary stenosis) would be expected to prolong the time required for inhalational induction of anesthesia.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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