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.