A comatose 28-year-old woman sustained a depressed skull fracture in an automobile collision. She has been unconscious for 6 weeks. Her vital signs are stable and she breathes room air. Following her initial decompressive craniotomy, she has returned to the operating room twice due to intracranial bleeding. Select the best method of physiologic monitoring necessary for the patient.
ACentral venous catheterization
BPulmonary artery catheterization
CIntracranial pressure monitoring
DBlood-gas monitoring
Which of the following should be considered as the cause of generalized convulsions 20 minutes postoperatively?
AEnflurane
BHalothane
CIsoflurane
DSevoflurane
Shivering observed in the early part of the postoperative period is due to
AHypothermia
BPain
CEmergence delirium
DDrug withdrawal
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