A.The most common congenital cardiac lesion with an incidence of 35% is: a. Ventricular septal defect b. Atrial septal defect c. Patent ductus arteriosus d. Tetralogy of Fallot e. Coarctation B. An...

A.The most common congenital cardiac lesion with an incidence of 35% is: a. Ventricular septal defect b. Atrial septal defect c. Patent ductus arteriosus d. Tetralogy of Fallot e. Coarctation B. An 18-year-old man with small bowel obstruction is booked by the general surgeons for an urgent laparotomy. The patient has Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD) and is confined to a wheelchair. He has a mild scoliosis and an FVC > 70% of that predicted. Which of the following pieces of equipment would be most useful intraoperatively? a. Intubating laryngeal mask airway b. Transoesophageal echocardiography machine c. Neuromuscular monitoring d. Bispectral index monitor e. ‘Volatile-free’ anaesthetic machine