A 35-year-old man who serves as a chief operating officer of a local bank consumes 14 cups of coffee per day as a means of dealing with his stressful job. He presents to his primary care physician as a checkup to be established as a patient. Which of the following signs might the physician observe in this patient?

A 35-year-old man who serves as a chief operating officer of a local bank consumes 14 cups of coffee per day as a means of dealing with his stressful job. He presents to his primary care physician as a checkup to be established as a patient. Which of the following signs might the physician observe in this patient?

A 62-year-old man presents with cogwheel rigidity, resting tremor, and bradykinesia. He is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His medications include a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor and a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor. The intent of inhibiting these enzymes is to increase synaptic dopamine, although many amine neurotransmitters are substrates for both of these enzymes. Which of the following is a substrate for MAO only?

A 54-year-old man is elected to undergo a total knee replacement following a knee arthroscopy. He arrives the day of the surgery in good health. The anesthesiologist induces sedation using phenobarbital. Which of the following parameter changes may be evident in this patient because of the phenobarbital?

A 37-year-old man is preparing to undergo functional endoscopic sinus surgery. In the operating room, he is given intravenous succinylcholine. This agent will initially produce which of the following responses?

Favorable characteristics of pramipexole as a dopamine agonist for treatment of parkinsonism in a 72-year-old man would include which of the following?