Sixteen candidates presented for the examination and ten passed.
Ventilation strategies for COPD: intubated patient
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Ventilation strategies for COPD: futile ventilation for severe lung disease
Ventilation strategies for COPD: pathophysiology of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Ventilation strategies for COPD: weaning mechanical ventilation
Futile and non-beneficial care in the ICU
(Communication and Ethics) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Quality assurance in Intensive Care
(Administration and Data Management) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Explore the "relevance" of evidence based medicine in ICU
(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Analysis of clinical trials: criteria used to assess validity.
Approach to the incompetent colleague: how to destroy the career of a surgeon.
Necrotising fasciitis: diagnostic features and priorities of management.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Assessment of swallowing function in a critically ill patient: the effects of a tracheostomy.
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Leadership in a cardiac arrest.
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Pharmacological haemostatic agents in cardiothoracic surgery
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Hypercalcemia: manifestations, common causes, and management.
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Circulatory changes at birth
(Neonatal and Paediatric Problems) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Critical Care Outreach and the Medical Emergency Team (MET)
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: long term complications.
Rheumatoid arthritis: how it complicates ICU management.
(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Effects of morbid obesity on ICU management.
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Approach to the haemodynamically unstable cardiac surgical patient
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Utility of the routine daily chest Xrays - "critically evaluate" this pointless practice
Discrepancy between invasive and non-invasive arterial blood pressure measurement
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
Determinants of the CVP, and its utility in guiding management in the ICU.
The significance of persistent "hiccoughs" in a ventilated ICU patient.