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  1. Deranged Physiology
  2. CICM Fellowship Exam
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2005, Paper 2 SAQs
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Short Answer Questions in Order of Appearance
Question 1

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy: Bronchoscopic anatomy of the bronchial tree

(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark ? .

Question 2

Medical gas supply testing

(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 10%; highest mark ? .

Question 3

Eponymous spinal fractures: Jefferson's, Hangman's and Clay Shoveller's.

(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark ? .

Question 4

Illness severity scoring systems: what is the point of them?

(Administration and Data Management) - Pass rate 29%; highest mark ? .

Question 5

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness:  GBS, myasthenia gravis and MND.

(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark ? .

Question 6

End-tidal CO2 monitoring: "critically evaluate" its role in the ICU.

(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 29%; highest mark ? .

Question 7

Transport of the critically ill patient

(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate 24%; highest mark ? .

Question 8

Indications for dialysis in the ICU

(Renal Failure and Dialysis) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark ? .

Question 9

Anaemia in critical care: its causes and approach to diagnosis

(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 63%; highest mark ? .

Question 10

Mixed respiratory acidosis and lactic acidosis; also ventilation strategies in asthma.

(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark ? .

Question 11

Causes of a high anion gap and high osmolar gap

(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 76%; highest mark ? .

Question 12

Primary tertiary and secondary survey: multi trauma

(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 90%; highest mark ? .

Question 13

Primary tertiary and secondary survey: ICU care after damage control surgery

(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 49%; highest mark ? .

Question 14

Physiological consequences of spinal cord transection

(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark ? .

Question 15

Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"

(Cardiology) - Pass rate 68%; highest mark ? .

Question 16

Adverse drug reactions

(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark ? .

Question 17

Trauma in children: crucial differences when compared to adult trauma

(Neonatal and Paediatric Problems) - Pass rate 51%; highest mark ? .

Question 18

Comparative pharmacology of inotropes and vasopressors

(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate 93%; highest mark ? .

Question 19

Limitations of CT in assessment of traumatic brain injury

(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 49%; highest mark ? .

Question 20

Regional anaesthesia in the ICU: "outline the role"

(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 39%; highest mark ? .

Question 21

The Kehoe principle and the Precautionary principle

(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate 27%; highest mark ? .

Question 22

Management of Status Epilepticus in ICU

(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark ? .

Question 23

Complications of endotracheal intubation: "what could go wrong?"

(Airway Management) - Pass rate 0%; highest mark ? .

Question 24

Care of the brain-dead organ donor. 

(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 22%; highest mark ? .

Question 25

Management of superior vena cava obstruction

(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 17%; highest mark ? .

Question 26

Antiarrhythmic drugs in resuscitation of cardiac arrest.

(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 12%; highest mark ? .

Question 27

Pseudomembranous colitis:  "likely causes" (its not always Clostridium difficile)

(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 73%; highest mark ? .

Question 28

Causes of respiratory failure

(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark ? .

Question 29

Ventilation strategies for COPD: assessment of the severity of COPD

(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 59%; highest mark ? .

Question 30

Ventilation strategies for COPD

(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 46%; highest mark ? .

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