Perioperative care for the partial hepatectomy patient
Management of massive haemoptysis
Antibiotic pharmacology: ceftriaxone, gentamicin and meropenem.
Diagnosis and management of metabolic alkalosis
Central and mixed venous saturation monitoring
Discuss the role of interventional radiology in the management of the critically ill.
Intrinsic PEEP and dynamic hyperinflation: characteristic ventilator waveforms.
Cardiac biomarkers: specifically, critically evaluate the use of troponin.
Define base excess; discuss why it may change independently from the anion gap.
Define intention to treat analysis and randomisation.
Paediatric airway management. Specifically: approach to the difficult paediatric intubation.
Cardiac failure in pregnancy, or possibly respiratory failure....
Pathophysiology and clinical features of smoke inhalation injury.
Calcium channel blocker overdose ... compared with a beta-blocker overdose.
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
Assessment of fluid balance in the critically ill patient
Management of acute anaphylaxis and acute angioedema
Causes of hypoxia in the post-bypass patient
Critique of the Surviving Sepsis guidelines
Extended indications for therapeutic hypothermia - not limited to cardiac arrest.
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Transfusion-associated lung injury (TRALI)
Polyuria following brain injury. A variation on the theme of hypernatremia
Cerebral perfusion pressure as a therapeutic target
Hypocalcemia: causes and manifestations.
Acute supportive management for stroke in the ICU (specifically, a brainstem stroke).
Troubleshooting suddenly difficult ventilation
When and how to start Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
Fat embolism syndrome.
The Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR)