| Question 1 |
A critique of cerebral perfusion pressure as a therapeutic target.
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 2 |
Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 3.1 |
Interpretation of arterial waveforms: pulse pressure variation.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 3.2 |
Interpretation of abnormal IABP waveforms: the significance of early balloon deflation.
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 3.3 |
Interpretation of CVP waveforms (tricuspid regurgitation); as well as several others.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 4 |
Care for the post-pneumonectomy patient: the chest drain is on suction
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 5 |
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy: Prevention of bronchoscopy-related crossinfection.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 6.1 |
The Wheatstone bridge pressure transducer: principles of operation.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 6.2 |
Reference point for the "zero" value of invasive arterial blood pressure measurement.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 6.3 |
Flanged tracheostomy tube - features which make it "suitable for use".
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 6.4 |
Pulmonary artery catheter: Directly measured and derived PA catheter variables
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 6.5 |
Complications associated with the use of a pulmonary artery catheter
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 7.1 |
Types of ECMO, and typical complications associated with ECMO
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 7.2 |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; "What's That Rash?"
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 8 |
Family conversation regarding organ donation (DCD)
(Communication and Ethics) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 9 |
Infectious and non-infectious causes of fever. Also, biomarkers of sepsis
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 10.1 |
Troubleshooting the temporary pacemaker circuit
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 10.2 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 11 |
Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 12.1 |
Cardiovascular physical examination: causes of an irregularly irregular pulse.
(Cardiology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 12.2 |
Portal hypertension: list 4 clinical signs
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 12.3 |
Base of skull fracture
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 12.4 |
Physical signs of cerebellar disease: ones which do not involve the limbs
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 13 |
A day 5 post-trauma patient has fallen apart. What are the causes of lactic acidosis?
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 14 |
Sepsis and septic shock in pregnancy
(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 15.1 |
Clinical testing for brain death: gas exchange during apnoea testing.
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 15.2 |
Lactic acidosis which resolves rapidly - seizures, cardiac arrest or hanging.
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 15.3 |
Causes of lactic acidosis (red cell transketolase comes up)
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 16 |
Assessment of fluid balance in the critically ill patient
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 17 |
Management of severe heart failure: specifically right heart failure.
(Cardiology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 18 |
Iron poisoning - clinical signs, investigations, characteristic ABG findings
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 19 |
Refeeding syndrome
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 20 |
Clinical features and management of malaria.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 21 |
Isoosmolar hyponatremia: TURP syndrome
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 22 |
Outline the role of vasopressin and its analogues in the critically ill patient.>
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 23.1 |
"What's Wrong With These Coags?" -a pan-coagulopathy, everything is going wrong.
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 23.2 |
"What's Wrong With These Coags?" - a failure of the intrinsic pathway (high APTT).
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 24 |
The receiver operating characteristic plot, i.e. ROC curve.
(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 25.1 |
Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: indications for CT head before lumbar puncture.
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 25.2 |
"Name That Microbe": which Gram-positive bacillus is causing this meningitis ?
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 25.3 |
"Name That Microbe": which Gram-negatives have innate imipenem resistance?
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 25.4 |
"Name That Microbe": pneumonia, arthralgia and a new murmur in a cattle farmer
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 26 |
Approach to the patient suddenly impossible to ventilate due to VILI
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 27 |
Analysis of ventilator waveforms and pressure-volume curves.
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 28.1 |
A summary of toxins and their antidotes
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 28.2 |
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: role of sodium bicarbonate
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 29 |
Delirium in the ICU
(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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| Question 30 |
Management of a burns patient
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .
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