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2009, Paper 2 SAQs
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3.1
Question 3.2
Question 3.3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6.1
Question 6.2
Question 6.3
Question 6.4
Question 6.5
Question 7.1
Question 7.2
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10.1
Question 10.2
Question 11
Question 12.1
Question 12.2
Question 12.3
Question 12.4
Question 13
Question 14
Question 15.1
Question 15.2
Question 15.3
Question 16
Question 17
Question 18
Question 19
Question 20
Question 21
Question 22
Question 23.1
Question 23.2
Question 24
Question 25.1
Question 25.2
Question 25.3
Question 25.4
Question 26
Question 27
Question 28.1
Question 28.2
Question 29
Question 30
Short Answer Questions in Order of Appearance
Question 1

A critique of cerebral perfusion pressure as a therapeutic target.

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

Question 2

Management of diabetic ketoacidosis

(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 3.1

Interpretation of arterial waveforms:  pulse pressure variation.

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

Question 3.2

Interpretation of abnormal IABP waveforms: the significance of early balloon deflation.

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

Question 3.3

Interpretation of CVP waveforms (tricuspid regurgitation); as well as several others.

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

Question 4

Care for the post-pneumonectomy patient: the chest drain is on suction

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

Question 5

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy: Prevention of bronchoscopy-related crossinfection.

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

Question 6.1

The Wheatstone bridge pressure transducer: principles of operation.

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

Question 6.2

Reference point for the "zero" value of invasive arterial blood pressure measurement.

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

Question 6.3

Flanged tracheostomy tube - features which make it "suitable for use".

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

Question 6.4

Pulmonary artery catheter: Directly measured and derived PA catheter variables

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

Question 6.5

Complications associated with the use of a pulmonary artery catheter

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

Question 7.1

Types of ECMO, and typical complications associated with ECMO

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

Question 7.2

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; "What's That Rash?"

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

Question 8

Family conversation regarding organ donation (DCD)

(Communication and Ethics) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 9

 Infectious and non-infectious causes of fever. Also, biomarkers of sepsis

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

Question 10.1

Troubleshooting the temporary pacemaker circuit

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

Question 10.2

Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"

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

Question 11

Approach to the ICU patient with generalised weakness

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

Question 12.1

Cardiovascular physical examination:  causes of an irregularly irregular pulse.

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

Question 12.2

Portal hypertension: list 4 clinical signs

(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 12.3

Base of skull fracture

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

Question 12.4

Physical signs of cerebellar disease: ones which do not involve the limbs

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

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 ? .

Question 14

Sepsis and septic shock in pregnancy

(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 15.1

Clinical testing for brain death: gas exchange during apnoea testing.

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

Question 15.2

Lactic acidosis which resolves rapidly - seizures, cardiac arrest or hanging.

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

Question 15.3

Causes of lactic acidosis (red cell transketolase comes up)

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

Question 16

Assessment of fluid balance in the critically ill patient

(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 17

Management of severe heart failure: specifically right heart failure.

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

Question 18

Iron poisoning - clinical signs, investigations, characteristic ABG findings

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

Question 19

Refeeding syndrome

(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 20

Clinical features and management of malaria.

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

Question 21

Isoosmolar hyponatremia: TURP syndrome

(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate ?; highest mark ? .

Question 22

Outline the role of vasopressin and its analogues in the critically ill patient.>

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

Question 23.1

"What's Wrong With These Coags?" -a pan-coagulopathy, everything is going wrong.

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

Question 23.2

"What's Wrong With These Coags?" - a failure of the intrinsic pathway (high APTT).

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

Question 24

The receiver operating characteristic plot, i.e. ROC curve.

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

Question 25.1

Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: indications for CT head before lumbar puncture.

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

Question 25.2

"Name That Microbe": which Gram-positive bacillus is causing this meningitis ?

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

Question 25.3

"Name That Microbe": which Gram-negatives have innate imipenem resistance?

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

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 ? .

Question 26

Approach to the patient suddenly impossible to ventilate due to VILI

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

Question 27

Analysis of ventilator waveforms and pressure-volume curves.

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

Question 28.1

A summary of toxins and their antidotes

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

Question 28.2

Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: role of sodium bicarbonate

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

Question 29

Delirium in the ICU

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

Question 30

Management of a burns patient

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

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