| Question 1 |
Management of hyponatremia and intracranial pressure with hypertonic saline
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate 48%; highest mark 8.25 .
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| Question 2 |
Ventilation strategies for status asthmaticus
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 85%; highest mark 8.75 .
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| Question 3.1 |
Polyuria following traumatic brain injury. What has caused it?
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 90%; highest mark 9.25 .
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| Question 3.2 |
Prognosis in severe brain injury. What determines it?
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 90%; highest mark 9.25 .
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| Question 4 |
Strategies to prolong the lifespan of the CRRT circuit
(Renal Failure and Dialysis) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 5.1 |
Clinical signs of portal hypertension. List them.
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 8.7 .
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| Question 5.2 |
Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring: 4 clinical signs of raised ICP.
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 8.7 .
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| Question 5.3 |
Cardiovascular physical examination: causes of a "double peak" pulse .
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 8.7 .
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| Question 5.4 |
Cardiovascular physical examination: clinical features of Tetralogy of Fallot.
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 8.7 .
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| Question 5.5 |
Causes of cyanosis which are not cardiovascular or respiratory.
(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 8.7 .
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| Question 6.1 |
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: a gas taken at high altitude.
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 6.2 |
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: a left-shifted p50
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 6.3 |
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: a pulmonary embolism.
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 7 |
Aerial transport of a critically ill patient.
(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate 42%; highest mark 9.3 .
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| Question 8.1 |
Causes of pulseless electrical activity arrest.
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 10 .
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| Question 8.2 |
Troubleshooting the temporary pacemaker circuit
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 10 .
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| Question 8.3 |
Assessment of valve dysfunction: grading the severity of aortic stenosis
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 10 .
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| Question 9 |
Definitions Relative risk, absolute risk, NNT, and the power of a study.
(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 10 |
Differential diagnosis for a bilateral lung infiltrate after cardiac arrest
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 92%; highest mark 9 .
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| Question 11 |
Applications of ECMO; also some literature supporting the use of ECMO.
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 19%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 12.1 |
Clinical testing for brain death: preconditions for clinical testing
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 35%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 12.2 |
Radiological diagnosis of brain death.
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 35%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 13 |
Evaluation of aortic dissection: TOE vs CT vs MRI vs aortogram.
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 40%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 14.1 |
Necrotising fasciitis: Fournier's gangrene. 2 important management steps.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 8.1 .
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| Question 14.2 |
Differential diagnosis of purpura fulminans; possibly meningococcal sepsis.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 8.1 .
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| Question 14.3 |
Base of skull fracture
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 8.1 .
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| Question 15 |
Troubleshooting the pacemaker circuit; advantages of DDD pacing and benefits of CRT
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 6%; highest mark 5.5 .
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| Question 16 |
Physiological changes in pregnancy. Also, cardiac failure in pregnancy
(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate 98%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 17.1 |
Choice of appropriate antibiotics for this list of organisms.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 96%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 17.2 |
"Name That Microbe": Historical features associated with specific pathogens
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 96%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 17.3 |
Causes of antibiotic treatment failure
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 96%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 18 |
Critical incident debrief.
(Communication and Ethics) - Pass rate 48%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 19 |
Mixed HAGMA and metabolic alkalosis in HONK, and calculation of corrected sodium.
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 83%; highest mark 8.75 .
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| Question 20 |
Assessment of nutritional status
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 52.1%; highest mark 7 .
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| Question 21 |
Cytomegalovirus infection in the immunocompetent patient.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 8%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 22 |
Phaeochromocytoma. Investigations, management, complications.
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 58%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 23 |
Principles of HFOV; also Physiology of gas exchange in HFOV
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 25%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 24.1 |
ABO blood grouping: a transfusion reaction (mismatched transfusion)
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 48%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 24.2 |
ABO blood grouping: which of these products require a crossmatch?
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 48%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 24.3 |
"What's Wrong With This Blood Film?" - Heinz bodies
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 48%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 25.1 |
Clinical features and management of hypocalcemia
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 25.2 |
Causes of a high anion gap and high osmolar gap
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 25.3 |
Causes of a normal anion gap and high osmolar gap
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 25.4 |
Estimation of energy expenditure in critical illness;
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 26 |
Respiratory failure and ARDS in pregnancy
(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark 7.75 .
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| Question 27 |
Cardiac biomarkers in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 10%; highest mark 6 .
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| Question 28 |
Management of the patient with burns; also airway burns.
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 85%; highest mark 8.75 .
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| Question 29 |
Use of activated charcoal in toxicology; role of dialysis and haemoperfusion
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate 69%; highest mark 8.25 .
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| Question 30 |
Causes of acute liver failure: causes and complications
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate 85%; highest mark 9.25 .
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