| Question 1 |
Critique of the Surviving Sepsis guidelines
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 9%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 2 |
Pulmonary embolism: a comparison of TTE, CTPA, troponin and D-dimers.
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 3.1 |
Diagnosis of sepsis during late pregnancy and labour: why is it so difficult?
(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate 97%; highest mark 9.2 .
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| Question 3.2 |
Necrotising fasciitis of the abdominal wall. Also a game of "Name That Microbe."
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 97%; highest mark 9.2 .
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| Question 3.3 |
Acronymous organisms: ESCAPPM and HACEK organisms again.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 97%; highest mark 9.2 .
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| Question 4 |
Management strategies for bronchopleural fistula: advantages and disadvantages
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 26%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 5 |
Febrile convulsions: diagnostic features and paediatric anticonvulsant pharmacology
(Neonatal and Paediatric Problems) - Pass rate 77%; highest mark 7.45 .
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| Question 6 |
The morbidly obese multi-trauma patient
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 51%; highest mark 7.15 .
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| Question 7.1 |
Hypocalcemia in the post-parathyroidectomy patient
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 7.2 |
Causes of a high anion gap and high osmolar gap
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 7.3 |
Causes of a normal anion gap and high osmolar gap
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 7.4 |
Estimation of energy expenditure in critical illness
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 8 |
Determinants of central venous pressure and its utiility in the ICU
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 23%; highest mark 6.25 .
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| Question 9 |
Paracetamol toxicity, management of acute liver failure, and criteria for transplantation.
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate 51%; highest mark 7.75 .
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| Question 10 |
Advantages and disadvantages of tracheostomy; also ethical contraindications.
(Airway Management) - Pass rate 63%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 11 |
Sepsis in the bone marrow transplant recipient (also, causes of diarrhoea)
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 12 |
Rheumatoid arthritis: how it makes intubation difficult, and how it complicates ICU management.
(Miscellaneous Topics) - Pass rate 49%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 13.1 |
Pressure-volume and flow-volume loops
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.75 .
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| Question 13.2 |
Pressure-volume and flow-volume loops
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.75 .
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| Question 13.3 |
End-tidal capnometry waveform interpretation
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.75 .
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| Question 13.4 |
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: increased dead space in PE
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 66%; highest mark 9.75 .
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| Question 14 |
Clostridium difficile again: risk factors, diagnosis, complications, prevention, treatment.
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 57%; highest mark 8.0 .
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| Question 15 |
Clinical policymaking in intensive care: how to revise a transfusion policy
(Administration and Data Management) - Pass rate 57%; highest mark 9.25 .
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| Question 16 |
Hypercapneic respiratory failure: clinical features and differential diagnosis
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 17 |
Diabetic ketoacidosis vs. HONK: distinguishing features and management of HONK.
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 51%; highest mark 7.75 .
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| Question 18.1 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 40%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 18.2 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 40%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 18.3 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 40%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 19 |
Positioning and immobilisation of a critically ill trauma patient
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 37%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 20 |
Differential diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates (is it ARDS?)
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 37%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 21.1 |
The dermatomes - "Name This Dermatome"
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 21.2 |
Cranial nerve lesions: CN IX, CN XII, CN VII, CN VI.
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 21.3 |
Examination of the cranial nerves: CN VI
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark 7.25 .
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| Question 22 |
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation and oesophageal perforation
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 34%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 23 |
Indications for ECMO, and specifically the relative merits of VV and VA ECMO.
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 43%; highest mark 7 .
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| Question 24 |
Stewart's physicochemical approach to acid-base analysis
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 5.7%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 25 |
Causes of haemorrhagic stroke and factors which influence its prognosis
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 77%; highest mark 8.1 .
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| Question 26 |
Define: external validity, bias and selection bias.
(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate 77%; highest mark 8.25 .
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| Question 27 |
Intracranial pressure as a therapeutic target: advantages and disadvantages of ICP monitoring
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 97%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 28 |
Ventilation strategies for status asthmaticus; intrinsic PEEP and dynamic hyperinflation
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark 8 .
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| Question 29 |
Strategies to prolong the lifespan of the CRRT circuit
(Renal Failure and Dialysis) - Pass rate 43%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 30.1 |
Hypoosmolar hyponatremia due to amiodarone-induced myxoedema coma
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark 9.0 .
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| Question 30.2 |
Metabolic alkalosis with severe hypokalemia - likely, hyperaldosteronism.
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark 9.0 .
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| Question 30.3 |
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: a left-shifted p50
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 80%; highest mark 9.0 .
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