| Question 1 |
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients.
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 60%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 2 |
Clinical signs of cardiovascular disease: right heart failure. Also, causes of pulmonary hypertension.
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 60%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 3.1 |
Causes of acute liver failure: six differentials
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate 61%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 3.2 |
Sources of error in blood sample analysis: effects of a delay in sample processing.
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 61%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 3.3 |
Causes of lactic acidosis: the patient recovering from a generalised seizure
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 61%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 4 |
Differential diagnosis of ARDS in an AML patient receiving ATRA
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 37%; highest mark 8.3 .
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| Question 5 |
Open disclosure: definition, stepwise approach, importance.
(Communication and Ethics) - Pass rate 62%; highest mark 6.9 .
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| Question 6 |
Management of raised ICP: sudden re-bleed following an MCA aneurysm clipping
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 87%; highest mark 6.9 .
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| Question 7 |
Penetrating neck injury
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 27%; highest mark 7.4 .
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| Question 8 |
Viscoelastic tests of clotting function (TEG and ROTEM): interpretation of data
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 69%; highest mark 9.3 .
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| Question 9 |
Perioperative management of the liver transplant recipient
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate 58%; highest mark 8.0 .
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| Question 10 |
Pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in critical illness: specifically, in septic shock
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 44%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 11 |
Cardiac tamponade: with a focus on pulsus paradoxus
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate 44%; highest mark 7.4 .
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| Question 12 |
Critique of the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 52%; highest mark 8.1 .
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| Question 13 |
Perioperative management of the morbidly obese patient (post sleeve gastrectomy)
(Endocrinology Metabolism and Nutrition) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark 8.3 .
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| Question 14.1 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality" (Wolff- Parkinson-White syndrome)
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark 8.8 .
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| Question 14.2 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark 8.8 .
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| Question 14.3 |
Another game of "Name That ECG Abnormality"
(Cardiology) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark 8.8 .
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| Question 15 |
Complications of CVC insertion: also, ultrasonography of the IJV and carotid artery.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 62%; highest mark 7.3 .
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| Question 16 |
Haemostatic resuscitation: the Lethal Triad and tranexamic axid
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate 67%; highest mark 7.0 .
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| Question 17 |
Salicylate overdose, with a characteristic blood gas
(Pharmacology and Toxicology) - Pass rate 64%; highest mark 9.3 .
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| Question 18 |
Mechanisms of ventilator triggering and mechanisms of ventilator cycling
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate 77%; highest mark 8.5 .
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| Question 19 |
Antibiotic dose adjustment: a variation of kill characteristics of antibiotic agents
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark 8.0 .
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| Question 20.1 |
Causes of metabolic alkalosis
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 20.2 |
Causes of lactic acidosis - in this case, its probably meningococcal sepsis
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 20.3 |
Causes of metabolic alkalosis
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 20.4 |
Isoosmolar hyponatremia: massively elevated triglycerides
(Electrolytes and Fluids) - Pass rate 71%; highest mark 8.9 .
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| Question 21 |
A comparison of renal replacement therapy modalities: CVVHF vs SLED vs IHD
(Renal Failure and Dialysis) - Pass rate 40%; highest mark 7.2 .
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| Question 22 |
Viral haemorrhagic fever (Ebola)
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate 8%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 23.1 |
Causes of metabolic acidosis: severe pneumonia with a raised lactate
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate 50%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 23.2 |
Causes of deranged LFTs. Also, causes of metabolic acidosis.
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate 50%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 23.3 |
Causes of pancytopenia in a patient with sepsis and MOSF
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 50%; highest mark 7.5 .
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| Question 24 |
The Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR)- interpretation of an SMR funnel plot
(Administration and Data Management) - Pass rate 27%; highest mark 6.5 .
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| Question 25 |
Drowning in children
(Neonatal and Paediatric Problems) - Pass rate 63%; highest mark 9.0 .
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| Question 26 |
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate 67%; highest mark 8.8 .
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| Question 27 |
Causes of thrombocytopenia, their diagnosis and management
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 89%; highest mark 8.8 .
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| Question 28 |
Approach to the haemodynamically unstable cardiac surgical patient
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate 94%; highest mark 9.5 .
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| Question 29 |
Blood transfusion in the ICU- debating the pros and cons with a family
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate 77%; highest mark 8.0 .
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| Question 30 |
The Minnesotta tube: safe insertion, contraindications, complications.
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate 79%; highest mark 9.3 .
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