This exam paper is made remarkable by its content of repeated questions, of which it is almost entirely composed.
Mesenteric ischaemia
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Causes of shock after cardiac surgery; also bleeding complications
(Cardiothoracic Intensive Care) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Leukocyte abnormalities on blood film inspection: "left shift" and toxic changes
(Haematology and Oncology) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
RBC inclusions: Heinz bodies and Howell-Jolly bodies
Morphological abnormalities of red cells
Sources of error in blood gas analysis: "leukocyte larceny"
(Acid-Base Disorders) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Spinal cord injury syndromes
(Neurology and Neurosurgery) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Factors that influence the choice of antibiotics
(Infectious Disease Antibiotics and Sepsis) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
TIPS procedure: mechanism, indications, contraindications, complications
Approach to the patient suddenly impossible to ventilate
(Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Ventilation) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Influence of chronic renal failure on critical illness
(Renal Failure and Dialysis) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Causes of lactic acidosis following abdominal surgery and seizures
Causes of metabolic acidosis : a normal anion gap metabolic acidosis.
Sources of error in blood gas analysis: the effects of hypoalbuminaemia
Non-inferiority trials
(Statistics and Interpretation of Evidence) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Site selection for invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring
(Equipment and Procedures) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Information derived from the arterial line square wave test
Information derived from the arterial pressure waveform
Approach to the patient with severe airway injuries
(Airway Management) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Mortality and functional outcomes in intensive care
(Administration and Data Management) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Differential diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates (is it ARDS?)
Enterocutaneous fistula
Prognostication after cardiac arrest
(Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
High flow nasal prongs
Regional citrate for CRRT: basically everything about it
Oesophageal perforation
The morbidly obese trauma patient
(Trauma, Burns, Drowning) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
CVP waveforms and the passive leg raise
(Pregnancy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - Pass rate ??; highest mark ?? .
Pressure-volume loops: increased compliance with emphysema
Pressure-volume loops: "breaking" overdistension
End-tidal capnometry waveform interpretation
Assessment of oxygenation from ABG data: increased dead space in PE
Chylothorax- definition, diagnosis and management
Brain herniation and decompressive craniectomy in TBI
Complications of oesophageal perforation: tracheo-oesophageal fistula
Necrotising fasciitis - specifically, associated with Group A Streptococci
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD)
Lithium toxicity featuring a negative anion gap
"Does this CSF look infected to you?" ... an non-infected EVD
HELLP syndrome with eclampsia
Normal anion gap metabolic acidosis with a negative urinary anion gap.
Massive upper GI haemorrhage