2024, Paper 1 SAQs

Short Answer Questions in Order of Appearance
Question 1	Receptors: also agonists, full partial and inverse, and antagonists (Pharmacodynamics) - Pass rate 28%; highest mark .
Question 2	Venous admixture and the effects of oxygen on hypoxemia (Respiratory system) - Pass rate 43%; highest mark .
Question 3	~~Afterload~~ ahem, systemic vascular resistance: what if it suddenly increased? (Cardiovascular system) - Pass rate 11%; highest mark .
Question 4	Principles of RRT and properties of renal replacement fluids (Renal system) - Pass rate 73%; highest mark .
Question 5	Anatomy of the sympathetic nervous system (Autonomic nervous system) - Pass rate 54%; highest mark .
Question 6	Fibrinolysis and alteplase (Haematological system) - Pass rate 3%; highest mark .
Question 7	Control of blood glucose (Endocrine System) - Pass rate 60%; highest mark .
Question 8	Anatomy of the femoral vein for CVC insertion/p> (Procedural anatomy) - Pass rate 22%; highest mark .
Question 9	Context sensitive half time using the example of opioids (Pharmacokinetics) - Pass rate 31%; highest mark .
Question 10	Excitation-contraction coupling mechanism of the uterus, and tocolytics/p> (Obstetrics) - Pass rate 42%; highest mark .
Question 11	Carriage of carbon dioxide and of oxygen in the blood (Respiratory system) - Pass rate 55%; highest mark .
Question 12	Cardiac pacemaker action potential and conduction (Cardiovascular system) - Pass rate 60%; highest mark .
Question 13	The counter-current mechanisms in the kidney (Renal system) - Pass rate 67%; highest mark .
Question 14	Cerebral blood flow autoregulation (Cardiovascular system) - Pass rate 62%; highest mark .
Question 15	Laboratory assessment of liver function (Liver physiology) - Pass rate 56%; highest mark .
Question 16	Definition of heat and temperature and mechanisms of thermoregulation (Thermoregulation) - Pass rate 75%; highest mark .
Question 17	Innate immune system (Immunology and Host Defence) - Pass rate 17%; highest mark .
Question 18	Methods of intracranial pressure monitoring (Nervous system) - Pass rate 38%; highest mark .
Question 19	All about amiodarone (Cardiovascular system) - Pass rate 65%; highest mark .
Question 20	Heparin, unfractionated and low molecular weight (Haematological system) - Pass rate 27%; highest mark .

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