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  1. Deranged Physiology
  2. CICM Primary Exam
  3. Viva topics
Respiratory system
Viva 5

Interpretation of flow-volume loops

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Viva 1

Control of ventilation

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Viva F6(v)

Dead space, its components, its measurement and physiological consequences

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Viva 3

Tension-based indices of oxygenation

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Viva 7

Gas laws relevant to respiratory medicine

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Viva F4(ii)

Functional residual capacity (FRC) and the measurement of FRC

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Viva 2

Causes of hypoxia and the alveolar gas equation

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Viva 8

Lung volumes

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Viva F3(ii)

Respiratory compliance and the factors which influence it

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Viva 5

Pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment of asthma

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Viva 1(p.2)

Mechanisms of post-extubation diuresis

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Viva F3(viii)

Resistance of the respiratory system and factors which affect airway resistance

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Viva 6

Pulmonary circulation: anatomical shunts and venous admixture

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Viva 8(p.2)

Oxygen cascade

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Viva 2

Oxygen delivery devices and equipment

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Viva 2

Relationship of partial pressure of CO2 to its concentration

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Viva 8

Pressure/volume loop interpretation

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Viva 5

Oxygen cascade

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Viva 6

Physiological effects of oxygen therapy

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Viva 2 (p.2)

Physiology and pharmacology of the work of breathing

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Viva 7

Respiratory volumes and spirometry

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Viva 3 (p.2)

Difference between hypoxia and hypoxemia

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Viva 8

Physiology of the Valsalva manoeuvre

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Viva 1 (p.3)

Structure and function relationship of the respiratory tract

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Viva 2

Dead space and V/Q matching

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Viva 2 (p.3)

Biological role of oxygen

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Viva 7

Causes of hypoxemia

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Viva 2

Oxygen cascade

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Viva 3

Respiratory changes due to pregnancyy

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Viva 8

Ventilator waveform analysis

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Viva 2

Pressure Volume Loops and the work of breathing

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Viva 6

High flow oxygen therapy

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Viva 8

Causes of hypoxia (V/Q mismatch)

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Viva 1(p.2)

Pulmonary vascular resistance

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Viva 2 (p.2)

Role of chemoreceptors in the control of ventilation

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Viva 7

Alveolar gas equation and the A-a gradient

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Viva 3(p.2)

Structure and function of the upper respiratory tract

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Viva 4 (p.2)

Lung volumes

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Viva 1

Interpretation of pressure-volume loops

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Viva 2(p.2)

Gas laws important to respiratory physiology

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Viva F4(ii)

Clinical significance and measurement of closing capacity

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