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Viva and Structured Oral Examinations in Intensive Care Medicine; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Dedication; SET1; Post-cardiac arrest care; 1) What is the mortality following cardiac arrest?; 2) What is the post-cardiac arrest syndrome?; 3) What are the management priorities post-cardiac arrest?; General management; Specific management; 4) Should we be cooling patients post-cardiac arrest?; 5) How can we prognosticate patients post-cardiac arrest on intensive care?; Summary of Key Points; References; ARDS and prone ventilation; 1) What is ARDS? |
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2) What are the risk factors for the development of ARDS?3) What is the pathophysiology of ARDS?; Diffuse alveolar damage; Lung capillary endothelial injury; 4) What investigations would you do in someone you suspected had ARDS?; Bedside; Laboratory; Radiological; Special; 5); A) What are the management principles in ARDS?; General; Pharmacological; Ventilatory strategy; Management of refractory hypoxia; B) What is the evidence for prone ventilation in ARDS?; C) What are the possible complications of prone ventilation and how can they be mitigated against? |
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D) Describe the postulated mechanisms by which prone positioning aids oxygen exchange in ARDS. Summary of Key Points; References; Haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; 1) What is haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)?; 2) List some laboratory markers of haemolysis.; 3); A) How might you diagnose an E. coli infection?; B) What other pathogens may be causative?; 4); A) How does HUS differ from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)?; B) What laboratory findings can help differentiate HUS and TTP from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?; 5) |
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A) Outline the treatment priorities for HUS. B) Discuss the role of plasma exchange.; Summary of Key Points; References; Tricyclic antidepressant overdose; 1) What are tricyclic antidepressants and what is their mechanism of action?; 2) What are the features of tricyclic antidepressant overdose?; Clinical features; Biochemical features; Electrocardiographic features; 3) How would you manage tricyclic antidepressant overdose?; 4) What are the clinical features of serotonin syndrome?; Clinical features; 5) How would you manage serotonin syndrome?; Summary of Key Points; References |
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Statistics, evidence and research1) What do you understand by the terms 'level of evidence' and 'grade of recommendation'?; Levels of evidence; Grade of recommendation; 2) What is a meta-analysis?; 3) What are the phases of clinical trials?; 4) What types of data are you aware of?; 5) What is the difference between sensitivity and specificity?; 6) What do you understand by the term 'p-value'?; 7) What are confidence intervals?; 8) What is the 'Student's t-test' used for?; 9) How does 'analysis of variance' (ANOVA) differ from the 'Student's t-test'?; Summary of Key Points; References |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Critical care medicine -- Study guides
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Critical care medicine.
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examination study guides.
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Study guides.
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Study guides.
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Guides de l'étudiant.
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Electronic book
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Johnson, Chris, author
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Haslam, James, author
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| ISBN |
9781910079607 |
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191007960X |
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