Paediatric fluid resuscitation (Article in April
Anaesthesia and an NPSA guideline last year).
Epicardial Pacing (two review articles in March and April
Anaesthesia 2007).
Conscious sedation and dental type anaesthesia (Articles
in Anaesthesia last year).
Complications of head injury (Article in Anaesthesia in
May 2007. Head injuries are quite a common question).
Mar 23, 2008 in Learn
Well, I think that anyone doing Final FRCA ought to be looking out for at least some of the following:
Questions on anaesthesia and obesity (New AAGBI guidelines)
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity (New AAGBI guideline incorporating Intralipid (Lipidrescue))
CEMACH (new report at the end of last year) - something always comes up the following exam
Intrapartum analgesia (NICE guideline in 2007 and two articles to do with epidurals in CEACCP in last 12 months)
Malignant Hyperthermia (revised AAGBI guideline and another perennial favourite)
Thyroid surgery (CEACCP article in April 2007, perennial favourite and something about it in every SAQ book I’ve got)
Coagulation questions (At least two articles in CEACCP over the last 12 months, it’s another topic open for discussion, and there’s the whole “cell-based model” to consider. Maybe something on Novo7, and also Fondaparinux/ways of preventing DVT/VTE)
So there’s some things that I think MIGHT come up.
Mar 21, 2008 in Study
Quite apart from being a drug, CIMETIDINE is one of these mnemonics I learned at medical school, then forgot, but was prompted to remember. It is the sieve of differential diagnosis:
Congenital
Infection/inflammation
Metabolic
Endocrine
Trauma
Idiopathic
Degenerative
Iatrogenic
Neoplastic
Everything else
