Surgical Critical Care Vivas

Mazyar Kanani9781841101316, 1841101311

An understanding of critical care is one of the key objectives of medical and surgical training, and viva examinations in particular remain a source of anxiety for many candidates. Surgical Critical Care Vivas follows the same format as the hugely popular General Pathology Vivas and gives candidates a means of practising some of the most common questions that they will be asked in their viva examinations.Pocket-sized, for portability, and packed with useful information in an east-to-use A-Z format, this book will help the reader to broaden their knowledge base and, by practising the vivas, gain confidence in their examination technique.

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Table of contents :
Team@Lib……Page 1
Cover……Page 2
CONTENTS……Page 7
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS……Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……Page 13
ABDOMINAL TRAUMA:
INVESTIGATIONS
A……Page 15
ACCESSING THE THORAX……Page 18
ACID-BASE……Page 21
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE……Page 24
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
SYNDROME (ARDS)……Page 29
AGITATION AND SEDATION……Page 34
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT……Page 37
ANALGESIA……Page 40
AORTIC DISSECTION……Page 45
ATELECTASIS……Page 49
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING……Page 52
BLOOD PRODUCTS……Page 56
BLOOD TRANSFUSION……Page 60
BRAINSTEM DEATH AND ORGAN
DONATION……Page 65
BRONCHIECTASIS……Page 69
BURNS……Page 71
CALCIUM BALANCE……Page 76
CARDIAC ASSESSMENT……Page 80
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK……Page 82
CENTRAL LINE INSERTION……Page 87
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE……Page 92
COAGULATION DEFECTS……Page 97
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR
COAGULATION (DIC)……Page 100
ECG I – BASIC CONCEPTS……Page 102
ECG II – RATE AND RHYTHM
DISTURBANCES……Page 106
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION……Page 111
ENTERAL NUTRITION……Page 115
EXTUBATION AND WEANING……Page 118
FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME……Page 120
FLAIL CHEST……Page 125
FLUID THERAPY……Page 128
HAEMORRHAGIC SHOCK……Page 133
HEAD INJURY I – PHYSIOLOGY……Page 138
HEAD INJURY II – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY……Page 141
HEAD INJURY III – PRINCIPLES OF
MANAGEMENT……Page 144
INOTROPES AND CIRCULATORY
SUPPORT……Page 148
ITU ADMISSION CRITERIA……Page 153
JUGULAR VENOUS PULSE (JVP)……Page 155
LACTIC ACIDOSIS……Page 158
LOW URINE OUTPUT STATE……Page 160
MAGNESIUM BALANCE……Page 165
MECHANICAL VENTILATORY
SUPPORT……Page 167
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS……Page 170
METABOLIC ALKALOSIS……Page 173
NUTRITION: BASIC CONCEPTS……Page 175
OXYGEN: BASIC PHYSIOLOGY……Page 179
OXYGEN THERAPY……Page 183
PARENTERAL NUTRITION (TPN)……Page 185
PNEUMONIA……Page 187
PNEUMOTHORAX……Page 191
POTASSIUM BALANCE……Page 194
PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER……Page 197
PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM……Page 201
PULSE OXIMETRY……Page 206
RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY……Page 208
RESPIRATORY ASSESSMENT……Page 212
RESPIRATORY FAILURE……Page 215
RHABDOMYOLYSIS……Page 218
SEPTIC SHOCK AND MULTI-ORGAN
FAILURE……Page 222
SODIUM AND WATER BALANCE……Page 227
SPINAL INJURY……Page 230
SYSTEMIC RESPONSE TO TRAUMA……Page 235
TRACHEOSTOMY……Page 239
TRANSFER OF THE CRITICALLY ILL……Page 243
TUBE THORACOSTOMY
(CHEST DRAIN)……Page 245