This book is directed at intensive care and anaesthetic doctors working towards their fellowship examinations. It is the first of its kind to be structured in the style of the oral examination, and succinctly summarises relevant evidence and guidance to help trainees prepare for the examination.
This book is directed at intensive care and anaesthetic doctors working towards their fellowship examinations. It is the first of its kind to be structured in the style of the oral examination, and succinctly summarises relevant evidence and guidance to help trainees prepare for the examination.
Kate Flavin is an advanced trainee in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine in London. She has taken the MRCP, FRCA and FFICM and passed all components at the first attempt. Her experience as a senior trainee coupled with having recently sat the Final FFICM gives her a unique insight into the best approach to revision and what is required to achieve a pass.
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1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm 2. Abdominal compartment syndrome 3. Acute ischaemic stroke 4. Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy 5. Acute liver failure and paracetamol overdose 6. Acute respiratory distress syndrome 7. Adrenal insufficiency in the ICU 8. Amniotic fluid embolism 9. Anaphylaxis 10. Antibiotic therapy 11. Antimicrobial resistance 12. Aortic dissection 13. Arrhythmias 14. Asthma 15. Bronchopleural fistulae 16. Burns 17. Calcium 18. Cardiac output monitoring 19. Cardiogenic shock 20. Care of the heart-beating organ donor 21. Chronic liver disease in the ICU 22. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 23. Colloids 24. Critical incidents in the ICU 25. Delirium 26. Diabetic emergencies 27. Diagnosing brainstem death 28. Diarrhoea 29. Disorders of consciousness 30. Donation after circulatory death 31. Drowning 32. Encephalitis 33. Fire in the ICU 34. Fungal infection and antifungal therapy 35. Guillian-Barré syndrome 36. Haematological malignancy on the ICU 37. Haemoglobinopathies, coagulopathies and thrombophilia on the ICU 38. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 39. High-risk surgical patient 40. HIV in the ICU 41. Hypertension 42. Hyperthermia 43. Hyponatraemia 44. Hypothermia 45. ICU-acquired weakness 46. Infective endocarditis 47. Inflammatory bowel disease and ICU 48. Influenza 49. Interstitial lung disease and critical care 50. Intracerebral haemorrhage 51. Magnesium 52. Major incidents 53. Malaria 54. Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty 55. Myasthenia gravis 56. Necrotising fasciitis 57. Non-invasive ventilation 58. Nosocomial infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia 59. Novel anticoagulants 60. Nutrition in the ICU 61. Percutaneous tracheostomy 62. Pharmacokinetics in the critically ill patient 63. Phosphate 64. Plasmapheresis 65. Pleural effusions 66. Potassium 67. Pre-eclampsia and HELLP 68. Pseudo-obstruction and Ileus 69. Puerperal sepsis 70. Pulmonary haemorrhage and haemoptysis 71. Pulmonary hypertension 72. Rehabilitation following critical illness 73. Rhabdomyolysis 74. Right heart failure 75. Scoring systems 76. Sedation 77. Sepsis 78. Severe acute pancreatitis 79. Spinal cord injury 80. Subarachnoid haemorrhage 81. Tetanus 82. Thyroid emergencies 83. Toxicology and overdose 84. Transfusion 85. Trauma 86. Traumatic brain injury 87. Tuberculosis 88. Venous thromboembolism, heparin and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia 89. Viral infection and antiviral therapy 90. Weaning from mechanical ventilation 91. Withdrawal of treatment and end-of-life care on the ICU.
