Here are the practice questions from today’s written exam practice session led by Tim Byrne at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from Lifeinthefastlane.com’s Critical Care Compendium and ICUPrimaryPrep:
Q1.
Define shunt and venous admixture (4 marks)
Discuss how different forms of shunt and VQ mismatch can contribute to hypoxaemia, including use of the shunt equation (6 marks)
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Q2.
List four pulmonary vasodilating drugs from different classes and their mechanisms of action (4 marks).
Discuss the pharmacology of nitric oxide (6 marks).
Learn more here:
- https://icuprimaryprep.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/respiratory-pharmacology-21.pdf
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/pulmonary-hypertension/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/critical-care-drugs/sildenafil/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/bosentan/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/prostacyclin-or-epoprostenol/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/nitric-oxide/
You can access all the previous practice questions since 2015 here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r8JTbV6lEzMg7I0R5fCwPMaIY3elNobgcQy-bCt7F4M/edit?usp=sharing
See this link on INTENSIVE for exam resources:
https://intensiveblog.com/resources/#3