Here are the practice questions from today’s written exam practice session at The Alfred ICU led by Dash Gantner, with recommended reading from Lifeinthefastlane.com’s Critical Care Compendium and other FOAM sources:
Q1.
An 86-year-old gentleman is admitted to intensive care with acute lung injury causing respiratory failure, secondary to gallstone-induced acute pancreatitis.
- How would you approach his enteral nutrition after a successful ERCP?
- List the complications that need to be considered with utilising enteral nutrition?
- When might you consider parenteral nutrition?
Learn more here:
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/pancreatitis/
- Oláh A, Romics L. Enteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis: a review of the current evidence. World journal of gastroenterology. 20(43):16123-31. 2014. [pubmed] [free full text]
- Mirtallo JM, Forbes A, McClave SA. International consensus guidelines for nutrition therapy in pancreatitis. JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition. 36(3):284-91. 2012. [pubmed]
- The Bottom Line — PYTHON: Early versus On-Demand Nasoenteric Tube Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis
Q2.
Critically evaluate the role of fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients with sepsis.
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Q3.
In the context of statistical analysis of randomised controlled trials, explain the following terms:
- Risk ratio
- Odds ratio
- Number needed to treat
- P-value
- Confidence intervals
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You can access all the previous practice questions since 2014 here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Ta8IvVaVtc5Il7-kJwj6qKGu54OmifJGRUWCXud8dY/edit
See this link on INTENSIVE for exam resources:
https://intensiveblog.com/resources/#3