Questions for the Final FFICM Structured Oral Examination

An essential, up-to-date and evidence-based revision guide designed in the style of the Final FFICM structured oral examination.

Kate Flavin (Author), Clare Morkane (Author), Sarah Marsh (Author)

9781108401425, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 March 2018

556 pages, 58 b/w illus.
23.4 x 15.5 x 2.6 cm, 0.93 kg

This is the first book developed specifically for the Final FFICM structured oral examination. It is written by two senior trainees who have recently passed the exam and is edited by a consultant intensivist with a special interest in education. The book is designed in the style of the SOE, and provides model answers which include summaries of the relevant evidence to guide trainees in their preparation for the exam. The 91 topics and questions therein are drawn from previous exam sittings, and are expanded further to ensure each topic is covered in detail. This text is a valuable revision aid to those studying for the Final FFICM, and will also prove useful to trainees revising for the Final FRCA, as it covers popular ICM topics that often come up in the anaesthetic fellowship exams.

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.

Subject Areas: Medical study & revision guides [MRG], Anaesthetics [MMB]