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Anaesthesia Primary Exam

Other SAQs

Anatomy

• 2013A08 Laryngeal anatomy
• 2014A07 Lumbar epidural anatomy
• 2014B01 Cubital fossa anatomy
• 2019B15 Right internal jugular venous cannulation

Clinical Measurement

• 1999A12 Neuromuscular monitoring - fade and post-tetanic potentiation
• 2003A08 Neuromuscular monitoring - diaphragm and larynx vs adductor pollicis
• 2004A13 Renal clearance
• 2004B11 Oximetry
• 2005A16 Cardiac output monitoring - doppler ultrasonography
• 2010A02 Neuromuscular monitoring - methods
• 2010A15 Cardiac output monitoring - thermodilution
• 2011B14 Respiratory function tests - small airway obstruction
• 2012B09 Pulmonary artery catheter insertion - waveforms and pressures
• 2017A10 Arterial pressure waveforms
• 2017A11 Respiratory flow-volume loops
• 2017A15 Liver function tests
• 2017B04 Electroencephalography in anaesthesia
• 2018B01 Non-invasive blood pressure measurement
• 2019A06 Renal function tests
• 2019A15 Pulse oximetry - sources of inaccuracy

Equipment

• 1999A05 Mercury thermometer vs thermistor, heat vs temperature
• 1999B07 Clark electrode
• 2006A15 pH electrode
• 2008B09 Hygrometers and humidity
• 2012A10 Pneumotachographs
• 2014A08 Surgical diathermy
• 2014B04 Anaesthetic gas scavenging
• 2015B13 Fuel cell and paramagnetic oxygen analyser
• 2015B15 Electrical safety
• 2016A01 Sidestream capnography
• 2016A02 Circle breathing system
• 2016B08 Vacuum-insulated evaporator
• 2017A02 Oxygen delivery devices
• 2017B02 Variable bypass vapouriser - function and accuracy
• 2018A04 CO2 absorbents - hazards
• 2019B05 Variable bypass vapourisers - safety features

Physics

• 2010B11 Ultrasonography - physical principles
• 2011A16 Flow physics
• 2013B08 Resonance and damping

Statistics

• 2017A09 Sensitivity and specificity