The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide 2: Pharmacology and Clinical Topics 3e provides answers to the questions regularly posed by the FRCA examiners, with key information to succeed in the Primary FRCA examination collated and delivered in a relevant and user-friendly layout, making exam preparation easier.
The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide 2: Pharmacology and Clinical Topics 3e provides answers to the questions regularly posed by the FRCA examiners, with key information to succeed in the Primary FRCA examination collated and delivered in a relevant and user-friendly layout, making exam preparation easier.
Kate McCombe, Consultant Anaesthetist, Frimley Health NHS Trust, Surrey, UK Lara Wijayasiri, Consultant Anaesthetist, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK
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Part 1 - Pharmacology 1 Receptors 2 Mechanism of Drug Action 3 Drug Interactions 4 Drug Absorption and Bioavailability 5 Drugs and the Liver 6 Drugs and the Kidney 7 Variations in Drug Metabolism 8 Isomers 9 Drugs to Draw 10 Exponential Functions 11 Dose-Response Curves 12 First- and Zero-Order Kinetics 13 Volume of Distribution, Clearance and Half-Life 14 Compartment Models 15 Total Intravenous Anaesthesia 16 Induction Agents 17 Nitrous Oxide 18 Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents (Volatile Agents) 19 Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs 20 Cholinesterase Inhibitors (Anticholinesterases) And Reversal Agents 21 Antimuscarinic Drugs 22 Opioids 23 Sedative Agents 24 Local Anaesthetics 25 Antiemetics and Prokinetics 26 Antiarrhythmic Drugs 27 Antihypertensive Agents 28 Diuretics 29 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 30 Antimicrobials 31 Anticoagulants 32 Anti-Platelet Agents 33 Blood 34 Hypoglycaemic Agents 35 Anticonvulsants 36 Antidepressants 37 Drugs used to Treat Asthma 38 Miscellaneous Drugs Part 2 - Special patient groups 39 The Jehovah's Witness 40 Obesity 41 Paediatric Patient 42 Pregnancy 43 Pre-Eclampsia Toxaemia 44 Elderly Patient 45 Down's Syndrome 46 Sickle Cell Anaemia 47 Rheumatoid Arthritis 48 Diabetes 49 Hypertensive Patient 50 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 51 Burns and Trauma 52 Brainstem Death and Organ Donation Part 3 - Critical incidents 53 Anaphylaxis 54 Aspiration 55 Awareness 56 Blood Transfusion Error 57 Bradycardia 58 Cyanosis 59 Difficult to Ventilate (High Airway Pressures) 60 Failed Intubation 61 Failure to Breathe 62 High Spinal Block 63 Hypertension 64 Hypotension 65 Hypoxia 66 Intra-Arterial Injection 67 Laryngospasm 68 Local Anaesthetic Toxicity 69 Major Obstetric Haemorrhage 70 Malignant Hyperpyrexia 71 Needlestick Injury 72 Post-Dural Puncture Headache 73 ST Segment Changes 74 Tachyarrhythmias 75 Venous Air Embolism (VAE)
