SBAs for the Final FRCA

✍ Scribed by James Nickells, Tobias Everett, Benjamin Walton

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 309
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the first book dedicated to providing exam practice in the new required single best answer question style for the FRCA. It contains 300 single best answer multiple choice questions and advice on how to approach revision and sitting the exam. There are also four 75-question exam papers, each with an answer section containing detailed explanations of the reasoning behind the answer and providing background information about each topic. SBAs for the Final FRCA may be used for examination practice and as a source of knowledge on many of the key topics in the syllabus. From the writing team behind SAQs for the Final FRCA, this book uses a similar style of challenging questions and well researched explanations to help the candidate through the new FRCA written paper. This is an invaluable tool for your exam preparation.

✦ Table of Contents

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
The Final FRCA: what is the point?......Page 13
What does the MCQ paper consist of?......Page 14
Example extended matching question......Page 15
What structure do SBAs have?......Page 16
Will the College increase the proportion of SBA questions in the examination?......Page 17
Are there clues in the way the question is worded?......Page 18
How should I revise for this exam?......Page 19
How should I use this book?......Page 20
Question Papers......Page 21
Question 4......Page 23
Question 8......Page 24
Question 12......Page 25
Question 17......Page 26
Question 20......Page 27
Question 25......Page 28
Question 30......Page 29
Question 35......Page 30
Question 39......Page 31
Question 44......Page 32
Question 49......Page 33
Question 52......Page 34
Question 56......Page 35
Question 60......Page 36
Question 65......Page 37
Question 70......Page 38
Question 74......Page 39
Question 75......Page 40
Question 79......Page 41
Question 83......Page 42
Question 87......Page 43
Question 91......Page 44
Question 96......Page 45
Question 101......Page 46
Question 104......Page 47
Question 108......Page 48
Question 113......Page 49
Question 117......Page 50
Question 122......Page 51
Question 126......Page 52
Question 130......Page 53
Question 135......Page 54
Question 139......Page 55
Question 143......Page 56
Question 146......Page 57
Question 150......Page 58
Question 153......Page 59
Question 157......Page 60
Question 161......Page 61
Question 165......Page 62
Question 169......Page 63
Question 173......Page 64
Question 177......Page 65
Question 182......Page 66
Question 186......Page 67
Question 190......Page 68
Question 193......Page 69
Question 198......Page 70
Question 202......Page 71
Question 207......Page 72
Question 212......Page 73
Question 216......Page 74
Question 220......Page 75
Question 224......Page 76
Question 225......Page 77
Question 228......Page 78
Question 233......Page 79
Question 237......Page 80
Question 241......Page 81
Question 246......Page 82
Question 250......Page 83
Question 254......Page 84
Question 258......Page 85
Question 262......Page 86
Question 266......Page 87
Question 270......Page 88
Question 274......Page 89
Question 278......Page 90
Question 282......Page 91
Question 287......Page 92
Question 291......Page 93
Question 295......Page 94
Question 300......Page 95
Answers......Page 97
Paper A......Page 99
Paper B......Page 100
Paper C......Page 101
Paper D......Page 102
Explanations......Page 103
Explanation......Page 105
Explanation......Page 106
Question 5: Nasogastric tube placement......Page 107
Explanation......Page 108
Explanation......Page 109
Question 9: Tourniquet use for limb surgery......Page 110
Explanation......Page 111
Question 12: Meta-analysis......Page 112
Explanation......Page 113
Question 15: Warfarin therapy......Page 114
Explanation......Page 115
Explanation......Page 116
Question 19: Electrical safety......Page 117
Explanation......Page 118
Question 22: Korotkoff sounds......Page 119
Question 24: Lung volumes......Page 120
Question 26: Transfusion immunology......Page 121
Explanation......Page 122
Question 29: Acid–base physiology......Page 123
Explanation......Page 124
Explanation......Page 125
Question 34: Heat loss......Page 126
Question 36: 12-lead electrocardiogram......Page 127
Reference......Page 128
Question 39: Neurophysiological monitoring......Page 129
Explanation......Page 130
Question 42: Antiemetics......Page 131
Question 44: Narrow-complex tachycardia......Page 132
Question 46: Tissue donation......Page 133
Explanation......Page 134
Question 49: Muscles of the larynx......Page 135
Explanation......Page 136
Explanation......Page 137
Explanation......Page 138
Reference......Page 139
Explanation......Page 140
Question 58: Preoperative airway assessment......Page 141
Question 60: Ketamine......Page 142
Explanation......Page 143
Explanation......Page 144
Explanation......Page 145
Explanation......Page 146
Explanation......Page 147
Question 70: Urinalysis......Page 148
Explanation......Page 149
Question 73: Obstetric mortality......Page 150
Explanation......Page 151
Reference......Page 152
Explanation......Page 153
Reference......Page 154
Explanation......Page 155
Question 82: Preoperative anaemia......Page 156
Explanation......Page 157
Question 85: Systemic lupus erythematosus......Page 158
Question 86: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation......Page 159
Reference......Page 160
Question 89: Xenon......Page 161
Question 91: Drugs in porphyria......Page 162
Explanation......Page 163
Explanation......Page 164
Explanation......Page 165
Explanation......Page 166
Explanation......Page 167
Explanation......Page 168
Question 101: Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy......Page 169
Explanation......Page 170
Question 104: Oxygen measurement......Page 171
Explanation......Page 172
Reference......Page 173
Question 108: Prognosis following cardiac arrest......Page 174
Explanation......Page 175
Explanation......Page 176
Question 112: Conn’s syndrome......Page 177
Reference......Page 178
Explanation......Page 179
Explanation......Page 180
Question 119: Non-invasive ventilators......Page 181
Explanation......Page 182
Explanation......Page 183
Explanation......Page 184
Question 126: Herbal remedies......Page 185
Question 128: Approaches to regional anaesthetic blockade of the brachial plexus......Page 186
Question 130: Altitude anaesthesia......Page 187
Explanation......Page 188
Explanation......Page 189
Explanation......Page 190
Question 136: Anaesthesia in a patient with porphyria......Page 191
Explanation......Page 192
Question 139: Measurement of biopotentials......Page 193
Explanation......Page 194
Question 142: Invasive arterial blood-pressure monitoring......Page 195
Explanation......Page 196
Question 145: Severe sepsis......Page 197
Question 146: Features of local anaesthetic toxicity......Page 198
Question 148: Discharge following day surgery......Page 199
Question 150: Haemophilia......Page 200
Explanation......Page 201
Question 152: Polycystic kidney disease......Page 202
Question 153: Smoking......Page 203
Explanation......Page 204
Question 156: Awake intubation techniques......Page 205
Explanation......Page 206
References......Page 207
Question 160: Tracheostomy......Page 208
References......Page 209
Explanation......Page 210
Reference......Page 211
Question 166: Phantom limb pain......Page 212
Question 168: Acute abdominal emergencies......Page 213
Reference......Page 214
Question 171: Anxious patient in recovery......Page 215
Explanation......Page 216
Explanation......Page 217
Question 176: Haemodynamic monitoring......Page 218
Explanation......Page 219
Explanation......Page 220
Explanation......Page 221
Question 182: Surgical emergencies......Page 222
Explanation......Page 223
Reference......Page 224
Question 186: Revised cardiac risk index......Page 225
Reference......Page 226
Question 189: Postoperative complications......Page 227
Explanation......Page 228
Question 192: Botulinum toxin......Page 229
Explanation......Page 230
Question 195: Digital clubbing......Page 231
Question 197: Standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery......Page 232
Question 199: Systemic absorption of local anaesthetic......Page 233
Explanation......Page 234
Question 202: Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA) and amethocaine......Page 235
Explanation......Page 236
Explanation......Page 237
Reference......Page 238
Explanation......Page 239
Question 210: Pulmonary artery flotation catheters......Page 240
Question 212: Obstetric anaesthesia......Page 241
Question 213: Guillain–Barré syndrome......Page 242
Question 214: Thiopentone......Page 243
Question 216: Marfan’s syndrome......Page 244
Explanation......Page 245
Question 219: Properties of local anaesthetics......Page 246
Explanation......Page 247
Question 222: Cyanosis......Page 248
Explanation......Page 249
Question 225: Macrocytic anaemia......Page 250
Explanation......Page 251
References......Page 252
Explanation......Page 253
Explanation......Page 254
Explanation......Page 255
Explanation......Page 256
Question 233: Nasal surgery......Page 257
Explanation......Page 258
Question 236: Awareness......Page 259
Explanation......Page 260
Question 239: Aspiration......Page 261
Explanation......Page 262
Question 242: Cerebrospinal fluid......Page 263
Question 244: Procalcitonin......Page 264
Explanation......Page 265
Explanation......Page 266
Explanation......Page 267
Explanation......Page 268
Question 252: Revised cardiac risk index......Page 269
Explanation......Page 270
Question 255: Common paediatric surgical conditions......Page 271
Explanation......Page 272
Question 258: Accidental hypothermia......Page 273
Explanation......Page 274
Question 261: Central venous access devices......Page 275
Explanation......Page 276
Explanation......Page 277
Question 265: Breastfeeding......Page 278
Explanation......Page 279
Question 268: Statistics – distribution of data......Page 280
Explanation......Page 281
Question 271: Postural cardiovascular homeostasis......Page 282
Explanation......Page 283
Explanation......Page 284
Reference......Page 285
Explanation......Page 286
Question 278: Electrocardiogram monitoring......Page 287
Explanation......Page 288
Explanation......Page 289
Question 282: Statistics – measures of spread......Page 290
Explanation......Page 291
Reference......Page 292
Explanation......Page 293
Reference......Page 294
Explanation......Page 295
Question 291: Autonomic dysreflexia......Page 296
Explanation......Page 297
Question 294: Acid–base management during cardiopulmonary bypass......Page 298
Explanation......Page 299
Explanation......Page 300
Explanation......Page 301
Reference......Page 302
Explanation......Page 303
Index......Page 304