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ICU Fellowship (CICM)
ICU vivas
Data, imaging, equipment, and communication vivas.
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Chapters · 31
Resuscitation
7
Ethics, EOL & communication
3
Acute heart failure
2
Applied pharmacology
2
Statistics & evidence
2
Sedation & paralysis
2
Antimicrobial therapy
2
Applied physiology
2
Arrhythmia & cardiac arrest
2
Haematology & coagulation
2
ECMO
2
GI & nutrition
2
Oxygen & gas exchange
2
Delirium & sleep
2
Equipment & physics
2
ICU-acquired infection
2
Oncology & immunocompromised
2
Trauma & burns
2
Shock states
2
Acid–base
3
Electrolytes
3
Perioperative critical care
2
Post-cardiac arrest care
2
Seizures & weakness
1
Advanced respiratory support
2
AKI & RRT
2
Raised ICP & TBI
2
Haemodynamic monitoring
2
Airway management
1
Mechanical ventilation
3
ARDS & lung protection
3
01
Resuscitation
7 entries
Blood gas and lactate in septic shock
Chest radiograph in septic shock
Clinical viva — your approach to the patient in shock
Data viva — a shock resuscitation dataset
Equipment viva — the arterial line and the echo for fluid responsiveness
Goals of care in deteriorating septic shock
The arterial line — pressure transduction
02
Ethics, EOL & communication
3 entries
Clinical viva — the brain death and the organ donation
Communication viva — the SPIKES and the family meeting
Equipment/logistics viva — the retrieval preparation
03
Acute heart failure
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to acute heart failure
Data viva — the haemodynamic profile in acute heart failure
04
Applied pharmacology
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to antibiotic dosing in the critically ill
Data viva — the drug levels and the TDM
05
Statistics & evidence
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to appraising a paper
Data viva — interpreting a trial's results table
06
Sedation & paralysis
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to sedating the ventilated ICU patient
Data viva — a sedation, pain and delirium score trend
07
Antimicrobial therapy
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the antibiotic in the ICU
Data viva — the vancomycin AUC and the trough
08
Applied physiology
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the applied physiology
Data viva — the blood gas and the oxygen delivery
09
Arrhythmia & cardiac arrest
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the arrhythmia in the ICU
Data viva — a 12-lead ECG in the ICU
10
Haematology & coagulation
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the coagulopathy in the ICU
Data viva — the coagulation screen
11
ECMO
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the ECMO patient
Data viva — the ECMO circuit parameters and the blood gas
12
GI & nutrition
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the GI and the nutritional ICU patient
Data viva — the liver function tests in the ICU
13
Oxygen & gas exchange
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the hypoxaemic patient
Data viva — an arterial blood gas in respiratory failure
14
Delirium & sleep
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the ICU delirium
Data viva — the CAM-ICU and the RASS trend
15
Equipment & physics
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the ICU equipment and monitoring
Data viva — the arterial trace and the capnogram
16
ICU-acquired infection
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the ICU-acquired infection
Data viva — the culture and the antibiogram
17
Oncology & immunocompromised
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the immunocompromised ICU patient
Data viva — the opportunistic infection panel
18
Trauma & burns
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the major-trauma patient
Data viva — a trauma resuscitation dataset
19
Shock states
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the patient in shock
Data viva — a haemodynamic profile in shock
20
Acid–base
3 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the patient with a metabolic acidosis
Data viva — a systematic read of a mixed acid–base dataset
Equipment viva — the blood-gas analyser and what it measures
21
Electrolytes
3 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the patient with dysnatraemia
Data viva — an electrolyte panel and an ECG
Monitoring viva — trending and titrating an electrolyte correction
22
Perioperative critical care
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the perioperative ICU patient
Data viva — the intraoperative cardiac output
23
Post-cardiac arrest care
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to the post-arrest patient
Data viva — a post-arrest blood gas and the temperature
24
Seizures & weakness
1 entry
Clinical viva — your approach to the seizing patient
25
Advanced respiratory support
2 entries
Clinical viva — your approach to weaning from mechanical ventilation
Data viva — a spontaneous breathing trial dataset
26
AKI & RRT
2 entries
Data viva — interpreting a continuous renal replacement therapy prescription
Equipment viva — the CRRT circuit and regional citrate anticoagulation
27
Raised ICP & TBI
2 entries
Data viva — interpreting an intracranial-pressure monitoring trend
Equipment viva — the intracranial-pressure monitor, the external ventricular drain and the ICP waveform
28
Haemodynamic monitoring
2 entries
Data viva: a cardiac output monitor dataset in shock
Imaging viva: focused echocardiography in shock
29
Airway management
1 entry
Data viva: capnography through the peri-intubation period
30
Mechanical ventilation
3 entries
Pneumothorax and barotrauma on the ICU chest radiograph
The endotracheal tube and its cuff
Ventilator waveforms: air-trapping and ineffective triggering
31
ARDS & lung protection
3 entries
Prone positioning: technique, equipment and complications
The ARDS chest radiograph
Ventilator data: driving pressure and compliance in severe ARDS