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, Third Edition provides answers to the questions regularly posed by the FRCA examiners. The key information to succeed in the Primary FRCA examination has been collated and is delivered in a relevant and user-friendly layout, making exam preparation easier.

Fully updated and revised, with new chapters covering:

• Sedative agents
• Pre-eclampsia toxaemia
• Obstetric haemorrhage Key features that have aided readers of earlier editions have been expanded and the visual 'spider' diagrams now include drugs to treat asthma, dexmedetomidine and oxycodone.

This new edition together with its companion The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide 1: Physiology and Physics, Third Edition continue to be the definitive revision aids to the Primary FRCA structured oral examination. These model answers to the RCoA sample questions present complex topics in a structured format allowing information to be retained and exam revision to be focused.

Autorentext

Kate McCombe, Consultant Anaesthetist, Frimley Health NHS Trust, Surrey, UK

Lara Wijayasiri, Consultant Anaesthetist, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK

Inhalt

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)