Sunday October 01, 2006
Topics you can't afford to miss for Critical Care Board exams - Part 2


Last week we posted few important topics (click here to see) for our fellows for upcoming Internal Medicine's Critical Care board exam (November 8, 2006) . Here are few more topics you can't afford to miss for Critical Care Board exams.

1. Management of acute cirrhotic / variceal GI bleed
2. End of life issues / ethic questions - list of power of attorneys in order
3. Antibiotic choices in necrotising fascitis.
4. Hepato-renal syndrome
5. Vancomycin dosing in CVVHD
6. Baterial menigitis CSF findings and treatment
7. VAP - diagnosis and treatment
8. Thrombolytics and surgical indications in PE
9. EKG findings in Acute MI and pericarditis
10. EKG findings in hyperkalemia
11. Clinical scenario and acute management of venous air embolism
12. Treatments of hypothermia (all time board's favourite)
13. Hypokalemia in hypothermia
14. Asystole in hypothermia - approach to treatment
15. Indication of dialysis in lithium overdose
16. Cholesterol emboli - diagnosis
17. Contrast induced nephropathy - preventions
18. Arterial line - underdamp and overdamp picture
19. Green urine after propofol drip
20. QT interval prolongation with haldol.