IT’S EXAM TIME!

There are recurring topics that may be rare in life, but common in the exams.

Amongst these:

• CICO, difficult airways and FONA.
• Pulmonary hypertension in adults and paeds
• Heart failure: right, left + biventricular; diastolic vs systolic; HFREF, HFNEF…here’s another good summary from MedNerd
• www.endotext.org is a free complete source for clinical endocrinology – rare but there…
• Diabetes –  a disease with prevalence of 1 in 20 in Australia (in 2021) is in the exam repeatedly and commonly . Facets covered include the implications for operative risk, perioperative management of medications, complications – make sure you have a comprehensive knowledge of this pathology (for all sections of the exam)

Updated 2023 vv