Paper 2: Perioperative Management
Section outline
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35 questions: assessment, intraoperative and postoperative care, fluids, nutrition and haemostasis.
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25 single best answer questions on postoperative care, complications and electrolytes, with immediate feedback and full explanations. Pass mark 70%. Read the Perioperative Management Notes first.
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24 questions on ASA grading, preoperative tests, cardiac risk, anticoagulant and antiplatelet plans, diabetes and steroids, fasting, obesity and sleep apnoea, anaemia, frailty, consent and the WHO checklist. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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21 questions on diathermy safety, lasers, tourniquets, positioning injuries, local anaesthetic doses and toxicity, anaesthetic emergencies, sterilisation, sutures and laparoscopy. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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21 questions on intravenous fluid prescribing, electrolyte disorders, refeeding, DKA and HHS, adrenal crisis, thyroid storm, sodium disorders and TURP syndrome. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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21 questions on transfusion thresholds, blood groups and products, transfusion reactions, major haemorrhage, anticoagulant reversal, cell salvage, Jehovah's Witness patients, VTE prophylaxis and HIT. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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12 questions on nutritional screening and requirements, enteral and parenteral feeding, refeeding risk and enhanced recovery. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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12 questions on levels of care, sepsis definitions and vasopressors, invasive monitoring, ventilation and ARDS, AKI and renal replacement therapy, ICU delirium, tracheostomy emergencies, ICU nutrition and care bundles. Single best answer questions with immediate feedback and full explanations. Unlimited attempts; pass mark 70%.
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