Short Answer Questions in Anaesthesia [Paperback]

Completely re-written, the definitive companion and revision aid for the short answer paper, part of the Final FRCA examination.Vastly expanded and completely re-written, this is the definitive companion and revision aid for the short answer paper which forms part of the Final FRCA examination. It contains 180 sample questions which cover the breadth of the specialty and which are divided into subspecialty areas.Vastly expanded and completely re-written, this is the definitive companion and revision aid for the short answer paper which forms part of the Final FRCA examination. It contains 180 sample questions which cover the breadth of the specialty and which are divided into subspecialty areas.Vastly expanded and completely re-written, this is the definitive companion and revision aid for the short answer paper which forms part of the Final FRCA examination. It includes a comprehensive introduction to this section of the examination together with details of examination technique (much of which applies both to oral and to written questions). It contains 180 sample questions which cover the breadth of the specialty and which are divided into subspecialty areas. Each question is prefaced with a comment about the topic which attempts to place it in context to suggest the underlying rationale and to indicate its importance.Preface; Preface to the first edition; 1. Advice on answering short answer questions; 2. General anaesthesia; 3. Anaesthesia and medical disease; 4. Medicine and intensive care; 5. Obstetric anaesthesia; 6. Paediatric anaesthesia; 7. Neuroanaesthesia; 8. Acute and chronic pain; 9. Trauma and emergency anaesthesia; 10. Anatomy, applied anatomy and regional anaesthesia; 11. Pharmacology and applied pharmacology; 12. Clinical measurement and equipment; 13. Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia.