Journals

Thanks to everyone who is visiting the site - I now have a little counter to the left to get an idea of readership. It first went up about two weeks ago, and I've had nearly 800 views (thanks to Mum for all of them!).

As I have mentioned previously, the review articles in our journals (BJA & Anaesthesia) provide some ideal SAQ/SOE hot topics for the exam. It is important to recognise that there are some subjects much more likely to appear in an exam setting than others e.g. remifentanil as apposed to mitochondrial disorders! I estimate that approximately a year and a half's worth of articles are covered, so everything from April 2007 - September 2008. I have made what I consider to be exam topics in bold type:

BJA: here & here

2007
April: Blood flow & ventilation in the lung / percussion pacing
May: CA stents in non-cardiac surgery
June: Diastolic heart failure
July: Neuro ++! The whole post-grad issue is neuroanaesthesia/NICU reviews
August: Carotid endarterectomy
September: Perioperative platelet Rx
October: Sciatica & epidural injections / contrast-induced nephropathy
November: Cardioprotection with remote ischaemic preconditioning
December: Gabapentin

2008
January: Sedation & Regional anaesthesia
February: Prone position / epidural analgesia vs periph NB for knee surgery
March: Statins & Sepsis / VAP
April: Mitochondrial disorders
May: Perioperative anaemia management
June: Opioids & respiratory control
July: Its all about Pain! A whole postgraduate educational issue! Read the reviews.
August: Physiological effects of hyperchloraemia and acidosis + Acupuncture for post-operative pain
September: Perioperative management of pts with renal failure


Anaesthesia here and here

2007
April: Temp. epicardial pacing part 2
May: Systemic complications post-head injury
July: Propofol-infusion syndrome
October: Interpleural block part 1
November: Interpleural block part 2 / new thrombotic agents & neuraxial anaesthesia for major orthopaedic surgery
December: Remifentanil

2008
January: Oesophageal Doppler in abdominal surgery / Statins for non-cardiac surgery part1
February: Statins for non-cardiac surgery part 2 / cardiac output monitoring
March: Helium & Xenon / Metabolic acidosis in the critically ill Part 1
April: Metabolic Acidosis in the critically ill Part 2
June: IV contrast
July: Intubation aids