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SAQ-Respiratory

The boxed questions are the four you are to do to time and bring to teaching.
Please use a timer (60 min for 4 questions) as a perfect 18 minute answer is an incomplete and failing 15 minute answer.

2006/2/SAQ5: A 55 year old man has just undergone endotracheal intubation for severe asthma. Immediately post intubation, his systolic blood pressure falls to 80 mmHg. a) Outline the causes of post intubation hypotension (50%). b) Describe your management of this patient (50%)

2007/2/SAQ8: A 12 year old girl with cystic fibrosis presents unwell with a fever and acute shortness of breath. Her observations are; Temp: 38.2oC, PR: 130 per min, BP: 100/60 mmHg, RR: 30 per min, O2 Sat: 91% room Air. A Chest X-ray reveals bilateral patchy consolidation and a 20% left sided pneumothorax. Describe your management of this child. (100%)

1998/1/SAQ2: Discuss the treatment options for a 75 year old woman who presents with an exacerbation of her chronic airways limitation. Her arterial blood gases on room air on arrival are pH: 7.28, pCO2: 62mmHg, HCO3: 17mmol/L, base excess: 5, oxygen saturation 84%. (100%)

1999/2/SAQ5: Discuss the role of positive airway pressure ventilation in the emergency department. (100%)

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2007/1/SAQ2: A 22 year old woman with a past history of asthma, presents with a spontaneous right pneumothorax estimated to be around 25% of lung volume. Discuss your management options in this patient. (100%)

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2006/2/SAQ5: A 55 year old man has just undergone endotracheal intubation for severe asthma. Immediately post intubation, his systolic blood pressure falls to 80 mmHg. a) Outline the causes of post intubation hypotension in this man.(50%) b) Describe your ventilation strategy for this man. (50%)

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2004/1/SAQ4: Discuss the investigations available in evaluating a patient with a suspected pulmonary embolus. (100%)

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