Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Advice on answering clinical science viva questions -- The clinical science viva -- The marking system -- How the viva is marked -- Appearance and affect -- Oral questions -- Why do they have to ask these kinds of questions? -- A brief history of anaesthesia's inferiority complex -- Strategies for answering clinical science questions -- Anatomy -- Physiology -- Pharmacology -- Clinical measurement and equipment -- Statistics -- Prioritising the questions -- 2 Anatomy and its applications -- The internal jugular vein -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The cerebral circulation -- Commentary -- The viva -- Arterial supply -- Venous system -- Direction the viva may take -- Anatomy of the orbit -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- The trigeminal nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Sensory nerve supply to the face -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Local anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- The larynx -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Innervation of the larynx -- Commentary -- The viva -- Sensory innervation -- Motor innervation -- Direction the viva may take -- Nebulised lignocaine -- Topical anaesthetic -- 'Spray as you go' technique -- Supplemental nerve blocks -- Further direction the viva could take -- The anatomy of the trachea and bronchi -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The stellate ganglion -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take.

Surface anatomy of the neck (with particular reference to percutaneous tracheostomy and cricothyroidotomy) -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Percutaneous tracheostomy -- Further direction the viva could take -- The brachial plexus -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The ulnar nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The radial nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The median nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The antecubital fossa -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Arterial supply of the hand -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Intercostal nerves -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The diaphragm -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Innervation of the inguinal region -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Blood supply to the spinal cord -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The autonomic nervous system -- Commentary -- The viva -- Sympathetic division -- Parasympathetic division -- Autonomic afferents -- Neurotransmitters -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The lumbar sympathetic chain -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The coeliac plexus -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take.

Further direction the viva could take -- Myocardial blood supply -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Anatomy relevant to subarachnoid (spinal) block -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The extradural space -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Complications associated with the procedure -- Complications associated with drugs that are injected -- Further direction the viva could take -- PDPH -- Inadvertent subdural block -- High block or total spinal -- The sacrum -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The femoral triangle -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- The femoral nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- The sciatic nerve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Ankle block -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- 3 Physiology -- Pneumothorax -- Commentary -- The viva -- Damage to the parietal pleura -- Damage to the visceral pleura -- Intra-pulmonary alveolar rupture -- Direction the viva may take -- Causes -- Diagnosis of pneumothorax in the awake patient -- Diagnosis of pneumothorax in the anaesthetised patient -- Further direction the viva could take -- Fluid therapy -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Compensatory responses to blood loss -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Circulatory changes at birth -- Commentary -- The viva -- Circulatory changes at birth -- Direction the viva may take -- Acyanotic congenital heart disease -- Cyanotic congenital heart disease -- Further direction the viva could take.

Post-operative nausea and vomiting -- Commentary -- The viva -- Neural pathways -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Obesity -- Commentary -- The viva -- The physiology of ageing -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- The 'stress response' to surgery -- Commentary -- The viva -- Endocrine response -- Direction the viva may take -- Modification of the response by anaesthesia -- The glucocorticoid response to surgery -- Commentary -- The viva -- Steroid response to surgery -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Oxygen delivery -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve -- Commentary -- The viva -- Hyperbaric oxygen -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Oxygen toxicity -- Commentary -- The viva -- Adverse effects at atmospheric pressure -- Toxic effects under hyperbaric conditions -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Symptoms -- One-lung anaesthesia -- Commentary -- The viva -- Physiological changes -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Physiological changes of late pregnancy relevant to general anaesthesia -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Non-obstetric surgery in the pregnant patient -- Commentary -- The viva -- General principles -- First trimester -- Later pregnancy -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Adrenaline (epinephrine) -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Indications -- Further direction the viva could take -- 5-Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Plasma proteins -- Commentary.

The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Thyroid function -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- (Raised) intracranial pressure -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Specific clinical signs (ICP can rise without these) -- Management -- Further direction the viva could take -- Cerebral blood flow -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Pulmonary oedema -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- The neuromuscular junction -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Nitric oxide -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Control of breathing -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Apnoea and hypoventilation -- Commentary -- The viva -- PaO2 -- PaCO2 -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Central venous pressure and cannulation -- Commentary -- The viva -- The normal pressure waveform -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Physiology of the infant and neonate -- Commentary -- The viva -- Surface area to mass ratio -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Temperature control -- Renal system -- Central nervous system -- Gastrointestinal system -- Drug effects -- Direction the viva may take -- Compliance -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- Further direction the viva could take -- Nutrition -- Commentary -- The viva -- Direction the viva may take -- 4 Pharmacology -- Chirality.

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