This page has become the resource archive for the Newcastle John Hunter Hospital CICM/ ANZCA study group. The group is held in the anasthetic office on Fridays between 3pm and 5pm.
Acid/ Base
Thanks to Sarah Crosby for pointing out the now blindingly obvious but unappreciated fact that there is no lactic acid in lactic acidosis.
- Anions of Metabolic Acidosis 205 KB
- History of Acid Base Analysis 62 KB
- ICU Role for Buffers 67 KB
- Lactic Acidosis 641 KB
- Quantatative Acid Base in the ICU 2 MB
Body Fluids
- Albumin in Acutely Ill + SOAP Study 248 KB
- Fluid for the Surgical Patient 172 KB
- Pathophysiology of Fluid Imbalance 216 KB
- Saline Vs Albumin Fluid Trial (SAFE Trial) 99 KB
Gastro & Liver Physiology
Haemostasis/ Coagulation
Thanks to Ben Moran (aka The Professor) for the two good articles on haemostasis; to Rob O'Connor for pointing me towards rivaroxaban.
Haemotology
Immunology
Thanks to Sarah Crosby for these.
Metabolism
Autonomic Neurology
Pain & Analgesia
Physics & Measurement
Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutics for the Anaesthetist 302 KB
- TIVA Clinical Application 119 KB
- TIVA Pharmacodynamics 122 KB
- TIVA Principals and Delivery 117 KB
- Vasopressin in Shock 83 KB
- Vasopressin Receptors 296 KB
Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents
IV Anaesthetic Agents
- Intravenous Anaesthetic Agents 107 KB
- Mechanism of Action of General Anaesthetic Drugs 106 KB
- Propofol Infusion Syndrome 285 KB
- Study Group | 20 August 2009 19 MB
Cardiovascular Pyhsiology
CICM Primary Syllabus Articles
Here is an almost complete collection of papers recommended in the CICM primary (basic sciences) exam syllabus. I am still missing the articles on the respiratory muscles fatigue, if you have them, please send them this way.
- Acid Base Disorders Erratum 451 B
- Acid Base Disorders Part1 102 KB
- Acid Base Disorders Part2 66 KB
- Acute Chemical Emergencies 94 KB
- Acute Oxygen Sensing Mechanisms 1 MB
- Current Concepts of Hemostasis 2 MB
- Direct Thrombin Inhibitors 292 KB
- Fundamentals of Acid Base 776 KB
- Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid Erratum 57 KB
- Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid 218 KB
- Insulin Analogues 145 KB
- Interactions between Inflamation and Coagulation 692 KB
- Metabolic Acidosis 81 KB
- Nerve Conduction Studies 338 KB
- Octreotide 230 KB
- Pharmacogenetics of Anesthetic and Analgesic Agents 403 KB
- Physiology of the Endothelium 247 KB
- Recombinant Activated Factor VII 245 KB
- Respiratory Function of Hemoglobin 176 KB
- Reunification of Acid Base 101 KB
- Serotonin Syndrome and the Anaesthetist 106 KB
- The Seritonin Syndrome 283 KB
- Vascular Bed Specific Hemostasis 210 KB