Define cachexia. List the factors that may predispose to cachexia AND the consequences of cachexia in a ventilated patient with sepsis and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.

Outline the Intensive Care management of a 25-year-old male who has fulfilled brain death criteria and is awaiting surgery for organ donation.

You are asked to admit a 46-year-old man who has just been intubated in the Emergency Department after collapsing from what appears clinically to be a brain stem stroke. His Glasgow Coma Score prior to intubation was 6.

The following is the haemtological profile of a 22-year-old previously healthy female admitted to ICU with community acquired pneumonia

Briefly discuss the problems specific to aeromedical transport of a critically ill patient.

A 16 year old female is admitted to the ICU following a multiple drug overdose. Outline the role of activated charcoal in the management of drug overdose.

One of the serious complications of aneurysmal sub-arachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is Delayed Cerebral Ischaemia (DCI). Briefly discuss DCI, including in your answer its assessment and management with reference to accepted and postulated strategies.

List the determinants of central venous pressure (CVP) and Discuss the role of CVP monitoring in the critically ill.

For each set of the following biochemical and arterial blood gas parameters, Describe the abnormalities.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various biomarkers that can be used to diagnose patients with acute myocardial infarction?

Regarding regional citrate anticoagulation for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT):

Questions 15.1 For each of the microbes listed below, list the most appropriate antibiotic(s) for treatment of infection resulting from these organisms: a) Candida glabratab) Clostridum perfringensc) Listeria monocytogenesd) Neisseria meningitidese) Multi-resistant Acinetobacterf) Nocardiag) Penicillin-intermediate pneumococcush) Vancomycin-resistantenterococcus 15.2 Briefly outline…