Hit the headings and use loads of examples with some detail about the examples (as per examiners report)
Should probably have a line or two about HPV for the awake patient
Cool graph on ketamine nightmares that is worth drawing
Draw compartment model. PK/PD structure. PK needs to include accumulation and elimination.
More than just a valsalva but similar principles. Don’t forget frank starling graph and indirect effects.
The buffering part is hard to get my head around
Protective: RID (reservoir, immunological, drugs). Regulatory: SEAMS (storage, endocrine, acid base, metabolic, synthesis)
Weirdly not put into a section of its own in Nunn’s or West’s. Ended up using deranged physiology for most of it. Use a graph for FRC and CC.
Brandis very good again. Do a graph at the end with arterial and venous lines showing Haldane effect.
Had to look in different parts of different books for this one 😡 inefficient but done
Brandis is my pick for this question. Graphs I’ve talked about are from there too.
Filling pressure, compliance, afterload. Then section on IPPV/SV for showing off.
A hard one. Can exclude certain parts for questions specifically on lung compliance.