Stem 5

1.     What is lung compliance?

2.     What is the difference between static and dynamic lung compliance?

3.     What are the factors that affect lung compliance?

4.     What is hysteresis?

5.     Given the lung is not a true elastic body, what causes hysteresis in the lung?

Stem 6

1.     How do you classify anti-emetics that you use in your clinical practice?

2.     How does dexamethasone decrease post-op nausea and vomiting?

3.     What are the side effects of ondansetron?

4.     What drugs can cause serotonin syndrome?

5.     What is the treatment of serotonin syndrome?

Stem 7

1.     Describe the handling of glucose in the kidneys?

2.     How might you get glucose in the urine with normoglycaemia?

3.     What are the adverse effects of SGLT2 antagonists?

4.     How are ketones formed?

5.     How do you diagnose euglycaemic ketoacidosis?

Stem 8

1.     What is surgical diathermy?

2.     What are the risks of surgical diathermy?

3.     What is macroshock?

4.     How do we prevent macroshock?

5.     What is microshock?