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Cardiac Surgery
Approach and General Considerations
- Cardiac surgery
- Anaesthetic management of specific cardiac conditions
- Cardiac for non-cardiac surgery
- Anticoagulation
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
- Transoesophageal ultrasound (TOE)
Physiology and Pharmacology
- Cardiac physiology
- Aortic cross clamp
- Cardiac protection
- Inotropes
- Anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Anti-Hypertensive agents
Pathology
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pericardial disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Infective endocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Paediatric congenital heart disease
- Autonomic neuropathy
- Atrial fibrillation
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Heart failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Arrythmias
- Post op MI
- Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
- Hypertension
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Bypass
- Off Pump CABG
- Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
- Assist devices
- Pacemakers
- Cath lab anaesthesia
- Intra- Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Transplants and organ donation
Thoracic Surgery
Approach and General Considerations
- Exercise testing and optimization
- Thoracic pre-op assessment
- Post op pulmonary complications
- Thoracic surgery analgesia
Physiology
- Open chest and Empyema
- Hypoxia Pulmonary Vasoconstriction (HPV)
- Respiratory physiology and Thoracic anaesthesia
Pathology
- Bronchopleural-fistula
- Mediastinal masses
- Aspiration
- Pulmonary embolism
- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Restrictive lung diseases
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Bronchiectasis
- Pulmonary edema
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Smoking
- Obstructive sleep apnea
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Awake tracheostomy and intubation
- Whole lung lavage
- One lung Ventilation and VATS
- Double lumen and Bronchial blocker
- Thoracic emergencies
- Oesophagectomy
- Lung resection
- Long volume reduction surgery
- Tracheal surgery
- Transplants and organ donation
Vascular Surgery
Physiology
Pathology
Procedural and Surgical Cardiac Topics
- Aortic surgery
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and Risk Stratification
- Vascular surgery
- Upper and lower limb vascular surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
- Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
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