List of top CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Questions

Describe the “SPIKES” approach to communication in ICU.

What is “Frailty”?

Describe the critical care concerns of managing an elderly patient admitted in your ICU following a fall at home (Geriatric Critical Care).

Describe the pathophysiology, grading and management (evidence-base of hepatic encephalopathy in a case of suspected acute liver failure in the ICU.

Describe the critical care management of a “brain-dead organ donor.”

Discuss the current status of “Do Not Resuscitate” orders (DNR) for ICU patients in India.

Enumerate the broad principles of medical ethics in critical care.

What are the various types of "ventilator-induced lung injury" (VILI) in patients on prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation?

Discuss the concepts of “Driving Pressure” and “Mechanical Power” in relation to ventilatory management of ARDS patient in ICU.

Describe the “RUSH” (Rapid ultrasound in shock) and the “FALLS” (Fluid administration limited by lung sonography) protocols for the bedside ultrasonographic evaluation of a patient of SHOCK in the ICU.

Discuss the principles and waveform morphology of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound (TC in neurocritical care.

Describe the critical care management of raised intra-cranial pressure in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in ICU (Tier Approach).

Discuss the role and principles of extracorporeal therapies in poisoning patients in ICU.

What is antibiotic stewardship?

Describe any four mechanisms of development of antibiotic resistance among Gram Negative bacteria in ICU.

What is the role of “Persister cells” in emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram Positive bacteria?

Discuss the principles of Damage Control Resuscitation.

What is lethal diamond in trauma victim?

Steps of massive transfusion protocol (MTP) utilized in adult poly-trauma victims in ER/ICU.

“REBOA” technique used in massive trauma.

What are the different modalities of ECMO (Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) used in critically ill patients?