Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care: Prepare for the FRCA

Section 1: Preoperative Assessment
Preoperative assessment for cardiac surgery
Adult congenital heart disease
Preoperative assessment for thoracic anaesthesia
Tests of pulmonary function and lung function before thoracic surgery
Thoracic surgical radiographic and CT pathology
Section 2: Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
Principles of cardiac anaesthesia
Cardiopulmonary bypass: principles and anaesthetic management
Transoesophageal echocardiography in cardiac anaesthesia
Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Cardiopulmonary transplantatioon
Cardiopulmonary transplantation: anaesthetic implications
Section 3: Cardiac Intensive Care
Postoperative care of the adult cardiac surgical patient
Inotropes
Mechanical support of the heart
Section 4: Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
Principles and practice of thoracic anaesthesia
Airway apparatus for thoracic surgery
Fibreoptic bronchoscopic positioning of double-lumen tubes
Anaesthesia for surgery of the trachea and main bronchi
Analgesia for thoracic surgery
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