ANESTHESIOLOGY AND INTENSIVE CARE EXAMINATION SYLLABUS

1. Anesthesiology - definition, goals, types.
2. Stages of general anesthesia.
3. Volatile anesthetics and nonvolatile anesthetic agents.
4. Neuromuscular blocking agents.
5. Anesthesia machines. Breathing systems.
6. Preoperative evaluation of patients.
7. General anesthesia through endotracheal intubation - indications, contraindications, complications, technique.
8. General anesthesia through a face and laryngeal mask - indications, contraindications, complications, technique.
9. TIVA - indications, contraindications, complications, technique, types.
10. TIVA with barbiturates.
11. TIVA with other nonvolatile anesthetic agents.
12. Neuroleptanalgesia.
13. Local anesthesia - types, agents, contraindications, complications, technique.
14. Topical and infiltration anesthesia.
15. Nerve blocking techniques. Spinal and epidural anesthesia.
16. Acute respiratory failure - pathophysiology, symptoms, management.
17. Oxygen therapy.
18. Acute pulmonary edema - pathophysiology, symptoms, management.
19. Status asthmaticus - pathophysiology, symptoms, management.
20. Cardiac arrest - pathophysiology, symptoms, management.
21. Acute circulatory failure. Shock - types, pathophysiology.
22. Shock - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
23. Fluid and electrolyte balance - disorders and management.
24. Acid - base balance - disturbances and correction.

25. Nutritional balance - enteral and parenteral nutrition.

26. Management of coma patients.

27. Brain death.

28. Head trauma.

29. Cerebrovascular diseases of the nervous system.

30. Inflammatory diseases of the nervous system.

31. Patients with myasthenia gravis.

32. Seizure management.

33. Multiple trauma patients.

34. Chest trauma.

35. Post-surgical stress response.

36. Periopertive intensive care.

37. Acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

38. Acute peritonitis.

39. Acute pancreatitis.

40. Ileus.

41. Drowning and near - drowning.

42. Acute poisoning.

43. Endocrine disorders - acute renal failure, thyrotoxic crisis, diabetic coma.