So what's coming up?

Well, I think that anyone doing Final FRCA ought to be looking out for at least some of the following:

Questions on anaesthesia and obesity (New AAGBI guidelines)

Local Anaesthetic Toxicity (New AAGBI guideline incorporating Intralipid (Lipidrescue))

CEMACH (new report at the end of last year) - something always comes up the following exam

Intrapartum analgesia (NICE guideline in 2007 and two articles to do with epidurals in CEACCP in last 12 months)

Malignant Hyperthermia (revised AAGBI guideline and another perennial favourite)

Thyroid surgery (CEACCP article in April 2007, perennial favourite and something about it in every SAQ book I've got)

Coagulation questions (At least two articles in CEACCP over the last 12 months, it's another topic open for discussion, and there's the whole "cell-based model" to consider. Maybe something on Novo7, and also Fondaparinux/ways of preventing DVT/VTE)

So there's some things that I think MIGHT come up.