Anesthesiology exam questions
3 exam-length papers covering every published domain for Anesthesiology.
DHA ANA57813 papers · 466 Qs
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Q1Trauma, Burns, Orthopedic and Organ-Based/Specialty Anesthesia
A 70 kg adult sustains deep partial and full thickness burns to 40% of total body surface area. Using the classic Parkland formula, approximately how much crystalloid should be given in the first 8 hours from the time of injury?
Choose an answer to see the rationale.
Q2Conduct of General Anesthesia, Equipment, Monitoring and Fluid/Transfusion Management
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is being considered for a hemodynamically unstable patient. Which of the following is regarded as an absolute contraindication to probe insertion?
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Exam route by authority
| Authority | Delivered by | Specialist title |
|---|---|---|
| DHA - Dubai | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| DOH - Abu Dhabi | Pearson VUE | Computer-based MCQ |
| MOHAP - Northern Emirates | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| SCFHS - Saudi Arabia | Prometric / Pearson | Computer-based MCQ |
| QCHP - Qatar | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| NHRA - Bahrain | Prometric | Computer-based MCQ |
| OMSB - Oman | Prometric | MCQ then oral viva |
Assessment mode depends on your licence title as well as your profession. Confirm your own route on your Sheryan / TAMM eligibility notice.
What the Anesthesiology exam covers
The published blueprint for this exam breaks into 13 domains and 233 testable sub-topics. Our bank covers every one of them - here is the full map, so you can see exactly what you are expected to know.
Basic Sciences: Anesthetic Pharmacology, Applied Physiology, Anatomy and Physics~9% (est.)18 topics
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: context-sensitive half-time, compartment models, effect-site equilibration, target-controlled infusion
- Intravenous induction agents: propofol, ketamine, etomidate, thiopental, dexmedetomidine - dose, hemodynamics, adverse effects, propofol infusion syndrome
- Inhalational agents: MAC and its modifiers, blood-gas and oil-gas partition coefficients, second gas effect, diffusion hypoxia, sevoflurane/desflurane/isoflurane/nitrous oxide/xenon
- Neuromuscular blocking agents: depolarizing vs non-depolarizing, succinylcholine contraindications and side effects, rocuronium, cisatracurium (Hofmann elimination), atracurium and laudanosine
- Reversal agents and monitoring: neostigmine plus glycopyrrolate, sugammadex dosing and pitfalls, train-of-four, post-tetanic count, residual paralysis
- Opioids: morphine, fentanyl, remifentanil, sufentanil, alfentanil, methadone; equianalgesic conversion, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, tolerance
- +12 more in the bank
Preoperative Assessment, Risk Stratification and Anesthesia for Co-Existing Disease~9% (est.)19 topics
- ASA physical status classification, METs, frailty and functional capacity assessment
- Perioperative cardiac risk: RCRI, ACC/AHA algorithm, indications for preoperative stress testing and echocardiography
- Ischemic heart disease, recent MI, coronary stents: DAPT management and timing of elective surgery
- Valvular heart disease: aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis and regurgitation - hemodynamic goals for each lesion
- Heart failure, cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension and adult congenital heart disease
- Arrhythmias, pacemakers and ICDs: perioperative reprogramming, magnet response, diathermy precautions
- +13 more in the bank
Airway Management~10% (est.)18 topics
- Airway assessment: Mallampati, thyromental distance, mouth opening, neck mobility, predictors of difficult mask ventilation, laryngoscopy, SGA placement and front-of-neck access
- Preoxygenation and apneic oxygenation, high-flow nasal oxygen, physiology of desaturation
- Bag-mask ventilation technique, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways
- Supraglottic airway devices: generations, indications, contraindications, leak testing, gastric access channels
- Direct and video laryngoscopy: Cormack-Lehane grading, blade selection, external laryngeal manipulation, bougie and stylet use
- Rapid sequence induction and modified RSI, cricoid pressure controversies, drug and dose selection
- +12 more in the bank
Conduct of General Anesthesia, Equipment, Monitoring and Fluid/Transfusion Management~8% (est.)18 topics
- Anesthetic machine: gas supply and pipeline safety, oxygen failure alarms, flowmeters, vaporizers, scavenging, machine check protocol
- Breathing systems: Mapleson classification, circle system, soda lime absorption, low-flow anesthesia and its safety limits
- Ventilator modes in theatre: volume vs pressure control, pressure support, recruitment maneuvers, PEEP titration, lung-protective intraoperative ventilation
- Standard monitoring (ASA/AAGBI minimum), capnography waveform abnormalities, pulse oximetry limitations
- Depth-of-anesthesia monitoring: processed EEG/BIS, entropy, isolated forearm technique, awareness prevention (NAP5)
- Neuromuscular monitoring: TOF ratio target >0.9, sites, acceleromyography vs electromyography
- +12 more in the bank
Regional Anesthesia: Neuraxial and Peripheral Nerve Blocks~8% (est.)18 topics
- Spinal anesthesia: technique, level determinants, baricity, patient positioning, hyperbaric vs isobaric bupivacaine, adjuvants
- Epidural anesthesia and analgesia: loss of resistance, test dose, catheter management, patchy or failed block troubleshooting
- Combined spinal-epidural, dural puncture epidural and caudal blocks
- Complications of neuraxial anesthesia: hypotension, high/total spinal, post-dural puncture headache and epidural blood patch, transient neurologic symptoms, cauda equina
- Neuraxial hematoma and abscess: risk factors, ASRA anticoagulation timing guidelines, urgent MRI and decompression
- Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia principles: needle visualization, sonoanatomy, hydrodissection, injection pressure monitoring
- +12 more in the bank
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia~8% (est.)18 topics
- Anesthesia for CABG and valve surgery: hemodynamic goals, induction strategy, myocardial protection
- Cardiopulmonary bypass: circuit, anticoagulation with heparin and ACT targets, protamine reactions, weaning from bypass
- Off-pump CABG, minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery considerations
- Post-bypass low cardiac output syndrome, inotrope selection, IABP, ECMO and ventricular assist devices
- Transesophageal echocardiography: standard views, assessment of ventricular function, valve lesions and de-airing
- Cardiac tamponade, post-cardiotomy bleeding, coagulopathy management and re-exploration
- +12 more in the bank
Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care~6% (est.)16 topics
- Cerebral perfusion pressure and ICP management: osmotherapy, hyperventilation limits, positioning, sedation
- Anesthesia for supratentorial and posterior fossa craniotomy; sitting position and venous air embolism detection and management
- Anesthetic agent effects on CBF, CMRO2 and cerebral autoregulation; neuroprotection evidence
- Awake craniotomy: asleep-awake-asleep vs monitored anesthesia care, scalp block, seizure management intraoperatively
- Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: clipping vs coiling, vasospasm, nimodipine, triple-H therapy, hyponatremia (SIADH vs cerebral salt wasting)
- Traumatic brain injury: Brain Trauma Foundation targets, avoidance of secondary insult, decompressive craniectomy
- +10 more in the bank
Obstetric Anesthesia~7% (est.)18 topics
- Physiological and pharmacological changes of pregnancy relevant to anesthesia; aortocaval compression and left uterine displacement
- Labor analgesia: epidural and CSE technique, ambulatory/low-dose regimens, PIEB, remifentanil PCA and its risks
- Anesthesia for elective and category 1 cesarean section: spinal technique, decision-to-delivery interval, rapid sequence GA
- Management of hypotension after spinal: prophylactic phenylephrine infusion, fluid co-loading, ephedrine and fetal acid-base
- Failed or inadequate regional block for cesarean section: options, conversion to GA, medicolegal documentation
- General anesthesia for the obstetric patient: difficult airway incidence, aspiration risk, awareness risk, uterotonic interaction
- +12 more in the bank
Pediatric and Neonatal Anesthesia~7% (est.)17 topics
- Developmental anatomy and physiology: airway, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and thermoregulatory differences by age
- Neonatal transitional circulation, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, patent ductus arteriosus
- Pediatric pharmacology: weight-based dosing, altered volumes of distribution, immature hepatic and renal clearance
- Inhalational and intravenous induction in children; parental presence, premedication, distraction and preoperative anxiety
- Pediatric fluid, glucose and electrolyte therapy; modern fasting guidelines including clear fluids up to 1 hour
- Pediatric airway equipment and emergencies: laryngospasm management, croup, epiglottitis, foreign body aspiration
- +11 more in the bank
Trauma, Burns, Orthopedic and Organ-Based/Specialty Anesthesia~10% (est.)19 topics
- Initial trauma resuscitation: ATLS primary survey, damage control resuscitation, permissive hypotension, tranexamic acid timing
- Trauma airway with suspected cervical spine injury; management of maxillofacial and penetrating neck trauma
- Chest trauma: tension pneumothorax, massive hemothorax, flail chest, cardiac tamponade, blunt cardiac and aortic injury
- Hemorrhagic shock classification, massive transfusion protocol activation, trauma-induced coagulopathy, viscoelastic testing
- Burns: Parkland/modified fluid formulas, inhalation injury and early intubation, carbon monoxide and cyanide toxicity, escharotomy
- Burn pharmacology: succinylcholine contraindication after 24-48 hours, non-depolarizer resistance, analgesia for dressing changes
- +13 more in the bank
Critical Care Medicine and Resuscitation~8% (est.)19 topics
- Adult cardiac arrest management: ACLS/ALS algorithms, shockable vs non-shockable rhythms, reversible causes (4Hs and 4Ts)
- Post-cardiac-arrest care: targeted temperature management, oxygen and CO2 targets, neuroprognostication timing
- Sepsis and septic shock: Sepsis-3 definitions, Surviving Sepsis bundles, lactate clearance, vasopressor and steroid use
- Shock differentiation: hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, distributive - bedside echo and hemodynamic profiling
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Berlin definition, lung-protective ventilation, prone positioning, neuromuscular blockade, ECMO referral
- Mechanical ventilation: modes, waveform interpretation, auto-PEEP, ventilator-induced lung injury, driving pressure
- +13 more in the bank
Acute and Chronic Pain Medicine~5% (est.)16 topics
- Pain physiology: nociception, transduction and transmission, wind-up, central and peripheral sensitization, gate control theory
- Pain assessment tools in adults, children, the cognitively impaired and the ventilated patient
- Multimodal analgesia and the WHO analgesic ladder; opioid-sparing strategies
- Patient-controlled analgesia: programming, monitoring, safety incidents including PCA by proxy
- Epidural and continuous peripheral nerve block analgesia services: monitoring, complications, ward safety standards
- Adjuvant analgesics: ketamine, lidocaine infusion, gabapentinoids, alpha-2 agonists, NSAIDs and COX-2 risk profiles
- +10 more in the bank
Patient Safety, Complications, Quality, Professionalism and Ethics~5% (est.)19 topics
- WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, sign-in/time-out/sign-out and team briefing/debriefing
- Human factors, situational awareness, fixation error, cognitive aids and emergency manuals in the operating room
- Anaphylaxis under anesthesia: recognition, immediate management, adrenaline dosing, mast cell tryptase timing and allergy referral (NAP6 findings)
- Accidental awareness under general anesthesia: incidence, risk factors, prevention and post-event support (NAP5)
- Aspiration, laryngospasm, bronchospasm, negative pressure pulmonary edema and perioperative hypoxemia
- Perioperative nerve injury, pressure injury, ocular injury and positioning-related harm
- +13 more in the bank
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