Medical and surgical comorbidities

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The following list of medical and surgical conditions are an amalgamation of every condition mentioned in the various sections of both CCT II and CCT III. A knowledge of the conditions themselves is expected and is tested primarily in the MCQ although pure medicine and surgery may crop up in other elements of the exam.
A small number of conditions are very unlikely to be encounterd outside of the critical care setting and are therefore not considered to be comorbidities as such for the purposes of organising information. They are listed in the ICU section.

1. Abnormal Electrocardiogram – Heart block, conduction defects, MI, Arrthythmias inc. WPW and AF
2. Abnormal haemoglobins
   1. Sickle Cell Disease
   2. Thalassaemia
3. Abnormalities of coagulation (congenital and acquired) and haemostasis
4. Acute polyneuropathy:
   1. Guillain Barre Syndrome
5. Adrenal dysfunction: e.g. Phaeochromocytoma
6. Alcohol abuse
7. Anaemia
8. Asthma, including Status asthmaticus
9. Autonomic Neuropathy
10. Basic surgical procedures (their understanding – CCT II Maintainence)
11. Bowel Obstruction
12. Carcinoid syndrome / tumours
13. Cardiac Disease :
14. Cardiomyopathy and abnormal ventricular function
15. Central nervous system infection
    1. Meningitis
    2. Tetanus
16. Common congenital heart defects (with an understanding of the adult patient with)
17. COPD
18. Diabetis Mellitus
19. Disorders of respiratory mechanics, gas exchange and gas transport
20. Disorders of the pulmonary circulation – PE and Pulmonary Hypertension
21. Disturbances in neuromuscular transmission – Myasthenia Gravis, Myasthenic Syndrome
22. Drug dependency and addiction
23. Epilepsy
24. Heart failure
25. Hepatitis B and C: modes of infection, natural history, at risk groups
26. HIV: modes of infection, natural history, at risk groups
27. Hypertension
28. Immunocompromised patients (from ICU)
29. Ischaemic heart disease
30. Jaundice
31. Maligant disease
32. Malignant hyperthermia
33. Management of chronic respiratory failure
34. Muscle contracture– Myotonia including Myotonia Dystrophia
35. Muscular dystrophy
36. Myopathies
37. Obesity
38. Old age
39. Osteoarthritis
40. Pacemakers
41. Parkinson’s Disease
42. Phaeochromocytoma
43. Pituitary dysfunction
    1. Panhypopituitarism
    2. Acromegaly
44. Plasma electrolyte disturbances
45. Plasma osmolality disturbances – SIADH and Diabetes insipidus
46. Polycythaemia
47. Porphyria
48. Prion Disease – implications for anaesthetist and other staff
49. Renal Failure, Acute and chronic incl. pathophysiology of acute renal failure
50. Rhabdomyolysis
51. Rheumatoid Arthritis
52. Sleep apnoea – Obstructive and Central
53. Smoking
54. Spinal Cord Transection, paraplegia and long-term spinal cord damage
55. Swallowing disorders – Pharyngeal pouch, Achalasia
56. Tetanus
57. Thyroid dysfunction
58. Trigeminal neuralgia
59. Valvular defects – AS, MS, AR, MR
60. Varient CJD