Shock
General Surgery · Topic 2
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume III · General Surgery · Topic 2 · combined PDF page 403
Practice questions
- In the supplied Portuguese prehospital sepsis recommendations, which NEWS/NEWS2 value is specified as a clinical indicator of severity for prioritizing early identification?
- A prehospital team is using the Shock Index as one of the severity indicators in the supplied Portuguese sepsis recommendations. Which value meets the cited threshold?
- Which capillary refill time is specified as a clinical indicator of severity in the supplied Portuguese prehospital sepsis recommendations?
- The supplied Portuguese prehospital sepsis recommendations include which mottling score as a clinical indicator of severity?
- A prehospital clinician is checking whether observations match the severity indicators listed in the supplied Portuguese sepsis recommendations. Which set contains all four specified thresholds?
- According to the supplied Portuguese prehospital recommendations, which package is specified for basic life support teams caring for a patient with suspected sepsis?
- Which fluid type is specifically named for prehospital sepsis treatment by differentiated teams in the supplied Portuguese recommendations?
- The supplied Portuguese prehospital recommendations include early initiation of which support for differentiated teams, subject to specified assumptions?
- For which prehospital situation do the supplied Portuguese recommendations specifically mention empirical antibiotic therapy?
- Which approach to recording and activating prehospital sepsis alerts is described in the supplied Portuguese guideline?
- An adult with cardiogenic shock requires a vasopressor. Which agent is prioritized as first-line in the supplied adult cardiogenic shock recommendations?
- Which description best reflects the supplied adult cardiogenic shock recommendations on inotrope use?
- A patient has cardiogenic shock caused by an acute culprit coronary lesion. Which management principle is emphasized in the supplied adult recommendations?
- A hospital is organizing care for adults with cardiogenic shock. Which organizational model is specifically emphasized in the supplied recommendations?
- Which regional-care feature is highlighted alongside a structured shock team in the supplied adult cardiogenic shock recommendations?
- In addition to a shock team and referral network, which process is recommended to support adult cardiogenic shock care?
- An adult with cardiogenic shock is being considered for VA-ECMO. Which approach best matches the supplied recommendations?
- Which pair of topics is explicitly included in the six fields covered by the supplied adult cardiogenic shock recommendations?
- The supplied adult cardiogenic shock recommendations were developed using which evidence-grading framework?
- According to the supplied 2026 pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline abstract, how many recommendations were based on high or moderate certainty of evidence?
- In the supplied 2026 pediatric sepsis guideline abstract, what was reported for 22 PICO questions?
- A systematic review pooled three randomized trials comparing prehospital whole blood with standard blood-component therapy in adult traumatic haemorrhagic shock. What was the pooled result for 24-hour all-cause mortality?
- For 28–30-day mortality in the same meta-analysis of prehospital whole blood versus blood components for adult traumatic haemorrhagic shock, which conclusion is supported?
- In the supplied meta-analysis of prehospital whole blood versus blood components for traumatic haemorrhagic shock, what was the pooled finding for massive transfusion within 24 hours?
- What did the supplied randomized-trial meta-analysis report about thromboembolic complications with prehospital whole blood compared with blood components in adult traumatic haemorrhagic shock?
- Which statement best characterizes the randomized evidence base in the supplied systematic review of prehospital whole blood versus components for adult traumatic haemorrhagic shock?