Hepato-pancreato-biliary topics for the Final FRCA

Liver surgery (Sept. 2020) and liver disease (Sept. 2022) have both featured as CRQ's, as did a question on sedation in liver failure (Mar. 2021).

The pancreas and gallbladder haven't had a CRQ look-in, although the former often features in the guise of pancreatitis.

• Liver pathologies
• Jaundice
• Acute liver failure (from the ICM section)
• Chronic liver failure
• Paracetamol overdose (from the ICM section)
• Alcohol abuse (from the Perioperative medicine section)
• Liver disease in pregnancy (from the Obstetrics section)
• Analgesia in liver disease (from the Pain section)


• HPB surgeries
• Hepatic resection surgery
• Liver transplant surgery
• Pancreatic surgery (briefly)


• Relevant Primary FRCA topics
• Hepatobiliary physiology
• Drugs and the liver