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This chapter is (barely) relevant to Section G7(iii)  of the 2023 CICM Primary Syllabus, which asks the exam candidate to "understand the pharmacology of antiarrhythmic drugs". These are a favourite of the college.

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For a variety of fairly commonsense reasons, there is an emphasis on testing the trainee's understanding of these drugs, as they are at the same time common, powerful, dangerous, and often poorly understood. However, historical CICM examiner focus has been interestingly narrow: 

• Question 14 from the first paper of 2019 (digoxin vs.

  sotalol)

• Question 2 from the second paper of 2018 (amiodarone vs digoxin)
• Question 21 from the second paper of 2016 (classification with a focus on sotalol)
• Question 11 from the first paper of 2016 (amiodarone side effects)
• Question 13 from the second paper of 2014 (amiodarone)
• Question 9 from the second paper of 2012 (classification with a focus on Class 1 agents)
• Question 22 Pharm Lilley Ch.

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