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Elderly - frailty
What is the ageing population,
What causes the ageing population,
What is the main consequence of a...
13
cards
Anaesthetics - pharmacology and principles
What is the triad of anaesthesia,
What is used for analgesia,
What is used for hypnosis
32
cards
Anaesthetics - conduct of anaesthetics
What roles do anaesthetists have,
Whats involved in preparation of ...,
What is important about the envir...
27
cards
Anaesthetics - critical care
What is critical care,
What is type 1 respiratory failure,
What is type 2 respiratory failure
9
cards
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
What happens to people as a resul...,
What is the general phenotype for...,
What are the 4 frailty syndromes
19
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Elderly incontinence
Is urinary incontinence more comm...,
What are causes of incontinence e...,
What are the 2 main causes of inc...
20
cards
Elderly - Delirium
What are key features of delirium,
What changes in cognition can hap...,
What precipitated delirium
11
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Pharmacology - Complementary medicine
What is complementary and alterna...,
What are modalities of cam,
What are examples of cam
5
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Anaesthetics - pre-op assessment and preparation
What happens to the body as a res...,
What considerations must be taken...,
What is the pre op role of the an...
15
cards
Anaesthetics - pain
What are health benefits to the p...,
What are benefits to the family o...,
What are societal benefits to tre...
34
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Elderly - falls and immobility
What are the main causes of falls,
What msk causes lead to falls,
What are neurological causes of f...
36
cards
Pharmacology -the use of medicines
What is the regulatory body of li...,
Why do we regulate medicines,
What is pharmacovigilance
9
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Intravenous fluids
How much water do we need each day,
How much sodium do we need per day,
How much potassium do we need per...
30
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Elderly - polypharmacy
What are common iatrogenic proble...,
What are common iatrogenic proble...,
What are common iatrogenic proble...
28
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Genetic predisposition to cancer
What are oncogenes,
How many oncogene mutations are r...,
What are tumour suppressor genes
16
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Genetic - multisystem disease
What are examples of chromosomal ...,
What types of single gene disorde...,
What are challenges in hereditary...
16
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Genetics - predisposition to adult onset disease
What are mechanisms of adult onse...,
What are clinical features of mot...,
What is superoxide dismutase
11
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PPB Adult support and protection
What legislation is used to prote...,
What are the main duties and powe...,
How are adults at risk defined
14
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PPB public protection matters
What proportion of men and women ...,
What is hark in relation to domes...,
What is the 6r framework when dom...
3
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PPB introduction to child protection
What are causes of failure of chi...,
What are adverse childhood experi...,
How do we protect a child form ne...
11
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PPB police perspective domestic violence
What legislation is followed for ...,
What is used for initial risk ass...,
What type of language should be u...
3
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Pharmacology - preventing error
What are the 4 most common types ...,
What patients are at risk of error,
What are factors that increase ri...
9
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Pharmacology - medicines management
What is used to report adverse dr...,
Who can issue yellow card reports,
Who monitors the standards of dru...
5
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