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COPD
What is copd 1,
Effects of chronic bronchitis 2,
Effects of emphysema 3
23
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Pathophysiology of COPD
Definition of copd 1,
Prevalence 2,
Epidemiology 3
11
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Respiratory disease
Curing respiratory disease 1,
Aims of therapy 2,
Definition of asthma 3
7
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Pathophysiology of asthma
Method of sensitisation 1,
Triggers and specificity 2,
Difference between specific and n...
13
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Mechanism of drugs used in the treatment of respiratory disease
Aim of bronchodilators 1,
Aims of anti inflammatories 2,
Examples of bronchodilators 3
22
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Liver Disease
Main functions of the liver 1,
Methods of detoxification 2,
Features of acute liver disease 3
35
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Kidney pathophysiology
Diuretics definition and purpose 1,
Main clinical uses of diuretics 2,
Body fluid compartments at least ...
22
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Critical Appraisal Skills
Types of promotional material 1,
Code of practice advertising for ...,
Code of practice advertising for ...
5
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Cystic fibrosis
What is cystic fibrosis 1,
Epidemiology 2,
Body systems affected by cf 3
18
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Inhaler technique
Fate of inhaled drugs good techni...,
Fate of inhaled drugs poor techni...,
Why should device be shaken befor...
7
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Diuretics
Resorption ion transporter region...,
Thick ascending limb 2,
What are diuretics give some non ...
38
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Vaccination
Purpose of vaccination 1,
Principles of herd immunity 2,
Primary and secondary responses f...
20
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Meningitis, MMR and flu vaccines
Meningococcal spread and characte...,
Bacterial meningitis pneumococcal...,
Meningococcal meningitis 3
17
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Cardiovascular disease: epidemiology and risk
Definition of cv diseases 1,
Cardiovascular mortality in the uk 2,
The cost of cv disease in the uk 3
10
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Systemic Arterial Hypertension
Heart rate and stroke volume are ...,
Smooth muscle tone is affected by 2,
Definitions of hypertension 3
19
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Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension definition 1,
Pulmonary hypertension classifica...,
Pulmonary arterial hypertension 3
18
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Coronary heart disease
Occlusive vascular disease 1,
Atherosclerosis 2,
Clinical consequences of atherosc...
21
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Hypersensitivity I
Characteristics of hypersensitivi...,
Common to all types of hypersensi...,
Type i characteristics 3
15
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Hypersensitivity II
Hypersensitivity reactions type ii 1,
Adcc mechanism 2,
Cmc mechanism 3
12
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Revision of sympathetic control of the circulation
Principal neurotransmitters 1,
Parasympathetic neurotransmitters 2,
Sympathetic neurotransmitters 3
5
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Drugs that act as inotropic sympathomimetics
Inotropic effect of sympathetic s...,
Effects on receptors of sympathet...,
Inotropic sympathomimetic drugs 3
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Drugs that act as vasoconstrictor sympathomimetics
What are alpha receptors importan...,
Vasoconstrictor sympathomimetic d...,
What is the prevalence and action...
8
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B-adrenoreceptor antagonists (beta-blockers)
What is a catecholamine 1,
Oxygen supply and demand balance 2,
Types of angina 3
15
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Alpha 1 receptor antagonists
Action of phenoxybenzamine 1,
What are the uses of phenoxybenza...,
Why does phenoxybenzamine have si...
11
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Centrally-acting sympatholytic drugs
What are centrally acting sympath...,
The biosynthetic pathway for nora...,
Methyldopa in the biosynthetic pa...
10
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Warfarin- its management and monitoring and role in stroke risk reduction
Atrial fibrillation 1,
Thrombus embolism thromboembolism 2,
Clotting cascade simplified 3
18
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Chronic heart failure
The major determinants of variati...,
Heart failure 2,
Acute heart failure 3
14
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Management and therapy of hypertension and heart failure
Why should we detect manage and t...,
Strategy for detection and treatm...,
Threshold bps 3
29
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Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
What is the action of potassium s...,
What is the action of mineralocor...,
Spironolactone 3
16
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Drugs affecting cyclic AMP
What are cyclic nucleotides 1,
Major cardiovascular actions of c...,
Action of camp in cardiac muscle ...
11
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Drugs affecting cyclic GMP
Two major cgmp generating pathways 1,
Major cardiovascular actions of c...,
Actions of cgmp in vascular smoot...
11
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Drugs affecting ion channels and transporters
Characteristics of ion channels a...,
Common ion channels 2,
Common ion transporters 3
17
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Drugs affecting blood coagulation
Thrombosis 1,
Venous thrombosis 2,
Arterial thrombosis 3
21
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Management of angina and acute coronary syndromes
Myocardial ischaemia 1,
Myocardial oxygen supply demand b...,
Chronic stable angina 3
22
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Drugs affecting plasma lipids
Plasma lipoproteins 1,
Risk factor for atherosclerotic d...,
Hdl c 3
5
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Diabetes lecture 1
Aetiological classification of ty...,
Aetiological classification of ty...,
Aetiological classification of ot...
29
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Diabetes lecture 2
Treatment 1,
Insulin therapy 2,
Fast acting insulin 3
19
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Eyes
What is conjunctivitis 1,
What are the causes and symptoms ...,
What is the treatment of allergic...
27
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Glaucoma
What is glaucoma 1,
What is a common cause of glaucoma 2,
How is aqueous humour formed 3
25
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Endocrinology introduction
Hormone definition 1,
Endocrine 2,
Paracrine 3
25
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Thyroid hormone disorders
What is a goitre 1,
What are the causes of adult hypo...,
What are the characteristics of a...
27
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Calcium homeostasis disorders
What are the causes of primary hy...,
What are the causes of secondary ...,
What are the symptoms of hypersec...
18
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Corticosteroid dysfunction
What are the causes of primary hy...,
What are the causes of secondary ...,
What are the clincial symptoms of...
14
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Clinical corticosteroid use
What conditions are corticosteroi...,
How are corticosteroids used as a...,
In what condition are glucocortic...
21
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Hypothalamic/pituitary axis dysfunction
What are the uses of growth hormo...,
What are the uses of somatostatin 2,
What are the main characteristics...
18
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