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Respiratory - Interstitial lung disease
What is interstitial lung disease,
What are the common clinical feat...,
What do lung function tests typic...
54
cards
Ophthalmology - Drugs and the eye in systemic disease
What classification system is use...,
What granulomatous disorders can ...,
What systemic inflammatory condit...
14
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Respiratory - Occupational lung disease
What are environmental and occupa...,
What is pneumoconiosis,
Why is particle size an important...
31
cards
Respiratory - Pneumonia and lung abscesses
What is pneumonia what are the cl...,
What are the typical examination ...,
What is the most common cause of ...
56
cards
Respiratory - COPD
What is copd,
What is emphysema,
What is chronic bronchitis
25
cards
Respiratory - Bronchiectasis
What is bronchiectasis,
What is the pathogenesis of bronc...,
What bacteria typically causes in...
27
cards
Respiratory - Asthma
What is asthma,
What is the underlying pathophysi...,
What are the clinical features of...
18
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Respiratory - Respiratory failure
What is respiratory failure what ...,
What is the a a gradient,
What is a normal a a gradient
23
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Respiratory - Pleural effusion & pneumothorax
What is a pleural effusion,
What is the pathogenesis of pleur...,
What are the clinical features of...
25
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Respiratory - Pulmonary vascular disease & eosinophilia
What is a pe,
What factors predispose to pe,
What are the morphological featur...
57
cards
Respiratory - TB
What bacterium causes tb,
What is the mode of infection of tb,
What factors predispose to tb inf...
24
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Respiratory - Examination
What examination findings are con...,
A patient presents with reduced r...,
What are the examination features...
5
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Respiratory - Lung cancer
How common are benign lung tumours,
What are bronchogenic carcinomas,
What aetiological factors predisp...
27
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Respiratory - Imaging
What is the appearance of cardiom...,
What are the causes of cardiomegaly,
How does pulmonary oedema appear ...
36
cards
Geriatrics - Delirium
What is the definition of delirium,
What are the key diagnostic crite...,
How can disturbances of conscious...
29
cards
Geriatrics - Dementia
What is the definition of dementia,
What are the diagnostic criteria ...,
What is mild cognitive impairment
40
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Geriatrics - Falls
What are some key epidemiological...,
Outline an approach to assess a p...,
What adverse outcomes are associa...
15
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Geriatrics - Frailty and immobility
What is frailty,
Outline the pathophysiology of fr...,
How is the brain affected by agei...
15
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Geriatrics - Continence
In which group of patients is uri...,
How does the prevalence of urinar...,
How does the prevalence of urinar...
47
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Geriatrics - Stroke
What are the three main mechanism...,
What two mechanisms can derive th...,
What can cause global ischaemia
58
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Geriatrics - Prescribing in older people
What is the definition of inappro...,
Why is inappropriate prescribing ...,
What happens to pharmacodynamics ...
67
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Geriatrics - The law and older people
What is mental capacity,
What are the 5 principles of the ...,
What are the 4 aspects of capacit...
16
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Geriatrics - Assessments in elderly medicine & Rehabilitation
What are pressure ulcers,
Identify some risk factors for pr...,
How should a risk assessment be c...
22
cards
Cardiology - Pericardial disease
What is pericarditis,
What is the aetiology of acute pe...,
Name the 4 main types of acute pe...
23
cards
Cardiology - ECG basics
What is the basis of the ecg how ...,
Does the heart depolarise uniformly,
Describe the sequence of depolari...
29
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Cardiology - ECG abnormalities
What causes changes to the shape ...,
What effect does it have on the ecg,
What is the effect of left atrial...
52
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Cardiology - Arrhythmias
What are the features of left bun...,
Name some causes of lbbb,
What is the characteristic ecg ab...
52
cards
Cardiology - Atherosclerosis and haemodynamic disorders
What is arteriosclerosis,
What is atherosclerosis,
Name some risk factors associated...
58
cards
Cardiology - Ischaemic heart disease
What is ischaemic heart disease ihd,
What causes ihd what else can cau...,
What are the clinical presentatio...
86
cards
Cardiology - Dyslipidaemia
What is hyperlipidaemia,
What are lipoproteins,
What are the main blood lipoproteins
19
cards
Cardiology - Blood vessels, aneurysms, veins, lymphatics, tumours
What is an aneurysm,
What patients are most commonly a...,
What is the pathogenesis of aaa
106
cards
Cardiology - Endocardial disease
What is valvular stenosis,
What is valvular insufficiency or...,
What is functional regurgitation
66
cards
Cardiology - Myocardial disease
What is brown atrophy,
What is cloudy swelling,
Fatty infiltration
38
cards
Cardiology - Hypertension
What is hypertension,
What causes hypertension,
Give some causes of secondary hyp...
37
cards
Cardiology - Heart failure
What is heart failure,
What is the incidence and prognos...,
List some of the causes of heart ...
56
cards
Cardiology - Congenital heart disease
What is the definition of congeni...,
How is congenital heart disease c...,
How common are ventricular septal...
28
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Cardiology - Examination & presenting problems
How should the patient be positio...,
What is the character of the puls...,
What the quality of the apex beat...
20
cards
Endocrinology - Overview of hormones
What are hormones,
How are protein and peptide hormo...,
What a steroid hormones synthesis...
16
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Endocrinology - Pituitary and Hypothalamus
Where is the hypothalamus located,
What structures form the hypothal...,
What connects the hypothalamus wi...
67
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Endocrinology - Thyroid
At what vertebral level is the th...,
Describe the structure of the thy...,
What structure encloses the thyro...
92
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Endocrinology - Adrenals
What are the three zones of the a...,
What are structure are the adrena...,
What is the basis of the speciali...
73
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Endocrinology - Parathyroids
How is calcium transported in the...,
Where is parathyroid hormone secr...,
What controls secretion of pth
36
cards
Endocrinology - Reproductive Endocrinology
What is the default pattern of ge...,
Describe the first level of sexua...,
What is the next level of sexual ...
65
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Endocrinology - Endocrine emergencies
What is myxoedema coma,
What are the signs and symptoms o...,
What features should be examined ...
14
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Endocrinology - Examination
What should be noted on general i...,
What features in the hands should...,
What should be examined after the...
6
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Diabetes - Examination
What general observations should ...,
What should be examined for in th...,
After hands what is examined next...
11
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Diabetes - Functional anatomy, physiology and investigations
What hormones maintain blood gluc...,
How does insulin affect fat metab...,
What is the pathology of type 1 d...
20
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Diabetes - Presenting problems
In a patient with newly discovere...,
How is the diagnosis of diabetes ...,
What is stress hyperglycaemia
48
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Diabetes - Management
How many newly diagnosed diabetic...,
How should diet composition be ch...,
In what groups of diabetic patien...
37
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Diabetes - Long term complications
What is the most common cause of ...,
What is diabetic microangiopathy,
How can diabetic complications be...
43
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Ophthalmology - Refractive errors
What are refractive errors,
What is myopia,
What are the complications of myopia
18
cards
Ophthalmology - Eyelids, Orbit and Lacrimal System
What is a stye,
What is hordeolum internum how is...,
What is blepharitis
39
cards
Ophthalmology - Red eye
What are the features of bacteria...,
What should recurrent conjunctivi...,
How does infective adenoviral ker...
51
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Ophthalmology - Pupils
What is the pathway responsible f...,
How do defects in the afferent pa...,
What causes afferent pupillary de...
14
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Ophthalmology - Glaucoma
How do patients with acute angle ...,
What patients are at an increased...,
What is the pathology of acute an...
32
cards
Ophthalmology - General medical disorders and the eye
What signs are associated with lo...,
What findings are associated with...,
How common is thyroid eye disease
17
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Ophthalmology - Acute visual disturbance
What differentials should be cons...,
What is the pathogenesis of retin...,
What is the clinical presentation...
44
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Ophthalmology - Gradual visual disturbance
Outline some causes of gradual vi...,
How should refractive errors be i...,
How can corneal disease cause gra...
71
cards
Ophthalmology - Squint and Neuro-ophthalmology
What is a squint,
Why is a squint important,
What features in the history are ...
76
cards
Oncology - Breast cancer
What causes acute inflammation of...,
How is mastitis managed,
What causes chronic mastitis
39
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Oncology - Bowel cancer
What colon polyps are non neoplastic,
What conditions are juvenile poly...,
What are neoplastic polyps
39
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Oncology - Treatment of cancer
What is radiotherapy,
What acute and late effects can o...,
What are the types of radiotherapy
64
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Oncology - Paraneoplastic complications
What are paraneoplastic syndromes,
What is the pathogenesis of paran...,
What is the most common form of a...
18
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Oncology - Oncological emergencies and metastatic disease
How common is spinal cord compres...,
What is the earliest feature of s...,
What are the features of spinal c...
27
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Oncology - Palliative care
How should hiccups be managed in ...,
How is agitation and confusion in...,
How should opiates be started for...
25
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Oncology - Cancer screening and tumour markers
What is the aim of cancer screening,
What cancers are part of the nati...,
What is the aim of the cervical s...
15
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Oncology - Haematological malignancies
What is leukaemia,
What is the aetiology of leukaemia,
What factors are associated with ...
63
cards
Dermatology - Clinical skills
What are the 4 aspects of skin ex...,
What are the key features of insp...,
What does a generalised lesion mean
41
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Dermatology - Background knowledge
Outline the structure of the skin...,
What are the 4 cell types found i...,
What are the 4 layers of the epid...
15
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Dermatology - Emergency dermatology
What causes urtiacaria angioedema...,
What is the pathogenesis of urtic...,
How does urticaria present
20
cards
Dermatology - Skin infections/ infestations
What is erysipelis and cellulitis,
What causes erysipelis and cellul...,
How does cellulitis present
68
cards
Dermatology - Skin cancer
What is basal cell carcinoma how ...,
What is the cause of bcc,
What are the management options f...
12
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Dermatology - Inflammatory skin conditions
What is eczema,
What causes eczema,
How does eczema present
18
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Dermatology - Blistering disorders
What are the different categories...,
What determines the fragility of ...,
Name some common causes of bliste...
15
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Dermatology - Presenting problems
What are the three types of leg u...,
What is the history associated wi...,
What are the key clinical feature...
51
cards
Dermatology - Management
What are emollients,
What are the side effects of emol...,
Give some examples of topic corti...
10
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Dermatology - Skin and systemic diseases
What is erythema nodosum and what...,
What is erythema multiforme,
What drugs are associated with er...
15
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GUM - Examination
What observations should be made ...,
After observation what comes next,
What features of the penile skin ...
8
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GUM - Presenting problems in men
What is the most common cause of ...,
How can the symptoms of urethral ...,
How should urethral discharge be ...
9
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GUM - Presenting problems in women
What features distinguish infecti...,
What is the most common cause of ...,
What infections cause vaginal dis...
8
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GUM - Bacterial STIs
What is lgv how is it treated,
Other than lgv what other stis ca...,
What causes gonorrhoea what is th...
39
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GUM - Viral STIs
What is herpes simplex virus,
What symptoms does hsv cause,
How is hsv infection managed
30
cards
GUM - Parasites/ Infestations
What is trichomonas vaginalis,
What are the features of trichomo...,
How is tv investigated
12
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GUM - Non STIs
What factors predispose to vagina...,
What are the features of vaginal ...,
How is vaginal candidiasis invest...
11
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GUM - HIV
What is the difference between hi...,
What is the structure of the hiv ...,
The hiv genome is complex it cont...
25
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GUM - Presenting problems in HIV infection
What can lymphadenopathy in a hiv...,
What should be excluded before a ...,
How should fever in a hiv patient...
22
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GUM - Management of HIV
How can opportunistic infections ...,
How is hiv infection treated,
When should haart be started
20
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GUM - Contraception
What are the barrier methods of c...,
What are daily methods of contrac...,
What are larcs
17
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Gastroenterology - Presenting problems
What is dysphagia,
What neuromuscular conditions cau...,
What oral conditions cause dysphagia
83
cards
Gastroenterology - Nutritional disorders
How is body weight normally maint...,
Which patients are at risk of vit...,
How should a patients nutritional...
48
cards
Gastroenterology - Diseases of the mouth and salivary glands
Describe how herpes simplex virus...,
Why does herpes labialis reccur,
Define herpangina
24
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Gastroenterology - Diseases of the oesophagus
What are the symptoms of oesophag...,
How is dysphagia best investigated,
What does odynophagia suggest
44
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Gastroenterology - Diseases of the stomach and duodenum
What is congenital pyloric stenosis,
What are the clinical findings of...,
What is gastroparesis
47
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Gastroenterology - Diseases of the small intestine
What is the main function of the ...,
What are the presenting symptoms ...,
What disorders of the small intes...
89
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Gastroenterology - Diseases of the pancreas
What are the different types of p...,
What is the prognosis in acute pa...,
Name some causes of acute pancrea...
35
cards
Gastroenterology - Inflammatory bowel disease
What is inflammatory bowel disease,
What is the aetiology of ibd,
What is the role of the host immu...
26
cards
Gastroenterology - IBS
What is ibs,
How common is ibs,
What are the clinical features of...
8
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Gastroenterology - Ischaemic gut injury
What areas of the bowel are suppl...,
What areas of bowel are supplied ...,
What types of infarction can affe...
13
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Gastroenterology - Disorders of the colon and rectum
What is the main function of the ...,
What is constipation,
What is functional constipation
54
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Gastroenterology - Diseases of the peritoneal cavity
How does endometriosis affect the...,
What conditions cause peritonitis...,
What tumours affect the peritoneum
3
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Hepatology - Investigations in liver disease
What tests best reflect synthetic...,
What is bilirubin what causes a r...,
What are the aminotransaminases w...
8
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Hepatology - Presenting problems in liver disease
What is acute liver failure,
How should acute liver failure be...,
How is acute liver failure classi...
27
cards
Hepatology - Cirrhosis
What is cirrhosis,
What causes cirrhosis,
What are the clinical features of...
12
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Hepatology - Portal hypertension
What is portal hypertension,
What veins form the hepatic porta...,
What are the main sites of obstru...
20
cards
Hepatology - Infections and the liver
When should viral hepatitis be co...,
What are the clinical features of...,
What is chronic hepatitis
52
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Hepatology - Alcoholic liver disease
In what group of patients is alco...,
What level of alcohol consumption...,
What are the risk factors for alc...
13
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Hepatology - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
What is the definition of non alc...,
What are the risk factors associa...,
What is the aetiology of nafld
7
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Hepatology - Autoimmune liver diseases
What is the definition of autoimm...,
What is the epidemiology of autoi...,
What is the aetiology of autoimmu...
23
cards
Hepatology - Liver tumours
What are the most common types of...,
What is the aetiology of hepatoce...,
What are the clinical features as...
8
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Hepatology - Drugs and the liver
Are lfts a reliable measure of he...,
What is the child pugh score,
What drugs are commonly associate...
16
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Hepatology - Inherited liver diseases
What is the definition of haemoch...,
What is the definition of heredit...,
What is the epidemiology of hhc
30
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Hepatology - Vascular liver diseases
What causes hepatic arterial disease,
What causes portal venous thrombo...,
What is hepatopulmonary syndrome
11
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Hepatology - Pregnancy and the liver
What is acute cholestasis of preg...,
What is the most common cause of ...,
What is acute fatty liver of preg...
5
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Hepatology - Liver transplantation
What are the most common sources ...,
What are the indications for live...,
How should patients be assessed f...
18
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Hepatology - Cholestasis and biliary diseases
What is cholestasis what conditio...,
What is the most common type of c...,
What features of the history are ...
20
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Ophthalmology - Assessment and history taking
What are the important features o...,
What is the examination routine f...,
How should one examine colour vision
8
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Renal - Presenting problems in renal and urinary disease
What is dysuria,
Differential diagnosis of loin pain,
What is oliguria and anuria
25
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Renal - Investigating renal disease
Estimating gfr using serum urea a...,
What is the clearance method for ...,
Use of creatinine clearance
15
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Renal - Drugs and the kidney
What are the 3 stages of aki,
Nephrotoxic drugs that can precip...,
Nephrotoxic pathological states
22
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Renal - Glomerular disease
Features of glomerular disease,
Primary vs secondary glomerular d...,
Pathological classification of gl...
31
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Renal - Nephrotic syndrome
What is nephrotic syndrome,
Causes of proteinuria,
Name some congenital causes of ne...
14
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Renal - Tubulointerstitial diseases
What are tubulointerstitial diseases,
Acute interstitial nephritis,
Causes of acute interstitial neph...
19
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Renal - AKI
What is aki,
What are the risk factors for aki,
What criteria can be used to defi...
22
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Renal - CKD
What is ckd,
Cause of death in ckd,
Changes in renal function with age
30
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Renal - Hypertension and renal vascular disease
Definition of hypertension,
Causes of secondary hypertension,
Renal artery stenosis causing hyp...
33
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Renal - Dialysis
At what stage of ckd should patie...,
Haemodialysis,
Principle of dialysis
19
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Renal - Transplantation
What patients should be considere...,
Location of transplanted kidney,
Donor recipient matching
27
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Renal - Polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kid...,
Renal abnormalities in pkd,
Extra renal manifestations of pkd
13
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Renal - Electrolyte and acid base disturbances
What are disorders of sodium balance,
Causes of sodium depletion,
Clinical features of sodium deple...
69
cards
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