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Decks in this class (30)

1. Liver Structure, Function and Dysfunction
What things can cause damage to t...,
How heavy is the average liver,
How regenerative are hepatocytes
34  cards
2. Liver Failure
What is the most common cause of ...,
Give a cause of pre hepatic hyper...,
Give a cause of non cirrhosis hep...
41  cards
3. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
What inflammatory cell is always ...,
What viruses cause hepatitis,
What are the signs of acute hepat...
19  cards
4. Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
What are the causes of macrovesic...,
What does microvesicular steatosi...,
What are the causes of microvesic...
30  cards
5. Viral Hepatitis
How is hepatitis a contracted,
How long is the incubation for he...,
What are the risk factors for con...
39  cards
6. Gastroenterology: a symptoms based approach
What should be asked about abdomi...,
Define diarrhoea,
What is the difference between ac...
43  cards
7. Anaerobes and Peritonitis
What infection is associated with...,
What features of an infection sug...,
Why is particularly important to ...
36  cards
8. Gram Negative Bacilli
Which gram negative bacilli are l...,
What ecoli serotypes are associat...,
What intra abdominal infections c...
27  cards
9. a. Salmonella
What are the virulence factors of...,
How is salmonella spread,
In typhoidal salmonella what even...
25  cards
9. b. Shigella
What is the gram stain of shigella,
What species of shigella is found...,
What species of shigella is found...
15  cards
9. c. Helicobacter
What is the gram stain of helicob...,
What are helicobacters virulence ...,
What is the benefit of urease
9  cards
10. Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract
What are the primary benign liver...,
What are the primary malignant li...,
What are the most common secondar...
34  cards
11. Gallstones and Pancreatitis
What are gallstones made from,
What imaging is used to see galls...,
What is cholelithiasis
40  cards
12. Gallstones and Surgical Jaundice
What medication increases the ris...,
What complications are associated...,
What is the name given to gallbla...
16  cards
13. Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Carcinoma
What are the causes of pancreatic...,
What drugs can injure the pancreas,
What are the symptoms of acute pa...
27  cards
14. Chronic Liver Disease
Which blood tests show damage to ...,
Does ast or alt have a longer hal...,
What tissues is ast released from
24  cards
15. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
What can be seen on liver biopsy ...,
What can be seen clinically if a ...,
What imaging can be used in cirrh...
13  cards
16. Upper GI
What kind of epithelium is found ...,
What are the layers of the oesoph...,
Name a developmental disorder of ...
60  cards
17. Upper GI Pharmacology
Which cells release pepsinogen,
What is mucous production stimula...,
What cells produce gastrin
43  cards
18. Small Bowel Disease
What are 3 forms of congenital sm...,
What is meckels diverticulum,
What is the difference between at...
28  cards
19. Food Poisoning
What questions should be asked wh...,
What investigations can be done i...,
Which pathogens produce toxins wh...
29  cards
20. Large Bowel Disease
Where is the plexus of meissner l...,
Where is the plexus of auerback l...,
What is hirschsprungs disease
45  cards
21. Large Bowel Tumours
What is a polyp,
What are the types of non neoplas...,
What are hyperplastic polyps
36  cards
22. GI Viruses
How many types of poliovirus are ...,
Which type of poliovirus is most ...,
Why is poliovirus considered a ca...
23  cards
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease and GI Bleeding
What are the causes of peptic ulc...,
What drug should be given to diab...,
What is the difference between ga...
18  cards
24. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
What are the clinical features of uc,
What are the true love and witt c...,
What are the components of the tr...
16  cards
25. Lower GI Pharmacology
What drugs are used in the treatm...,
When are aminosalicylates indicated,
How do aminosalicylates work
27  cards
26. GIT Anaemia
Define anaemia in women,
Define anaemia in men,
Where is iron absorbed from
21  cards
27. Acute Abdomen
What is an acute abdomen,
What are the inflammatory causes ...,
What are the obstructive causes o...
28  cards
28. Colorectal Cancer and Diverticular Disease
What are the macroscopic types of...,
What are the specific symptoms of...,
What symptoms are specific to rig...
19  cards

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