MBCHB3: Blood, Immunity and Infection

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Lecture 1: The blood and bone marrow
What is cytopeania,
What is pancytopaenia,
What are the 8 main lineages of c...
23  cards
Lecture 2: Red cells, haemoglobin and anaemia
Describe the appearance of rbc,
Describe the function of rbc shape,
What determines rbc shape flexibi...
18  cards
Lecture 3: Innate immunity and antigen presentation
What are the immune defences broadly,
Where are neutrophils found,
Describe phagocytosis
19  cards
Lecture 4: White blood cells
What is thrombocytopaenia,
What are the phagocytes,
Write some notes on neutrophils
29  cards
Lecture 5: Clinical approach to patient with anaemia
Define anaemia,
What is a heamacrit,
How is anaemia classified
31  cards
Lecture 6: Blood Group Serology
Describe the genetic controls of ...,
Whats the functional aspect of th...,
What is the mcleod phenotype
22  cards
Lecture 7: Blood products
What are blood products,
What are the plasma derivatives w...,
Whats required of donors in nz
12  cards
Lecture 8: Practical aspects of transfusions
What are the aims of pretransfusi...,
What are the sources of transfusi...,
Describe the process for transfus...
22  cards
Lecture 9: Immune activation, helper cells and regulation
Write some notes on antigen trans...,
What are the properties of hla ex...,
What are the properties of hla en...
26  cards
Lecture 10: Platelets in health and disease
What is the function of platelets,
What are platelets derrived from,
Write some notes on megakaryocytes
26  cards
Lecture 11: Malignant blood disorders
What are the two broad categories...,
What happens in leukemia,
What chromosome is involved in ch...
18  cards
Lecture 12: Physiology of coagulation
What is coagulation a balance bet...,
What things come to mind in the c...,
What is physiological heamostasis
33  cards
Lecture 13: Coagulation disorders
What are the laboratory tests for...,
What pathways do the various lab ...,
What factors does the aptt assess
40  cards
Lecture 14: Thrombotic disorders
Describe virchows triad for arter...,
What can cause vascular injury,
What causes stasis
27  cards
Lecture 15: B lymphocytes and antibodies
What are the four cytokine proper...,
What are the affects of interfero...,
What are the innate cytokines int...
25  cards
Lecture 16: Skin and soft tissue infection
What are the signs and symptoms o...,
Relate depth of infection to skin...,
What organisms cause ssti
26  cards
Lecture 17: Septic arthritis and rheumatic fever
What are the differential diagnos...,
What microbio lab tests would we ...,
Whats the role of m proteins in g...
19  cards
Lecture 18: Osteomyelitis
What is osteomyelitis,
What are some common symptoms of ...,
What are the likely bugs for pros...
30  cards
Lecture 19: Fever and Cough, Upper resp. tract infection
What are the types of upper resp ...,
What are the common causes of res...,
What might a sore throat be indic...
13  cards
Lecture 20: Lower resp. tract infection; Pneumonia
What is the most common serious b...,
Pneumonia is hard to distinguish ...,
What symptoms are seen in pneumon...
17  cards
Lecture 21: Infective endocarditis
What are indications for endocard...,
What are the signs and symptoms o...,
Describe endocarditis pathogenesis
21  cards
Lecture 22: Cell mediated immunity and lymphocyte ontogeny
Whats the significance of serum a...,
In b chronic lymphocytic leukemia...,
In non hla matched transplants wh...
15  cards
Lecture 23: Diarrhoea and acute GI illness
Define gastroenteritis diarrhoea ...,
Write some brief notes on anatomy...,
Describe the innate immunity feat...
35  cards
Lecture 24: Peritonitis
Define primary spontaneous perito...,
When it comes to peritonitis what...,
Write some notes on the diaphragm...
13  cards
Lecture 26: Lymphadenopathy and HIV infection
What are the causes of lymphadeno...,
How do you investigate lymphadeno...,
What test should you perform on a...
16  cards
Lecture 27: Hypersensitivity and autoimmunity
How can hypersensitivity be class...,
Describe the concentration of ige...,
Describe why ige is heavily invol...
27  cards
Lecture 28: Hypersensitivity part 2
Why is understanding immunology i...,
What are the layers of the skin,
What are the structures of the ep...
24  cards
Lecture 29: Infection and immunity
What factors affect infection and...,
What are the lymphocyte effector ...,
What are the lymphocyte regulator...
24  cards
Lecture 30: AIDS and Headache
Is meningitis a concern in a pati...,
What are some possible causes of ...,
What are common causes of dysphag...
23  cards
Lecture 31: Immunisation
What are the various methods that...,
How are vaccines classified,
What is meant by inactive subunit...
23  cards
Lecture 32: Fever and Rash
What are the two main fever rash ...,
6 m o child comes in with fever h...,
What hx details do you look for i...
22  cards
Lecture 33: Immunodeficiency etc
What are the ways immunodeficienc...,
Write some notes on congenital pr...,
Write some notes on acquired or s...
17  cards
Lecture 34: Fever and Headache
In meningitis explain where the i...,
What are the most common causes o...,
What are the symptoms of inflamma...
17  cards
Lecture 35: Fever in travellers
What are some common infections o...,
What are some common infections o...,
What are some common infections f...
27  cards
Lecture 36: Febrile neutropeania
What might be observed on a bone ...,
What does chemotherapy do in acut...,
What is febrile neutropeania in o...
11  cards
Lecture 37: Urinary tract infection
When a patient presents with issu...,
What causes urethritis,
What causes cystitis
18  cards
Lecture 38: Urethritis?
0  cards
Lecture 39: Genital ulcers and lesions
Insert slide one picture of the t...,
How does herpes simplex infection...,
What is used to treat syphilis
21  cards
Lecture 40: Hospital acquired infections
What can happen in systemic infec...,
What are the potential surgical s...,
What are some hospital acquired i...
17  cards
Lecture 41: Viral Heptatitis
What sort of features of presenta...,
What can lead to hepatitis,
Describe the nature of different ...
25  cards
Filling in the blanks
What is the most likely causes of...,
How is endocarditis diagnosed,
What is the treatment for endocar...
21  cards

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