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Acid Base
How do hospital laboratories repo...,
List the units for h concentration,
What is the relationship between ...
55  cards
The Role of the Lungs and the Kidneys in Acid Base
What is short term control of h a...,
How is co2 carried in plasma,
What is h buffered by
32  cards
Acid Base Disturbances
Why is expressing h as blood h be...,
What is alkalaemia,
What is acidaemia
73  cards
Respiratory Gas Exchange
What are the units of gas pressure,
Describe daltons law,
Equation of daltons law
27  cards
Mechanisms and Regulation of Breathing
What are the pressures at the end...,
What is elastic recoil,
What happens as you breathe out
38  cards
Pathology of parenchymal lung disease
Examples of mechanical defence me...,
Examples of immunological defence...,
Describe the gas exchange surface
46  cards
Antimicrobials 1
What is an antibiotic,
What occurred during the 19th cen...,
What did paul ehrlich achieve in ...
51  cards
Antimicrobials 2
What does prophylaxis mean in cli...,
What is clinical resistance treat...,
What are the types of resistance
24  cards
Pathology of Lung Cancer
Describe the epidemiology of lung...,
Why are there less improvements i...,
What are the causes of lung cancer
34  cards
Management of Lung Cancer
How many lung cancer patients wil...,
What are the risk factors for lun...,
Describe the casual link between ...
31  cards
Gas Exchange in the Lung
What is met,
What happens when blood has passe...,
Describe the structure of haemogl...
20  cards
Clinical Gas Exchange
What is respiratory failure,
What is ventilatory failure,
Why do patients become hypoxic
22  cards
Clinical Blood Gases
Why do we measure blood gases,
How do we quantify oxygen carriage,
How is haemoglobin saturation mea...
29  cards
Pathology of pulmonary airways disease
What are the host defences,
Describe the organisation of the ...,
Describe acute bronchitis
31  cards
Physiology and function in obstructive lung disease
What is an obstructive disorder,
Examples of obstructive lung dise...,
What are the factors affecting ai...
26  cards
Physiology and function in restrictive lung disorders
What is a restrictive disorder,
What can cause lung restriction,
What are the 5 examples of extra ...
28  cards
Drugs affecting the respiratory system
Overview of the respiratory system,
What is asthma,
What are the symptoms of asthma
44  cards
Virology
Describe the electron micrograph ...,
What is viral antigen detection,
Describe the hbv test
22  cards
PathCAL Lung Cancer Types
From which part of the respirator...,
What are the most common types of...,
By what structures are the tumour...
30  cards
PathCAL Lung Cancer diagnosis
How can x rays be used in investi...,
What other radiological scans are...,
What tests do we do to get a defi...
24  cards
PathCAL Lung Cancer Spread
How does a tumour which arises in...,
What are the signs and symptoms p...,
What occurs in the distal lung ti...
32  cards
PathCAL Lung Cancer Management
What would we call excision of an...,
What do we measure from a non sma...,
What are the principle main lines...
16  cards
Respiratory Drugs Examples
Beta adrenoreceptor agonists,
Anticholinergic drugs,
Theophylline
6  cards
Respiratory Drugs Indications
Beta adrenoreceptor agonists,
Anticholinergic,
Theophylline
7  cards
Respiratory Drugs Actions
Beta adrenoreceptor agonists,
Anticholinergic,
Theophylline
6  cards
Antibiotics
Beta lactams,
Glycopeptides,
Aminoglycosides
9  cards
Applied Physiology
Where are the areas of main resis...,
Compare the larynx trachea with t...,
How is airflow measured in health...
30  cards
ABG and Respiratory Failure
Who needs a blood gas,
How to measure abg,
What does a blood gas measure
21  cards
Pulmonary Embolism
Clinical manifestations of venous...,
Incidence of vte,
Pathogenesis of pe
20  cards
Asthma
Why is asthma important,
Factors that predispose asthma no...,
Why do people develop asthma
40  cards
COPD
Definition of copd,
Why is copd underrecognized,
Prevalence of copd
48  cards
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Histological appearance,
Pulmonary symptoms of cap,
Extrapulmonary symptoms of cap
32  cards
Bronchiectasis
What is bronchiectasis,
Prevalence of bronchiectasis,
Underlying causes of bronchiectasis
22  cards
Pulmonary TB
Epidemiology of tb,
Risk factors for tb,
Differences in tb infection based...
27  cards
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer statistics,
Differentials for lung cancer,
Common causes of pulmonary metast...
25  cards
X Ray Presentations
Copd,
Bronchiectasis,
Ild
6  cards
Pneumothorax
Describe the pleural space,
The clinical importance of the pl...,
Risk factors for primary spontane...
16  cards
Pleural Space
The clinical importance of the pl...,
What can accumulate in the pleura...,
Physiology of pleural fluid accum...
20  cards
Malignant Pleural Effusion
History in malignant pleural effu...,
Examination in malignant pleural ...,
Investigations in malignant pleur...
7  cards
Interstitial Lung Disease
What is the interstitium,
What is ild,
Classification of ilds
48  cards
Viral Infection
What is acute bronchitis,
Presentation of acute bronchitis,
Investigations of acute bronchitis
7  cards

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