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Clinically Relevant Anatomy of the Urinary Tract
What comprises the upper urinary ...,
What comprises the lower urinary ...,
Which parts of the urinary tract ...
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Clinically Relevant Anatomy of the Lower Urinary Tract Involving the Male Reproductive Tract
The pelvic cavity can be split in...,
Why is the false pelvis false,
Where is the division between the...
47
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Imaging Renal and Urological Diseases
What causes renal colic,
Which conditions may simulate ren...,
Which investigation is done if ei...
48
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Physiology - Body Fluid Compartments and Challenges to Homeostasis
What is osmolarity,
How is osmolarity calculated,
Body fluids have an osmolarity of...
19
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Physiology - The Kidneys: Structure and Function
Which two types of things do kind...,
Which two hoprmones can the kidne...,
What is the primary fucntion of t...
21
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Physiology - Glomerular Filtration and Renal Blood Flow
What are the 3 filtration barriers,
Why do large plasma proteins avoi...,
Filtration is a ________ process
25
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Clinically Relevant Anatomy of Urinary Continence and Renal System Pain
How many different modalities of ...,
What are the different types of s...,
What are the different types of m...
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Physiology - The Proximal Tubule and the Loop of Henle
Where does the vast majority of r...,
Roughly how much fluid per minute...,
How does osmolarity change within...
42
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Presentation of Kidney Disease Overview: Nephrotic Vs Nephritic Syndrome
Which common antibiotics can affe...,
Which two investigations are extr...,
In terms of blood pressure kidney...
18
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Chronic Kidney Disease
How can,
What is egfr based upon,
How many stages of ckd exist
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*Glomerulonephritis
What comprises the renal parenchyma,
What is the most common cause of ...,
What is glomerulonephritis
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Biochemical Measurements in Renal Disease
What characteristics make for an ...,
Why,
Creatinine is a product of what
21
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Acute Kidney Injury
How can acute kidney injury be de...,
How can acute kidney injury be st...,
What are the main risk factors fo...
30
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Inherited Disorders of the Kidney
Most commonly polycystsic disease...,
Which gene is most commonly affec...,
What does polyscystic kidney dise...
49
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Physiology - Endocrine Control of Body Fluid Volume and Composition
The tubular fluid leaving the asc...,
Where does the collecting duct or...,
Hormones such as vasopressin affc...
42
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Physiology - Acid-Base Balance I: Renal Mechanism Involved in Regulation and [H+] in the Plasma
An acidosis is defined as a blood...,
An alkalosis is defined as a bloo...,
Why is venous blood more acidic t...
18
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IV Fluid Therapy
Which type of solution is best to...,
Which type of crystalloid is best...,
What is the problem with using ex...
19
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Pathology: Renal and Urology 1
What is pyelonephritis,
In which two ways can pyelonephri...,
Which type of distribution is ass...
26
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Urological Emergencies
What does acute urinary retention...,
How does acute urinary retention ...,
How
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Dialysis
What does dialysis involve,
Why is sodium present in the dial...,
What is adsorption
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*Renal Transplantation
What level of gfr can be achieved...,
What are the different types of t...,
There is no survival benefit for ...
15
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Pathology: Renal and Urology 2
What is the term given to congeni...,
Which condition can occur,
Simple cysts within the kidneys a...
42
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Haematuria
Haematospermia is a relatively co...,
How is haematuria classified,
How can non visible haematuria be...
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*Prostate Cancer
What are the different zones and ...
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Bladder Cancer
How does bladder cancer classical...,
If a patient presents with frank ...,
Which type of epithelium lines th...
18
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Bladder Outflow Obstruction
Where may problems arise to cause...,
Where may problems arise to cause...,
What are the main symptoms associ...
18
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Urological Malignancy
How can benign renal cysts be imaged,
Which symptoms are caused by beni...,
What is an angiomyolipoma
39
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Urinary Incontinence
What is urinary incontinence,
Incontience is more common in whc...,
Why is incontinence
21
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Pathology: Male Genital Tract
Most squamous carcinoma of the sk...,
Which type of men are most at ris...,
Which aetiological factors predis...
40
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Physiology - Acid-Base Balance II: Whole Body Acid-Base Balance
How can a normal acid base blanac...,
What is the difference between co...,
What is the first line of defence...
26
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Drugs Acting on the Kidney 1
What are diuretic drugs,
Why does oedema develop,
Which forces
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The Kidneys in Systemic Disease
What is the most common cause of ...,
What is usually the first sign of...,
Why does renal hypertrophy occur ...
43
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Pathology 4: Summary From Tutorial 1
Which lesion is almost pathognomonic,
How can diabetic nephropathy dama...,
Renal paillary necrosis is often ...
28
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Drugs Acting on the Kidney 2
Give an example of an osmotic diu...,
Which properties of osmotic diure...,
How do osmotic diuretics affect e...
33
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Microbiology of UTIs
What is a uti,
What does the lower urinary tract...,
What does upper urinary tract con...
32
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Pathology 5: Summary from Tutorial 2
What are the main causes of renal...,
What happens to the necrosed papi...,
What is the most common type of n...
38
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Adverse Drug Reactions
Drugs with a therapeutic index le...,
What are the two phases of drug m...,
Which phase of drug metabolism is...
26
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