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4 Clinical Pharmacology and Intro to Prescribing

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1 Safe Prescribing and Medication Errors
What are the three types of probl...,
Describe two patient related prob...,
Describe three pharmaceutical pro...
9  cards
2 Clinical Trials
Identify the different stages in ...,
With reference to drug action wha...,
What is a clinical trial
41  cards
3 Pharmacokinetics
What is pharmacokinetics,
What is pharmacodynamics,
What is pharmacogenetics
38  cards
4 Pharmacodynamics, Drug Interactions and Toxicology
Identify 5 locations where drugs ...,
Identify 5 unconventional mechani...,
What is drug selectivity
24  cards
5 Hypertension and Heart Failure
How is hypertension defined,
What are the different types of h...,
What is the best practice for mea...
39  cards
6 Diuretics and Renal Pharmacology
Identify four endocrine secretion...,
Which substances does the kidney ...,
What are the seven different type...
40  cards
7 Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacogenetics
Approximately what of hospital ad...,
What do we class as serious adrs,
How are adrs classified
10  cards
8 Sex Hormones
What are the major effects of oes...,
What are the actions and side eff...,
What are the actions and side eff...
25  cards
9 Hyperlipidaemias
What cvd risk reduction is there ...,
How do statins work to reduce cho...,
Apart from cholesterol reduction ...
21  cards
CPT Drugs
Give the names of 2 ace inhibitors,
Explain why a patient may get a d...,
What are some of the contraindica...
57  cards
10 Diabetes- Insulins and Oral Hypoglycaemic agent
What is insulin secreted in respo...,
Why does insulin need to be given...,
How is human insulin produced
29  cards
11 and 12 POP SCI- need to do
What is a systematic review,
Identify the four steps involved ...,
What is a meta analysis
12  cards
13 Cardiac Arrhythmias
What is a cardiac arrhythmia,
Give some possible symptoms of ca...,
How can bradycardic cardiac arryt...
25  cards
14 Antiplatelets and Fibrinolytics
Differentiate between likely mech...,
Explain how prostacyclin pgi2 bin...,
Outline the process of platelet a...
23  cards
15 NSAIDs
What are prostanoids and what do ...,
In general terms how do nsaids work,
How is arachidonic acid synthesis...
23  cards
16 Opioids
Differentiate between nociception...,
How do we feel pain explain the p...,
We can modulate pain peripherally...
38  cards
17 Anaesthetics
How are anaesthetics administered iv,
What does the blood gas partition...,
What does the oil gas partition d...
20  cards
18 Respiratory Pharmacology
What is uncontrolled asthma defin...,
What 3 factors should we consider...,
Name 3 inhaled corticosteroids
27  cards
19 Immunosuppressants
How do corticosteroids eg prednis...,
What are the long term side effec...,
Name 4 systemic corticosteroids n...
26  cards
20 Chemotherapy
What is fractional dosing and why...,
Give 4 types of drugs that can be...,
How do antimetabolites work as ch...
11  cards
21 Anti-emetics, Anti-diarrhoeals and Laxatives
What is the difference between vo...,
How does vomiting occur,
Where is the chemoreceptor trigge...
3  cards
22 GI Pharmacology
List some of the medications that...,
The managment of gord involves a ...,
Give 2 examples of proton pump in...
9  cards
23 Antibiotics
0  cards
24 Anticoagulants
In what form are coagulation fact...,
Where are heparins produced natur...,
How do we acquire heparins for ph...
30  cards
25 Epilepsy
What are the 3 main types of epil...,
Outline the partial seizures type...,
Outline the generalised seizures ...
9  cards
26 Neuro Drugs (not including epilepsy)
What is parkinsons,
What are the causes of parkinsons,
Outline the pathology of parkinsons
7  cards
27 Review
Which antiviral to treat first pr...,
Cyp2d6 is required to get the act...,
What can be safely used to treat ...
10  cards

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