Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

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Decks in this class (27)

Drugs for psychiatric disorders
List the main classes of drugs fo...,
Name some selective serotonin reu...,
What are the indications for sele...
54  cards
Cardiovascular drugs 1
Describe the pathophysiology of a...,
What is fibrosis and loss of atri...,
List the risk factors of atrial f...
65  cards
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs
Describe the coagulation cascade,
Name some anticoagulants,
List the two types of heparin
52  cards
Cardiovascular drugs 2
How many adults does hypertension...,
What is hypertension a major risk...,
What happens for every 10mmhg red...
19  cards
Safe drug use
Define medication error,
Name some cytochrome p450 inducers,
Describe the speed of cytochrome ...
18  cards
Antibiotics
What percentage of hospital in pa...,
What proportion of the nhs drug b...,
What proportion of antibiotic use...
74  cards
Drug calculations
What is od,
What is bd,
What is tds tid
18  cards
Drugs in health and disease 2
What percentage of the population...,
What percentage of prescriptions ...,
How many times more common are dr...
61  cards
Evidence based vs alternative therapies
List the 4 tests of a new drug,
What is expected when assessing t...,
What is looked at when assessing ...
15  cards
Immunosuppressive and disease modifying drugs
List the drugs classed as immunos...,
Name some disease modifying anti ...,
What are corticosteroids used for
25  cards
Drug handling in pregnancy
When does teratogenicity of vitam...,
Describe the teratogenic effects ...,
Name a vitamin a derivative and s...
16  cards
The pharmacology of pain control
What is pain,
Describe acute pain,
Describe chronic pain
92  cards
Drug design and development
Briefly describe the drug develop...,
What does phase 1 assess,
What does phase 2 assess
27  cards
Drugs in health and disease 3
How are drugs prescribed in paedi...,
How are pharmacokinetics differen...,
What do benzodiazepines cause in ...
8  cards
The role of the sponsor and investigator in clinical trials / The setting up of a clinical trial
List the 5 rs after sir mene pang...,
What is a clinical trial,
What is the timescale of drug dev...
27  cards
Interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and patients + patient organisations
Why is it important for the pharm...,
What do patient organisations do,
What are expert patients
9  cards
Endocrinology
Describe how carbohydrates are me...,
What is insulin,
What is diabetes mellitus
57  cards
Cardiology 1 and 2
What is acute coronary syndrome,
What is diagnosis of acs based on,
What does an ecg with sustained s...
132  cards
GI
Describe the features of crohns d...,
Describe the features of ulcerati...,
How is ibd diagnosed
63  cards
Infectious disease 308
What are empirical antibiotics,
What are broad spectrum antibiotics,
What are de escalation antibiotics
33  cards
Prescribing for respiratory patients
Describe the mechanism of action ...,
Name 2 short acting beta 2 agonists,
How long is the onset of short ac...
56  cards
Pain management
Why should you not mix types of o...,
List some examples of nsaids,
List some examples of opioids
72  cards
Drugs in health and disease
Describe the lock and key mechani...,
What are the doses in the bnf,
What are unlicensed doses
10  cards
Decision making in therapeutics
What scoring system is used to id...,
Describe the cha2ds2vasc score,
What drugs does a patient with a ...
20  cards
NSAIDs
Describe the who analgesic ladder,
Name some non opioid anlagesics,
Name an opioid analgesic for mild...
58  cards
Toxicology
In general how do you recognise p...,
Describe the clinical presentatio...,
Describe the clinical presentatio...
43  cards
Respiratory drugs
Name some adrenergic agonist resp...,
Name some anticholinergic respira...,
Name a methyxanthine
68  cards

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