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Respiratory Disease (1) Cystic Fibrosis
- Be able to describe the pathophysiologies associated with CF
- Outline the main genetic cause of the disease in the context of treatment
- Current main approaches for the treatment including the main drug classes and their rationale for use
- Discuss impediments to new therapeutics and future directions
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Respiratory Disease (2) Smooth Muscle, Inflammation, & Remodelling in the respiratory system
- Lung airway architecture
- Airway resistance
- Airway smooth muscle location, morphology and functions
- Factors affecting bronchomotor tone
- Mechanisms of airway contraction and relaxation
- Key inflammatory and remodelling mediators
- Comparative remodelling in asthma, COPD and Idiopathic
Pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
30
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Respiratory Disease (3) Drugs in Asthma
- Know the mechanism of action of anti-asthma agents
- Appreciate the rationale for drug combinations in asthma
28
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Respiratory Disease (4) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Asthma copd overlap aco,
Copd,
Normal values for peak expiratory...
23
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Cardiovascular Disease & Risk Factors (1) Hypertension, the silent killer
- B1 antagonists
- A1 antagonists
- Centrally acting hypertensives (A2 agonists)
40
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Cardiovascular Disease & Risk Factors (2) Drugs used to treat hypertension
- Diuretics
- ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonists
- Calcium antagonists
38
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Cardiovascular Disease & Risk Factors (3) Heart Failure
-Review factors affecting cardiac output
(Rate, contractility, preload, afterload)
-Discuss rationale for drugs for
>Dysrythmias
>Heart failure (mechanism, uses, side effects)
- Overview of drugs in cardiovascular disease
27
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Cardiovascular Disease & Risk Factors (4) Atherosclerosis and Lipid Lowering Drugs
-Understand types of dyslipidaemias
- Appreciate rationale for instituting non-pharmacological approaches as well as lipid lowering and other agents to improve prognosis
- Describe the MOA of drugs used to lower blood lipids
- Demonstrate an understanding of the adverse effects of drugs used to alter blood lipids
24
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Cardiovascular Disease & Risk Factors (5) Ischaemic heart disease
- Appreciate requirements for cardiac blood supply based on cardiac demand (work)
- Describe pathophysiology of IHD/angina
- Explain rationale for the different drugs used in angina
- Describe the MOA of drugs used to treat angina
- Describe factors that may limit the usefulness of drugs used in the treatment of angina
34
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Cancer (1) Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer
Cancer,
How does cancer develop,
Carcinogenesis is a multi step pr...
27
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Cancer (2) Anticancer Agents 1
Main approaches to cancer treatment,
Cancer cells characterised by,
Tumour suppressor genes
27
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Cancer (3) Anticancer Agents 2
Drugs that exploit other aspects ...,
Drugs that exploit other aspects ...,
Hormones
27
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Cancer (4) Drugs used to treat chronic pain
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Cancer (5) Immunotherapy - Focus on Lung Cancer - What do we do when "personalised/precision" therapy fails?
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