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Week 1- Constituents of blood and haemopoiesis
What is the production of blood c...,
Where does haemopoeisis occur bef...,
Where does haemopoeisis occur at ...
43  cards
Week 1- Normal erythrocytes (biochemistry)
What is the life span of rbcs,
Where are red blood cells destroyed,
Describe the structure of rbcs
52  cards
Week 1- Introduction to anaemia and microcytic anaemias
What is anaemia,
What markers are used to measure ...,
What should the adult male haemog...
49  cards
Week 1- macrocytic anaemia
What is macrocytosis,
What is macrocytic anaemia then,
How can size be measured expressed
44  cards
Week 1- blood transfusion
What are the main blood groups,
What can a transfusion service su...,
What is the difference between bl...
91  cards
Week 1- anaemia tutorial
What is the 1st and 2nd line trea...,
What are the side effects of iron...,
Note iron tablets should be taken...
6  cards
Week 1- thalassamia, haemoglobinopathies and sickle cell
What is the structure of haemoglobin,
What is the function of the globi...,
What are the major forms of haemo...
71  cards
Week 1- Haemolysis
What is heamolysis,
Why are red cells particularly su...,
Note
32  cards
Week 1- iron in health and disease
Why is iron essential,
Where is iron found,
Why is iron dangerous
53  cards
Week 1- Approach to anaemia and diagnosis
What are the two definitions of a...,
What hb concentration in children...,
What hb concentration in children...
24  cards
Week 2- haemopoeisis
What is haemopoeisis,
What are all the mature blood cel...,
What is myelopoeisis
29  cards
Week 2- structure and function of the lymph nodes
What is the origin of lymphoid ce...,
Precursor lymphoid cells can deve...,
What are the central primary lymp...
37  cards
Week- concepts of malignancy in haematology
What is the only cell that comes ...,
How can you identify more mature ...,
Which colour granules do eosinoph...
60  cards
Week 2- Myeloma and other plasma disorders
What are the roles of b cells,
What are immunoglobulins,
Describe the basic structure of i...
43  cards
Week 2- pancytopenia
What is pancytopenia,
For steady state in blood cells w...,
What is the lifespan of rbcs
33  cards
Week 2- approach to the investigation of lymphadenopathy
What can cause lymphadenopathy,
Put the list of differential diag...,
What causes tender lymphadenopathy
20  cards
Week 2- advanced in haematological therapies
How does chemotherapy and radioth...,
What can mutations in p53 cause,
Why is a lower dose of chemothera...
32  cards
Week 1- Myeloproliferative disorders
What are myeloproliferative disor...,
How do myeloproliferative disorde...,
Which gene is responsible for the...
51  cards
Week 2- myeloma and other B cell dyscrasias
0  cards
Week 3-haemostasis
What does the term haemostasis mean,
What are the four requirements of...,
What makes up primary haemostasis
36  cards
Week 3- bleeding disorders
What are some causes of vascular ...,
Someone suffering from henloch sc...,
What does thrombocytopenia mean
37  cards
Week 3- venous thrombosis
Describe an arterial thrombosis,
How do you treat arterial thrombosis,
Describe a venous thrombosis
31  cards
Week 3- anticoagulant drugs
What are the indications for anti...,
What do anticoagulant drugs target,
What does heparin do
35  cards
Week 3- arterial thrombosis and anti-platelet drugs
Is atherosclerosis the same as ar...,
When is an atherosclerotic plaque...,
In what conditions do you get sta...
19  cards
Week 3- shock
0  cards
Cancers from Oxford handbook
What is chronic lymphocytic leuka...,
What symptoms and signs may be pr...,
What test findings will be presen...
29  cards

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