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Decks in this class (49)

Thyroid And Parathyroid Disease
What are the causes of hyperthyro...,
What are the types of thyroid dis...,
How can it be investigated
6  cards
Respiratory Tract Infections
What are life threatening upper r...,
What is quinsy,
What to do if acute epiglotitis i...
16  cards
Endocrine Disorders
What is the adrenal gland made up of,
What is the comment type if endoc...,
What is adrenocortical hypofunction
19  cards
Heart Valvular Disease
What are the consequences of valv...,
What are the two principle change...,
Why is valvular stenosis importan...
22  cards
Investigative Procedures In Surgery
What is conventional radiology,
What are the different types of i...,
Abdominal x ray
14  cards
Medical Emeegencies Part Two
What is syncope,
What are the different types of c...,
What are the symptoms a patient h...
9  cards
Medical Emergencies Part One
What s the acute management,
How to treat life threading injuries
2  cards
Cancer
What are the dif type of radiolog...,
What are the symptoms and signs t...,
What are the dif types of patholo...
6  cards
Bleeding And Leukaemia
What should you do if the patient...,
Describe the coagulation pathway,
If patient requires surgical trea...
3  cards
Lymphoreticular Disease
Lymphadenopathy,
What is malt,
What is splenomegaly
4  cards
Head And Neck Skin Cancer
What s the clinical staging of me...,
What are the melanoma subtypes,
What s breslow thickness
15  cards
Pre Op Assessment And Medical Problems In Surgical Patients
What are high risk diseases for p...,
What s asa status,
What are the aims of management
3  cards
The Immunocompromised Patient
What is humoral immunity,
What does b cell or humoral defic...,
What is cell mediated immunity
19  cards
Bleeding Disorders
Describe the process of haemostasis,
What are the components of blood,
What can go wrong with haemostasis
23  cards
Antibiotics Prudent Use
How does resistance to fluoroqino...,
What was the usage of antibiotics...,
What are the consequences of inap...
14  cards
Principles Of Operative Surgery
Orraphy,
What is oscopy,
Ostomy
14  cards
Clinical Governance
What are the four quality aspects...,
What is clinical governance,
What are the seven pillars of cli...
10  cards
Lower GI Tract
What are the causes of malabsorpt...,
What s the lower gi tract made up of,
What s gluten sensitive enteropathy
13  cards
Acute And Chronic Liver Disease
What is the aetiology of jaundice,
What is jaundice,
What is hepatitis
20  cards
Leukaemia
What are the causes,
What is leukaemia,
What are the signs and symptoms o...
3  cards
Leukaemia
What s leukaemia,
What s the aetiology,
What are the signs symptoms of bo...
17  cards
Anaemia
What is anaemia,
What s the aetiology of anaemia,
What are the signs and symptoms o...
22  cards
Asthma
What is asthma,
What is the epidemiology of asthma,
What s the aetiology of asthma
14  cards
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
What is copd,
What is chronic bronchitis,
What is emphysema
13  cards
Blood borne viruses
What are blood borne viruses,
What s the virology of hep b,
What are the clinical features of...
27  cards
Delirium and dementia
What s the difference between dem...,
What are the different forms of d...,
How can you define dementia
29  cards
Endocrinology
What are anterior and posterior h...,
How is growth hormone produced an...,
What is acromegaly
32  cards
Diabetes
What is insulin,
What is the insulin feedback loop,
What other types of diabetes are ...
24  cards
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
What is a pulmonary embolism pe,
What is thrombosis,
What is an embolism
6  cards
Epilepsy
What is electroencephalography,
What is epilepsy,
What is a simple partial seizure
13  cards
Hypertension and stroke
What can persistently high blood ...,
How can you test blood pressure,
How should high bp be managed
12  cards
Ischaemic heart disease
What is ischaemic heart disease,
What are the risk factors for isc...,
What s the clinical spectrum of i...
17  cards
Liver diseases
What are the histological feature...,
What is cirrhosis,
What happens in hepatic failure d...
16  cards
Pulmonary pathology
What are some diseases of infancy...,
What is hyaline membrane disease,
What is chronic bronchitis
16  cards
Meningitis
What is meningitis,
How do organisms pass the blood b...,
What are the clinical symptoms
6  cards
Neurological weakness
What can lower motor neurone diso...,
What can upper motor neurone diso...,
Does the duration of the weakness...
13  cards
Parkinsons
What are the basal ganglia for,
What is parkinsons disease,
What are the symptoms
13  cards
Osteoarticular disease
What s an osteon,
What are the different types of bone,
What are the different types of b...
15  cards
Palliative care
What is palliative care,
What is generalist palliative care,
What is specialist palliative care
9  cards
Arthritis
What are the five broad categorie...,
What are the subtypes of rheumati...,
What does the synovium do
9  cards
Renal failure
What s the normal function of the...,
How must plasma creatinine be int...,
What is acute renal failure acute...
10  cards
Respiratory medicine
What are the clinical signs of re...,
What is sinusitis,
What is quinsy and what is the tr...
12  cards
Shock
What are the different types of s...,
What is hypoxia,
What is shock
13  cards
STD's
What has msm caused,
What sti s can oral sex cause,
What s chlamydia and what are the...
18  cards
Upper GI cancer
What is barrett s oesophagus,
What is oesophageal cancer,
What are the causes of adenocarci...
14  cards
Upper GI
What is gastro oesophageal reflux...,
What are the complications of gord,
What s the treatment of gord
11  cards
Infection control
What can healthcare associated in...,
What are the most common types of...,
When are soap and water needed ra...
12  cards
Vascular history and examination
What is atherosclerosis,
What are the systemic effects of ...,
What are the risk factors for vas...
4  cards
Valulvar heart disease
What are cardiac valves,
What are the two main types of va...,
What are the types of left heart ...
12  cards

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