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Mantoux test

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Tests for TB

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Suspected legionnaire’s disease

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Urinary antigen enzyme immunoassay test

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Stimulates activation of central chemoreceptors

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Hydrogen ions

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Pre-hepatic jaundice

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Excessive RBC breakdown overwhelms the liver’s ability to conjugate bilirubin

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Pre-hepatic jaundice type of bilirubin

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Unconjugated

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Hepatic jaundice type of bilirubin

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Both

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Post-hepatic jaundice type of bilirubin

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conjugated

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Post hepatic jaundice cause

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Pathway of bilirubin in biliary tree is obstructed, conjugated bilirubin seeps into bloodstream

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Pre hepatic jaundice cause

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Excessive RBC breakdown overwhelms liver with unconjugated bilirubin, unconjugated bilirubin seeps into bloodstream

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Hepatic jaundice cause

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Liver itself is impaired and cannot conjugate bilirubin OR pressure in liver is to high

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Frank-starling law

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As end-diastolic volume increases, stroke volume increases

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Protein digested by

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Pepsin

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13
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Pepsin secreted by

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Chief cells in the stomach

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14
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Bradykinin

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Vasodilator

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15
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2 ways angiotensin II increases BP

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Acts on receptors in vascular smooth muscle AND stimulates aldosterone production that increases water reabsorption

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Glucose travels from lumen via

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active transport via SGLT1

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Pancreatic lipase

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Hydrolyses triglycerides into 2-monoglyceride and 2 free fatty acids

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Trypsinogen

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Activated in SI to trypsin which activates chymotrypsinogen to chymotrypsin. BUT MAINLY THEY DIGEST PROTEINS INTO PEPTIDES

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19
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Amylase

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Hydrolyses starch to maltose

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Law of LaPlace

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Smaller the radius of a sphere (alveoli lol) the greater the surface tension and collapsing pressure

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21
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Presence of surfactant, why?

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Reduces surface tension and reduces collapsing pressure aaaaand improves lung compliance

22
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Peripheral chemoreceptors

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Carotid bodies and aortic arch

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An excess of saline reduces

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Haemoglobin concentration

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Adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by

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Destruction of alveolar endothelium by neutrophils

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Citric acid cycle location
Mitochondrial matrix
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The T lymphocytes activated in asthma mainly belong to ____ variant
Th2
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Sarcomeres
Contractile units of cardiac myocytes
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SPP: For every 1 ATP used
3 sodium out 2 potassium in
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Ryanodine receptors
Hold calcium in intracellular stores
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Ryanodine receptors activated by
Calcium ions entering the L-type DHPR calcium channel from extracellular space
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Isovolumetric contraction
All valves closed and ventricles contract
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Isovolumetric relaxation
All valves closed and ventricles relax
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Angiotensin II stimulates
Secretion of aldosterone by the adrenal cortex
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Spironolactone and eplerenone
Aldosterone receptor antagonists
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Ticagrelor
P2Y12 receptor antagonist which reduces platelet aggregation and thrombus formation
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LV ejection fraction
SV divided by end-diastolic volume
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SV =
end-diastolic volume - end-systolic volume
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Use ACE inhibitors for hypertension
Under 55s and t2 diabetics
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Blood flow =
Change in pressure / resistance
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5 Fs of gall stone risk
``` Fat Female Fertile Fair Forty ```
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Worse after fatty foods
Biliary colic
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reactive hyperaemia
vasodilation and transient increase in blood flow that occurs in response to tissue ischaemia
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vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
a protein expressed on the endothelial cells of the internal surface of blood vessels in response to pro-atherosclerotic conditions, not expressed under baseline
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Inferior MI artery
Right coronary artery
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Inferior Mi leads
II, III and avf
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Lateral MI artery
left circumflex
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Lateral MI leads
I, V5-6
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Rovsings sign
Appendicitis, palpation in the left lower quadrant of a patient's abdomen causes pain in the right lower quadrant
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Murphys sign
Gallbladder inflammation, upper border of the examiner's hand in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen under the rib cage. Inhalation causes the gallbladder to descend which catches on the fingers causing pain.
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Thiazide / thiazide like drugs
inhibits sodium reabsorption by blocking the Na+-Cl− symporter at the beginning of the distal convoluted tubule