Medicine (MBBS)

lecture notes covering: who should be vaccinated, immunity to vaccination, types of vaccines, vaccine for prophylaxis, smallpox,, polio, hpv

part one includes: Ehrlich, the world wars and their contributions, disocvery of Cisplatin, Sydney Farber, how does chemotherapy work, clinical implications, classification of chemotherapy, DNA damaging agents, microtubule inhibitors, side effects

includes: terminology, important renal facts, structure of the kidney, drug absorption and elimination, effect of urine pH on clearance, renal failure and excretion of aminoglycosides, clearance and drug dosing, proximal tubule, resorption of HCO3

includes: physiology of homeostasis, temperature measurement, receptors, voluntary action, shivering, brown fat, skin blood flow, sweating, abnormalities, pyrexia, pyro-genesis, are fevers good?

includes: what is radiotherapy, radiation spectrum, ionising radiation, photoelectric radiation, radiotherapy mechanisms, terminology, clinical application

contains notes on: neoplasia, non-hereditary and sporadic cancers, carcinoma in situ, tumour progression, classification, classification by behaviour, differentiation, clinical effects, tumour grading, cancer staging

includes: the process, developing a pico question, searching for evidence, questions and study design, systematic reviews, critical appraisal, validity, results, screening questions

lecture notes including: acid-base balance, buffer systems, new bicarbonates, alterations in balance,what makes infants and the elderly more susceptible

includes: defining a disease, what is test and when is it used?, god standard, cut offs, predictive values, likelihood ratios

includes: patient case description, clinical presentation, examination, investigation, antibiotic treatment