Hypercholesterolaemia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hypercholesterolaemia correct answers high cholesterol in the blood Defect chromosome 9 = inability to remove LDL low-density lipoprotein from blood Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Obesity Smoking Sedentary Diet Alcoholism What is Arteriosclerosis correct answers thickening & loss of elasticity in arterial wall What is Atherosclerosis cont correct answers formation of atherosclerotic plagues in the walls of arteries - disrupt blood flow to organs effects mainly large - medium ...

Topology and functionally important residues of ABCG2 A monomer of ABCG2 consists of a 655 amino acid protein with a 250 amino acid intracellular N-terminal NBD, an uncharacterized linker region followed by six TMDs and associated intra and extracellular loops. Orange colours indicate where the experimental and predicted topology differ. A number of residues have been identified as significant including glycosylation site (green), stability affecting sites (red) and putative drug binding sit...

emographics Patients fulfilling Sapporo classification criteria Group with transiently positive aCL Group with low positive aCL Number of patients N = 26 N = 7 N = 12 Median age (years) 37.6 (6–63) 35.4 (16–51) 41.6 (19–59) Number of episodes/patient 1 194 6 2 736 Clinical presentations N = 33 N = 10 N = 18 Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis 1 1 - Higher centre function loss 3 1 1 Left hemiparesis/paraesthesia 10 5 6 Right hemiparesis/paraesthesia 6 - 2 Brainstem/cerebel...

erectile dysfunction - correct answer Unable to get an erection Unable to keep an erection for long enough to have sex causes of ED - correct answer Stress Tiredness Drinking too much alcohol Recreational drugs Medical conditions: • High blood pressure or high cholesterol • Diabetes Depression or anxiety Hormone problems Risk factors ED - correct answer Sedentary lifes...

2023 BN5 Final Summative EXAM 2023 A+BN5 Final Summative EXAM 2023 A+ BN5 FINAL SUMMATIVE EXAM 2023 Mrs Fuimaono is 69yrs old and has type 2 diabetes with poor glycaemic control (HbA1c = 95mmol/mol). She has a wound on her lower leg that is showing signs and symptoms of local infection and is taking longer to heal than she expected. The District Nurse asks you which of the following may be affecting her skin integrity and slowing the healing process? Poor diet control and obesity and hypoglyc...

CARE OF PATIENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC SURGERY EXAMCARE OF PATIENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC SURGERY EXAM Q1. A 55-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 4-week history of exertional chest pain, radiating to the left arm and associated with breathlessness, sweating and clamminess. His symptoms were initially infrequent, but over the preceding week he reported them almost every day on mild exertion. He denied any episodes of chest pain a...

1. A 74-year-old man suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on a surgical ward four days after an elective sigmoid colectomy (with primary anastomosis) for cancer. His past medical history included hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia for which he took lisinopril, atenolol, and atorvastatin. He had been seen by the surgical foundation year 1 doctor (in the UK) eight hours prior to his cardiorespiratory arrest after an episode of nausea and vomiting. On examination at that time his te...

ALL RENAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.1-A 45 year old male presents with a long-standing history of hypertension. Investigations show a urea of 10.2 mmol/l and a Creatinine of 150 micromaol/l (50- 100). Which one of the following would suggest a diagnosis of acute glomerulonephritis? 1 ) 24 hour urinary protein excretion of 0.8g 2 ) Dyslipidaemia 3 ) RBC casts in urinary sediment 4 ) Shrunken glomeruli on renal biopsy 5 ) Unilaterally smaller kidney Comments: Casts containing erythrocy...

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. On physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. She has no pulsus paradoxus. Her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. In addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. Her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. She has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. A chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardia...

These are my cardiology notes that I used to prepare for the GPhC pre-registration exam which got me a score of 117/119 in the clinical aspect of the registration exam. These notes contain all the information you need for the exam. These notes contain the following sub-headings: - Atrial fibrillation (AF) - AF treatment - Stroke & bleeding risk calculators - Anti-arrhythmic Drug Classifications - Amiodarone - Digoxin - Thromboembolism - Anti-thrombotic drugs - Rivaroxab...