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BL
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725955
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b545678
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Iain Au-Yong [and others].
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Cracking the MRCS viva : : a revision guide\ Iain Au-Yong [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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London: Hodder Arnold, 2007
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(xxii, 550 pages) : illustrations
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1444113585
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: 9781444113587
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| Contents
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Acid Base Balance ; Action potential ; Actions of steroids ; Antiemetics ; ARDS ; Blood brain barrier ; Brainstem death ; Burns ; Control of respiration ; Calcium metabolism ; Cardiac action potential (and physiology of the transplanted heart) ; Cardiac arrest and resuscitation ; Cardiac cycle ; Cerebrospinal fluid – Functions and movements ; Compartment syndrome ; Control of blood pressure ; Control of micturition ; Criteria for admission to ITU ; CVP waveform and CVP lines ; Dead space ; Differences between ITU and HDU ; Drugs that affect potassium levels ; Drugs which affect the pupil ; Drugs which affect cardiac output ; Drugs affecting the colon ; Effects of Adrenaline ; Effects of dopamine ; Effects of histamine ; Fat metabolism ; Fluid balance ; Functions of the kidney ; Functions of the liver ; Functions of the pancreas ; Functions of the small bowel ; Functions of the stomach ; GI physiology ; Glucose homeostasis ; Haemoglobin dissociation curve, Molecular properties ; Harmful effects of acidosis ; Head Injury ; How is pain mediated? ; Hypoxia ; Inotropes ; Iron metabolism ; Jaundice ; Life of a red blood cell ; Loop of Henle ; Management of oliguria ; Mechanical Ventilation ; Metabolic response to surgery ; Morphine ; Neuromuscular junction ; Nutrition ; Oxygen delivery to the tissues ; Pathophysiology of pneumothorax ; Physiology of altitude and diving ; Physiology of muscle ; Portal hypertension ; Potassium Homeostasis ; Renal tubular physiology and renal failure. Diuretics (particularly osmotic) ; Reperfusion injury ; Respiratory failure ; Respiratory function tests ; Scoring in ITU ; Shock (including detailed discussion of hypovolaemia) ; Starling forces in the capillaries, Oedema ; Starling’s law of the heart and relationships between CO/SV/HR and TPR ; The Cell membrane ; Thermoregulation ; Upper GI bleeding
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A self-assessment book for candidates for the new MRCS examination, testing knowledge and offering candidates the chance to practise the selection, integration and presentation of that knowledge in problem-solving within the context of the Intercollegiate MRCS Viva.
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MEDICAL -- Prosthesis.
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Surgery, Operative -- Examinations, questions, etc.
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RD32.I256 2007
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Iain Au-Yong
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