F10i / 23A08: Describe the cardiovascular and respiratory effects of positive pressure ventilation

F7v: Describe the role of endogenous nitric oxide in ventilation and perfusion

F3vi: Explain the significance of the vertical gradient of pleural pressure and the effect of positioning

F11ii / 23B11: Describe the mechanism of action, dose and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of aminophylline

F12i / 23B01: Explain why the oxygen-haemoglobin saturation value derived by a pulse oximeter (SpO2) could be different from the measured arterial value (SaO2)

F11ii / 23A10: Describe the pharmacology of salbutamol (70% of Marks), including the principles and efficacy of methods of delivery (30% of Marks)

F1i / 23A04: Explain the structural features of the alveolus that facilitate its function?

F12iii / J2ii / 22B16: Describe how the values for PaO2, PaCO2, pH and bicarbonate are determined on a blood gas sample

F5i / 22B15: Describe the anatomical (20% marks) and physiological (80% marks) features of the pulmonary circulation

F11iii / 22A04: Describe the mechanisms of action and potential adverse effects of inhaled nitric oxide and prostacyclin

F8iii / 22A19: Describe the physiological factors that affect PaCO₂

F6ii / 21B10: Describe the ventilation / perfusion (V/Q) relationships in the upright lung according to West’s zones (40%). Explain the physiological mechanisms responsible for these relationships (60%).

F6iii / 14B05: Describe the effects of V/Q inequality on the partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in arterial blood

F8iv / 15B23: Describe the factors that affect the partial pressure of CO2 in mixed venous blood

F7iii / 23B06 / 21A15: Explain perfusion-limited and diffusion-limited transfer of gases

F11iii / 20B17: Describe the pharmacology of inhaled nitric oxide (NO)

F5i / 20B13: Describe the anatomical (20% marks) and physiological (80% marks) features of the pulmonary circulation.

F8i / 23A13 / 20A11: Describe the structure and function of adult haemoglobin

F11iii: Nitric Oxide

F12ii / 23A03 / 19B10 / 15B09: Describe the principles of of capnography, including calibration, sources of error and limitations