18B12: Outline the control of blood glucose’

18B13: Compare and contrast rocuronium and cisatracurium.

18B07: Describe protein binding and its significance in pharmacology.

18B03: Explain the causes of the differences between measured end tidal and arterial partial pressures of carbon dioxide (CO2).

18B02: Compare and contrast amiodarone and digoxin.

18B17: Describe ketone bodies including their synthesis and metabolism.

18B10: Compare and contrast the pharmacology of vancomycin and flucloxacillin.

18B19: Describe toxicity of local anaesthetic agents.

18B18: Describe the factors affecting left ventricular function.

18B06: Outline the determinants of venous return to the heart.

18B08: Describe gastric emptying (40% of marks) and outline its regulation (60% of marks).

18B16: Describe the forces that result in fluid exchange across capillary membranes.

18B09: Describe the renal handling of water including the modulation of water excretion.

18B14: Explain the detection and response to hypoxaemia.​

18B05: Describe the carriage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood.

18B04 : Compare and contrast ketamine and midazolam.

18B15: Outline the production / absorption (30% of marks), composition (30% of marks) and function of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (40% of marks).

18B20: Describe the pharmacology of heparin highlighting important differences between unfractionated and fractionated (low molecular weight) heparin.

18B11: Describe the anatomy relevant to the insertion of an intercostal catheter.

18B01: Describe the surface anatomy of the anterior neck (30% of marks) and the underlying structures relevant to performing a tracheostomy (70% of marks)