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New Syllabus Topics Fourth Edition (2023)
A – Pharmaceutics
B – Pharmacokinetics
C – Pharmacodynamics
D – Variability in Drug Response
E – Cellular Physiology
F – Respiratory System
G – Cardiovascular System
H – Renal System
I – Body Fluids and Electrolytes
J – Acid Base
K – Nervous System – Including Pain
L – Musculoskeletal System
M – Autonomic Nervous System
N – Liver
O – Gastrointestinal System
P – Nutrition & Metabolism
Q – Haematological System
R – Thermoregulation
S – Immunology & Host Defence
T – Microbiology
U – Endocrine System
V – Obstetrics
W – Principles of Measurement and Equipment
X – Procedural Anatomy
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New Syllabus Topics Fourth Edition (2023)
A – Pharmaceutics
B – Pharmacokinetics
C – Pharmacodynamics
D – Variability in Drug Response
E – Cellular Physiology
F – Respiratory System
G – Cardiovascular System
H – Renal System
I – Body Fluids and Electrolytes
J – Acid Base
K – Nervous System – Including Pain
L – Musculoskeletal System
M – Autonomic Nervous System
N – Liver
O – Gastrointestinal System
P – Nutrition & Metabolism
Q – Haematological System
R – Thermoregulation
S – Immunology & Host Defence
T – Microbiology
U – Endocrine System
V – Obstetrics
W – Principles of Measurement and Equipment
X – Procedural Anatomy
Year
Pharmacopeia
MCQs
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
MPS
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Acid Base
J1: Acid Base Physiology
J1i: Explain the principles underlying acid-base chemistry
J1i: Explain the principles underlying acid-base chemistry
J1ii: Explain the physiological basis to clinical acid-base disturbances
J1ii: Explain the physiological basis to clinical acid-base disturbance
J1iii: Describe the chemistry of buffer mechanisms and explain their roles in the body
J1iii / 14A22: How do the body’s buffer systems work
J1iii / 18A06: Define buffer. Acid Base shifts in blood buffered
J1iii / 21A11: Describe the buffer systems in the body
J1iii: Explain the role of haemoglobin as a buffer
J1iii: An Open System
J1iii: Bicarbonate, phosphate protein buffer systems
J1iv: Explain the Henderson-Hasselbach (traditional) and the Stewart (physico-chemical) approach to acid-base
J1iv: Explain the H-H and Stewart approach to acid base
J1iv: Saline Infusion Myth or Reality (T Langer)
J2: Acid Base Measurement
J2i: Interpret normal and abnormal arterial blood gases and differentiate arterial from venous blood gases
J2ii: Describe the methods of measurement of pH in blood
J2ii / 14B22: Interpreting blood gas samples
J2ii / F12iii / 22B16: Describe how the values for PaO2, PaCO2, pH and bicarbonate are determined on a blood gas sample
