22B19: What are receptors? (20% marks). Discuss the relationship between the properties of a drug and potential receptor response under the following headings: agonists, partial agonists, inverse agonists and antagonists (80% marks)
22B18: Describe the generation of ATP by mitochondria (50% marks) and outline the processes by which ATP is generated in red blood cells (50% marks)
22B16: Describe how the values for PaO2, PaCO2, pH and bicarbonate are determined on a blood gas sample
22B15: Describe the anatomical (20% marks) and physiological (80% marks) features of the pulmonary circulation
22B09: List any five classes of antibiotics with anti-staphylococcal activity and provide one example of each class. Outline the mechanism of action and side effects of the five drugs
22A07: Write notes comparing the use of serum creatinine and creatinine clearance in the assessment of renal function in the critically ill
22A04: Describe the mechanisms of action and potential adverse effects of inhaled nitric oxide and prostacyclin
22A02: Explain the mechanisms of transport of substances across cell membranes including appropriate examples (75% marks). Outline the structure and function of the Na+/K+-ATPase pump (25% marks)