Physiological Changes At Birth
Physiological Changes At Birth
Category Basic Science
Alteplase (rtPA)
Alteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction and PE
Tenecteplase (TNK-tPA)
Tenecteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction, PE
Cardiac Output Measurement
Cardiac output; Adolf Eugen Fick (1829-1901) in 1870, was the first to measure cardiac output; assumes oxygen consumption is a function of rate of blood flow and rate of oxygen pick pick up by RBC’s.
Verdant waste
You manage a young male with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. You are called to review because the patient has started to pass green urine
How Green is my urine
Casual perusal of the output from a patients indwelling catheter revelaed green urine. What are the commonest causes of this unusual urine?
Chemistry Basics: Density
Density – Archimedes and the Gold Crown;
Chemistry Basics: Significant Figures
Significant Figures - Significant Zero; Addition ; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division
Chemistry Basics: Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation: Fixing Incorrect Scientific Notation; Accuracy and Precision; Error and Percent Error
Chemistry Basics: Unit Conversion
Conversion factors; Converting metric units of volume; Converting area and volume; managing multiple conversion factors
Chemistry Basics: Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry: Alpha, Beta and Positron Decay; Electron Capture; Nuclear Transmutation; Isotope notation; Nuclear Fission; Half Life.
Chemistry Basics: Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry: Galvanic Cells; Voltaic Cells; Electroplating; Electrolysis