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Top Online Resources for Medical Students. Free lecture and Study Notes at LearnersTV. Blaufuss Multimedia - Heart Sounds and Cardiac Arrhythmias. Acute Oxygen Prescribing. Oxygen therapy.

Acute Oxygen Prescribing

Forever argued by opposing factions throughout the hospital. Traditionally the anaesthetists have always maintained the standpoint that hypoxia is far more detrimental than hypercarbia, and advocated the use of high inspired concentrations of oxygen, at high flows. Opposing this the physicians, particularly chest physicians, have always held firm the opinion that retention of CO2 in chronic type 2 respiratory failure is sufficiently serious an issue to warrant judicious use of oxygen therapy.

Since 2008 there has finally been agreement following the publication of the British Thoracic Society Guideline on Emergency Oxygen Therapy in Adults. This guideline is a consensus statement from every royal society throughout the UK (medical, surgical, nursing, anaesthetic, O&G, paramedics, A&E) apart from paediatrics (They have their own guidance). Two Page Version, Dalhousie Immunology Bookcase. The Two Page Version The immune system depends on the complex interaction between many diverse elements.

Two Page Version, Dalhousie Immunology Bookcase

It is important to remember that, although it is involved in a number of disease processes, the primary function of the immune system is to combat infectious agents. PCR Virtual Lab. Primers are short pieces of DNA that are made in a laboratory.

PCR Virtual Lab

Since they're custom built, primers can have any sequence of nucleotides you'd like. In a PCR experiment, two primers are designed to match to the segment of DNA you want to copy. Through complementary base pairing, one primer attaches to the top strand at one end of your segment of interest, and the other primer attaches to the bottom strand at the other end. Surgical Exam. Tools & Resources. View, vote and submit medical study links. Med Resources.