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Mrs KP, 84 year old, attends the GP surgery with breathlessness. Observations were taken: Temperature:      37.3oC             Heart Rate:             97 bpm Blood Pressure: 100/64  mmHg Respiratory Rate:    22 bpm O2 Sats:                86%                Peak Expiratory Flow Rate:

Mrs BP, aged 37 years presents to her GP with symptoms of lower abdominal pain, urinary frequency and urgency.  She has had the symptoms for 5 days now but they have become worse.  She now feels nauseous and the pain has now spread to her right flank. On examination there is tenderness over the right flank, her temperature is 38.7oC and her blood pressure is 103/59 mmHg. What is the MOST likely cause of Mrs BP’s symptoms?

The following questions are based on the reaction A + B  C + D shown in the accompanying figure.Which of the following in the figure would be the same in either an enzyme-catalyzed or a noncatalyzed reaction?

Mrs HY, aged 72 years old, has routine blood results at her GP surgery. The blood results are:   Hb                          72           (115-165 g/L)                      WBC                      3.4          (4-11 x109/L) Neutrophils        1.7          (1.8-7.5 x109/L) RBC                        3.2          (4.7-6.1 x1012/L) Haematocrit       29%        (37-48 %) MCV                      118         (80-102 fL) MCH                      33           (27-32 pg) MCHC                   325         (320-370 g/L) Platelets              130         (150-450 x109L) Reticulocyte Ct 0.4%      (0.5-1.5 %) Bilirubin                39           (

Mrs PW presents with tiredness to the pharmacy, from a differential diagnosis which of the conditions listed is LEAST likely to present with tiredness?

Plastoquinone (PQ), an electron carrier of small molecular weight, is found in the electron transport chain associated with photosystem II. If PQ is not directly anchored to other membrane or cytoplasmic structures, it is probably _____.

Eukaryotic cells manufacture cytoskeletal proteins, which help to maintain cell shapes and functions. What would you predict about these proteins?

The following questions are based on the reaction A + B  C + D shown in the accompanying figure.Which of the following represents the difference between the free-energy content of the reactants and the free-energy content of the products in the figure?

What does the ‘C’ in the CRAB criteria used by the British Society for Haematology for multiple myeloma stand for.

____________ fixing bacteria form symbiotic root nodules in most legume plants (beans, etc).