Christopher Torrens
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Tweeting Starling: rhyming off physiology facts for everyone
Fingal, Ireland
Joined October 2013
This is pretty cool from @gapingvoid. In exams, I am happy if you can give me information, but I love it when you give me insight.
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As great as the programme was, what made it as compelling was Melvyn Bragg and his interaction with the guests. A programme that didn’t talk down to its audience, but was easy to listen to, whatever the topic was a rare skill indeed. I wonder if his shoes can be adequately filled.
Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year. Read more ➡️
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I find myself in Krakow, where it is hot. Some fluid resuscitation is required.
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Once acetylcholine binds to its receptor, .And its target cell signal transduced. The cholinesterase,.Ensure it never outstays,.And what’s left in the cleft is reduced.
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Handy, but I would have said potassium regulates membrane potentials. Might have also added “death” into the consequences of hyperkalaemia, but then I am a pessimist at heart.
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Taking my mind off tonight, here's some uncharacteristic positivity going into the weekend. My analysis model predicts a comfortable win by four clear goals. Am I doing this correctly @huddlebreakdown ?
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Ringers indeed contains potassium,.But its concentration is relatively low. Its volume of distribution,.Means no increased concentration,.As study on study now show.
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Lactate ringers in hyperkalaemia,.Was once contraindicated. As potassium it contains,.A fear of adding fuel to the flames,.So saline was preferred option instead.
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As someone who has been called a “physiology nerd” (perhaps unwarranted) I’m going out on a limb to say it can’t and indeed doesn’t.
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Comparative clinical effects of balanced crystalloids and saline are uncertain, particularly in noncritically ill patients cared for outside an intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted a single-cent...
4. Not giving lactate Ringer's (LR) because the patient is hyperkalemic. This is a good one for the physiology nerds: How can K concentration go up in solution A (serum) if there is addition of solution B (LR) with a lower K concentration?.
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Ballybogy or Ballybogey, Co. Antrim. Signs and maps exist with both. Can you advise on the variation @placenamesni ?.
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I find myself off Fairhead with the Mull of Kintyre in the distance
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RT @rooij_laura: 🚨Preprint alert!🚨What happens to our blood vessels as we age? To begin answering this at the transcriptome level, we built….
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Endothelial cells (ECs) are critical regulators of vascular function and exhibit specialized, organ-specific roles across tissues. During aging, these cells become dysfunctional, resulting in...
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Intermittent claudication,.A hallmark of arterial disease. From the pain you imply,.Demand can’t be met by supply,.But if you stop for a rest it will ease.
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I find myself in Portstewart. Or is it the Mediterranean?. *puts foot in water*. No, it is definitely Portstewart.
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