Medicine :: Rank Order of Topics by Dr. Zaman Khan

RANK ORDER OF TOPICS OF

MEDICINE

IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

FOR SEND UP AND ANNUAL EXAMINATION

PREPARED BY

Dr. M. ZAMAN

NAME OF UNIT - NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

1. GIT 2

2. LIVER 1

3. CVS 2

4. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2

5. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES 2

6. RENAL AND ACID BASE BALANCE 2

7. PSYCHIATRY 2

8. HEMATOLOGY 1

9. CNS 1

10. RESPIRATION 1

11. RHEUMATOLOGY 1

12. DERMATOLOGY 1

PREFACE

· This rank order list has been prepared for effective time management.

· 1st order topics of all units must be learnt first.

· 2nd order topics must be given due importance.

· In case of shortage of time, make sure you are done with 1st order questions of all units. (Especially dealing with the 1st order topics of units you haven’t touched yet.)

· List will be under continuous revision by the author/SEEK.

AND REMEMBER

· Much of the subject of medicine still lies beyond the borders set by this small list of topics.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

· DAVIDSON’S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

· CMDT

· HIGH YIELD PSYCHIATRY

1. GIT

1ST ORDER:

1. Upper GIT bleed

2. H. pylori & associated peptic ulcer disease

3. inflammatory bowel disease esp. ulcerative colitis

4. GERD

5. CELIAC DISEASE

6. Irritable bowel syndrome

2nd ORDER:

1. Malabsorption syndromes. ( all)

3rd ORDER:

1. Acute pancreatitis

2. LIVER

1ST ORDER:

1. Hepatic encephalopathy

2. Fulminant hepatic failure

3. Ascites

4. Portal hypertension

5. HBV & HCV – Diagnosis and management

6. Chronic liver disease

2nd ORDER:

1. Investigating a jaundiced patient

2. Hepato renal syndrome

3. Wilson’s disease

3rd ORDER:

1. Sclerosing cholangitis

2. Primary billiary cirrhosis

3. Autoimmune hepatitis

4. Bud Chiarri syndrome

4th ORDER:

1.Liver abscess

3. CVS

1st ORDER:

1.Acute MI

2.Chest pain

3.Acute dyspnoea

4.Acute pulmonary edema

5.CCF

6.Atrial fibrillation

7.Mitral regurgitation

8.Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

9.Mitral stenosis

10.Acute rheumatic fever

11.Infective endocarditis

12.Pericarditis & cardiac tamponade

13.Pulmonary thromboembolism

2nd ORDER:

1.Hypertension

2.Sudden cardiac arrest

3.Aortic dissection

3rd ORDER:

1. Aortic regurgitation

2. Aortic myxoma

4. INFECTIONS

1st ORDER:

1. Pyrexia of unknown origin

2. Enteric fever

3. Malaria

4. Tuberculosis

5. Tetanus

6. Meningitis

7. Streptococcal infection

8. Clostridial infections

9. Acute diarrhea

10.General aspects of HIV/AIDS

2nd ORDER:

1. Chicken pox

2. Infectious mononucleosis

3. Dengue fever

4. Diphtheria

5. Hookworm infection

6. Measles

7. STD’s

 3rd ORDER:

1. Pneumocystis carnii

5. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

1st ORDER:

1. Addison’s disease

2. Myxedema ( especially myxedema coma)

3. Hyperthyroidism

4. Acromegaly

5. Cushing Syndrome

6. Pheochromocytoma

7. Sheehan’s syndrome / Panhypoparathyroidism

8. Metabolic syndrome X

9. Hyperlipidemias

2nd ORDER:

1. Thyroiditis

2. Diabetes Insipidus

3. Thyrotoxicosis & Pregnancy

4. Hypoglycemia

3rd ORDER:

1. MEN syndrome

2. Hyperparathyroidism

3. Porphyrias

6.DIABETES

1st ORDER:

1. Definition

2. Diabetic ketoacidosis

3. Complications of diabetes

4. Diabetic neuropathy (especially autonomic neuropathy)

2nd ORDER:

1. Non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma

7.RENAL

1st ORDER:

1. Chronic renal failure

2. Acute renal failure

3. Renal replacement therapy

4. Tubulo-interstitial nephritis

2nd ORDER:

1. Nephrotic syndrome (genral)

2. Nephrotic syndrome

3. Proteinuria

4. Renal artery stenosis

5. Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis

6. IgA nephropathy & Henoch-Shonlein purpura

7. Membranous glomerulonephritis

8. ACID BASE & ELECTROLYTES

1st ORDER:

1. Hyponatremia

2. Hypokalemia & hyperkalemia

3. Hypeprcalcemia

4. Interpretation of acid-base balance

2nd ORDER:

1. Metabolic acidosis & alkalosis

9. PSYCHIATRY

1st ORDER:

1. Schizophrenia

2. Bipolar disorder

3. Anxiety disorder (panic attacks)

4. Conversion disorders

5. Dementia

2nd ORDER:

1. Somatization disorder

2. Delirium

3rd ORDER:

1. Personality disorders

10. HEMATOLOGY

1st ORDER:

1. Investigating anemic patients

2. Iron deficiency anemia

3. Megaloblastic anemia

4. Acute myeloblastic leukemia

5. ITP

6. Multiple myloma

7. Aplastic anemia

2nd ORDER:

1. Lymphoma

2. Splenomegaly

3. TTP

4. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

5. Hereditary spherocytosis

6. Thalassemia

7. Hemophilia

8. Von Willibrand disease

9. DVT

11CNS

1st ORDER:

1. Meningitis

2. Stroke

3. Epilepsy (especially status epilepticus)

4. Guillian-Barre syndrome

5. Myasthenia gravis

6. Parkinson’s disease

2nd ORDER:

1. Multiple sclerosis

2. Headache (especially migraine)

3. Transverse myelitis

4. Encephalitis

3rd ORDER:

1. Space occupying lesion

2. Cerebral venous thrombosis

3. Motor neuron disease

4. Trigeminal neuralgia

12. RESPIRATION

1st ORDER: 1. COPD

2. Acute asthma

3. Community acquired pneumonia

4. Bronchiactasis

5. Pleural effusion

6. Acute dyspnOea & hemoptysis

7. Pulmonary thromboembolism

8. Artificial respiration & assisted ventilation

2nd ORDER:

1. Sarcoidosis

2. Fibrosing alveolitis

3rd ORDER:

        Bronchogenic carcinoma

13. RHEUMATOLOGY

1st ORDER:

1. Rheumatoid arthritis

2. Osteoarthritis

3. SLE

4. Ankylosing spondylitis

5. Gout

6. Giant cell arthritis

7. Reactive arthritis

2nd ORDER:

1. Septic arthritis

2. Other seronegative spondyloarthropathies

3. Wegner’s & polyartritis nodosa

4. Other vasculitis

3rd ORDER:

1. Systemic sclerosis

2. Polymyositis

3. Polymyalgia Rheumatica

14. DERMATOLOGY

1st ORDER:

1. Scabies

2. Eczema

3. Psoriasis

4. Acne vulgaris

2nd ORDER:

1. Skin bacterial infections

2. Fungal infection

3. Erythema nodosum

4. Pyoderma gangreonosum

5. Blistering diseases

3rd ORDER:

1. Bullous pemphigoid

2. Pemphigus vulgaris