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

 RANK ORDER OF TOPICS OF

PEDIATRICS

IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

FOR SEND UP AND ANNUAL EXAMINATION
 

1. IMMUNIZATION

1ST ORDER:

1. EPI Schedule

2. Details of all vaccines in EPI schedule

2ND ORDER:

1. Meningococcal vaccine

2. H.Influenza vaccine

3. Pneumococcal vaccine

3RD ORDER:

1. Typhoid vaccine

2. Passive immunization

2. CNS

1ST ORDER:

1. Meningitis

2. Epilepsy

3. Febrile fits

4. Cerebral palsy

5. Cerebral malaria

2nd ORDER:

1. Encephalitis

2. G.B syndrome

3rd ORDER:

1. Hydrocephalus

2. SOL esp. intracranial tumours and brain abscess

3. Acute stroke

4. Floppy infant

3.CVS

1ST ORDER:

1. Tetrology of fallot

2. Ventricular septal defect

3. Patent ductus arteriosus

4. Atrial septal defect

5. CCF

6. Infective endocarditis

2nd ORDER:

1. Transposition of great vessels

3rd ORDER:

        Cardiomyopathy

        4.RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

        1ST ORDER:

  1. Acute respiratory infection severity classification

   2. Pneumonia

3. Bronchial asthma

  4. Bronchiolitis

       

        2ND ORDER

      1. Bronchiectasis

     2. Croup & Acute epiglottitis

        

      3RD ORDER

    1. Pneumothorax

     2. Pleural effusion

5. GIT & LIVER

1ST ORDER:

1. Acute diarrhea

2. Celiac disease

2ND ORDER

1. Hepatomegaly

2. Acute and chronic hepatitis

3. IBD

6. HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

1ST ORDER:

1. Thalassemia

2. Aplastic anemia

3. Hemophilia

4. ALL and Hodgkin’s lymphoma

5. Von Willibrand’s disease

6. ITP

2ND ORDER:

1. AML

2. Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

3. Causes of Hepatomegaly and Splenomegaly

4. Iron deffecieny anemia

5. Megaloblastic anemia

3RD ORDER

1. DIC

7.ENDOCRINE AND GENETICS

1ST ORDER:

1. Cretinism

2. Down’s syndrome

3. Diabetic ketoacidosis

4. Rickets

2ND ORDER:

1. Wilson’s disease

3RD ORDER

1. Glycogen storage diseases

2. Mucopolysaccharidosis ( esp. Hurler syndrome)

3. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

8.NEPHROLOGY

1ST ORDER:

1. Post streptococcul glomerulonephritis

2. Nephritic syndrome and proteinuria

2ND ORDER:

1. ARF

2. CRF

3rd ORDER

1. Electrolyte and acid base balance

2. Hematuria

9.INFECTIOUS DISEASES

1ST ORDER:

7. Rheumatic fever

8. Acute diarrhea

9. Enteric fever

10. Measles

11. Tuberculosis

12. Diphtheria

13. Tetanus

14. Malaria

2ND ORDER:

1. Poliomyelitis

2. Chicken pox

3. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

3RD ORDER

1. Worm infestation

2. Mumps

10.NEONATOLOGY

1ST ORDER:

15. Jaundice neonatorum

16. Prematurity

17. Neonatal sepsis

18. Perinatal asphyxia

19. Neonatal seizures

2ND ORDER:

1. RDS

2. Necrotizing enterocollitis

3. Intra ventricular hemorrhage

4. Hemorrhagic disease of newborn

3RD ORDER:

1. Small

for gestational age

2. Hypocalcaemia

11.NUTRITION.

1ST ORDER:

20. Malnutrition ( kwashiorkor and marasmus)

21. Breast feeding

12.MISCELLANEOUS

IMCI (Integrated management of childhood illness