

Share this:

Important Topics for the AMC Part 1 MCQ

CAT

HAEMATOLOGY

1. Abnormal blood film

a) Peripheral blood film (red cell, white cell

and platelets)

b) Differential white cell count

c) Pancytopenia

d) Bone marrow failure

e) ESR

f) Hyperviscosity syndrome

g) Spleen and splenectomy

2. Haematological malignancies and

myeloproliferative disorders

a) Leukaemia

b) Myeloma

c) Paraproteinemia

d) Amyloidosis

e) Anaemias (iron deficiency anemia,

anemia of chronic disease, macrocytic
anemia, B12 deficiency and pernicious
anemia)

f) Leukemias

g) Myeloma

h) Amyloidosis

i) Thalassemias

j) Sickle cell anemia, Hodgkin lymphoma

k) Non-hodgkin lymphoma

3. Bruising/ bleeding/ purpura

a) Intrinsic and extrinsic pathways

(clotting)

b) Any cause including

c) Bleeding disorder

d) Anticoagulants

e) Thrombophilia

4. Immunosuppressive drugs

5. Inherited bleeding disorders Anaemia

of any cause

a) Iron deficiency anaemia

b) Refractory anaemia

c) Anaemia of chronic disease

d) Sideroblastic anaemia

e) Macrocytic anaemia (all causes)

f) Pernicious anaemia

g) Haemolytic anaemia

h) Sickle cell anaemia

i) Thalassaemia anaemia

j) Transfusion (safety & procedures)

k) (Myeloproliferative disorders)

6. Generalised enlarged lymph nodes:

any cause BREAST LUMP AND/OR
PAIN

1. Cancer

2. Infection

a) abscess; b) puerperal mastitis

3. Benign

a) fibro-adenoma; b) fibro-adenosis; c) fat

necrosis; cysts)

4. Nipple Important

a) discharge; b) inversion; c) Paget’s

5. Request for reduction/augmentation

CARDIOVASCULAR

1. Chest Pain

a) Acute myocardial infarction, acute

coronary syndrome and angina

b) Acute myocardial infarction (MI)

c) Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

d) Angina pectoris

e) Electrocardiogram (ECG) – normal and

abnormal

f) Investigations (cardiac catheterisation;

echocardiography; nuclear cardiology;
ECG: exercise/ ambulatory)

g) Complications of MI (arrhythmias;
hypertension)

h) Atherosclerosis

2. Heart Murmur: any cause

3. Angina

4. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

5. Complications of MI

6. Arrhythmias, narrow and broad

complex tachycardias, atrial fibrillation

7. Hypertension, Heart failure

8. Valve diseases

9. Infective endocarditis, Rheumatic

fever

10. Pericardial diseases

11. Congenital heart diseases

12. Hypertension: all, including risk

fator

13. Palpitations

a) Bradycardia

b) Narrow complex tachycardia

c) Atrial fibrillation and flutter

d) Broad complex tachycardia

e) Pacemakers

14. Peripheral arterial disease

a) Aneurisms

b) Ischaemic limb

c) Occlusions

15. Peripheral oedema and Heart failure

including valvular heart disorder and
rheumatic heart disease a) Rheumatic
fever

b) Mitral valve disease

c) Aortic valve disease

d) Right heart valve disease

e) Indications for cardiac surgery

f) Infective endocarditis

g) Diseases of heart muscle including

myocarditis

h) Pericardial disease

i) Dyspnoea in heart failure

16. Peripheral Venous problems

a) VTE

b) DVT

c) Risk Factors

d) Varicose Veins

DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS

1. Congenital Abnormalities

a) Ventricular septal defect

b) Atrial septal defect

c) Patent ductus arteriosus

d) Aortic stenosis

e) Pulmonary stenosis

f) Coarctation of the aorta

g) Fallot’s tetralogy

h) Transposition of the great arteries

i) Tricuspid atresia

j) Total anomalous pulmonary venous

return

k) Persistent truncus arteriosus

l) Hypoplastic left heart

m) Pulmonary atresia

n) Ebstein’s anomaly

o) Polycystic kidneys

p) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

q) Chromosomal abnormalities (including

Turner’s; Down’s; TaySachs’)

r) Inherited conditions (cystic fibrosis;

PKU)

s) Acquired conditions (including caused

by drugs/alcohol)

t) Neural tube defects (including spina

bifida)

u) Developmental abnormalities of the

musculoskeletal system (including talipes)

2. Developmental Delay/ Failure to

thrive

a) Endocrine problems/ Metabolic

disorders

b) Malabsorption (see also

underDigestive)

c) Inadequate diet

3. Psychological and Social

a) Non-accidental injury

b) Sexual abuse

c) Emotional deprivation

d) Bullying

e) Manifestations of neglect

[sociallocker id=”28377″]

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

1. Abdominal Mass

a) Organomegaly b) Hernias c) Ascites

2. Abdominal Pain

a) Perforation

b) Obstruction

c) Ischaemia

d) Aneurysm (see also under

Cardiovascular/ Peripheral arterial
disease)

e) Inflammatory conditions (including

diverticulitis; appendicitis, pancreatitis)

f) Colic: ureteric (see also under Renal),

Biliary/ gallbladder (see also under
Jaundice)

3. Anorexia and weight loss

a) Cancer

b) Metabolic causes including diabetes

(see under Endocrine/ Abnormal blood
sugar);

c) thyroid (see under Endocrine/ Thyroid

abnormalities)

d) Malabsorption

e) Physical causes of anorexia

f) Psychological causes of anorexia (see

also under Mental health/ Eating problems

4. Facial Swelling

a) Cancer

b) Sinusitis

c) Salivary glands

d) Teeth

e) Oral cavity

f) Lymph nodes (see also under Blood and

lymph)

5. Jaundice

a) Pre-hepatic (including haemolysis)

b) Hepatic (including drug-induced)

c) Post-hepatic (including biliary

obstruction)

6. Lower GI Problems

a) Including faecal incontinence

b) Spurious diarrhoea and encopresis

c) Cancer

d) Ulceration

e) Bleeding

f) Abnormal anatomy (fissures, piles,

prolapse)

g) Masses (including polyps)

h) Altered bowel habit (constipation,

diarrhoea)

i) Rectal pain

j) Pruritis ani

k) Inflammation (including IBD)

7. Upper GI Problems

a) Including nausea and vomiting

b) Infections (including food poisoning,

UTI, gastroenteritis)

c) Pyloric stenosis (see also under

Developmental)

d) Drug-induced

e) Raised intracranial pressure

f) Pregnancy (see also under

Reproductive)

g) Constipation

h) Cancer

i) Ulceration

j) GORD

k) Bleeding

l) Dysphagia (including tumours; benign;

neurological causes; congenital; acquired)

8. Nutrition

a) Recognises nutritional disorders are

common in patients with long-term
conditions

b) Performs basic nutritional screen and

recognises patients with potential for
nutritional deficiencies and considers this
in planning care

c) Formulates a plan for investigation and

management of weight loss or weight gain

d) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills,

attitudes and behaviours to assess
patients’ basic nutritional requirements

e) Recognises major nutritional

abnormalities and eating disorders and
establishes a management plan, where
relevant with other healthcare professional
input

f) Works with other healthcare

professionals in addressing nutritional
needs and communicating these during
care planning

g) Makes nutritional care part of daily

practice

h) Considers the additional effects of long-

term ill-health on nutritional status and the
effect of poor nutrition on long-term health

i) Dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease,

j) Constipation,

k) Cirrhosis

l) Haemochromatosis,

m) Primary biliary cirrhosis,

n) Primary sclerosing cholangitis,

o) Autoimmune hepatitis,

p) Ulcerative colitis and crohns disease

and how to differentiate between the two,

q) IBS and associated red flags,

r) Coeliac disease,

s) Acute and chronic pancreatitis and how

to differentiate between the two,

t) Alcoholism

ENDOCRINE

1. Diabetes Mellitus

a) Type 1 diabetes

b) Type 2 diabetes

c) Complications (including diabetic

retinopathy; neuropathy; arterialdisease)

d) Diabetic foot care

e) Hypoglycaemia/ hyperglycaemia

f) Patient with diabetes undergoing

surgery

g) Diabetes in pregnancy (see also under

Reproductive)

2. General

a) Hyperparathyroidism

b) Hypoparathyroidism

c) Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN 1

and MEN 2)

3. Adrenal

a) Adrenal gland

b) Addisonian crisis

c) Addison’s disease

d) Hyperaldosteronism

e) Phaeochromocytoma

f) Virilism

g) Gynaecomastia (see under Breast)

h) Impotence (see under Reproductive/

Fertility problems)

i) Cushing’s syndrome

4. Pituitary gland

a) Hypopituitarism

b) Pituitary tumours

c) Hyperprolactinaemia;
hypoprolactinaemia

d) Acromegaly

e) Diabetes insipidus

f) Hypopituitary coma

5. Thyroid Disorders
a) Cancer

b) Hyperthyroidism

c) Thyroid eye disease

d) Hypothyroidism

e) Thyroid disease in pregnancy (see also

under Reproductive/ Problems in
pregnancy)

f) Goitre; nodules

g) Thyroid emergency

ENT

1. Earache any cause

a) Cancer

b) Infection

c) Eustachian tube dysfunction

2. Hearing Problems: any cause

a) Foreign body (including wax)

b) Conductive and nerve deafness

3. Hoarseness and stridor any cause

a) Cancer

b) Infection (including epiglottitis)

c) Voice misuse (including nodules)

d) Nerve injury (including palsies)

e) Stridor (see also under Thyroid

abnormalities/ Goitre)

4. Nasal Symptons

a) Cancer

b) Bleeding

c) Nasal obstruction (including polyps;

allergic rhinitis)

d) Infections

e) Trauma (including fractures)

5. Vertigo any cause

a) Ménières disease

b) Labyrinthitis

c) Cancer

d) Cerebellar lesions (see also under

Neurological)

e) Benign positional

f) Toxins (including alcohol)

EYE

1. Eye Pain

a) Cancer

b) Sinusitis (see also under ENT)

c) Glaucoma

d) Migraine (see also under Neurological/

Headache

e) Foreign body

2. Orbital Swelling

a) Cancer

b) Infection (including cellulitis; blepharitis)

c) Thyroid disease (see under Endocrine)

d) Cysts: congenital and acquired

e) Eyelid Disorder

3. Red eye

a) Infection

b) Conjunctivitis

c) Iritis

d) Trauma (including foreign body)

e) Scleritis/ episcleritis

f) Glaucoma

g) Subconjunctival haemorrhage

h) Polycythaemia

4. Visual impairment

a) Tumours (including pituitary)

b) Arterial and venous

c) Lens (including cataract; dislocation)

d) Degenerative

e) Hereditary

f) Systemic conditions: including

connective tissue; diabetes (see also
under Endocrine)

g) Drug-induced

h) Infections

i) Detached retina

j) Vitreous haemorrhage (including

floaters)

GENITOURINARY

1. Uretrhal Discharge any cause

a) Infection (including STI)

b) Cancer

c) Foreign body

2. Vaginal Discharge any cause

a) Pruritis vulvae

b) Normal physiological

c) Cancer

d) Infection (including STI)

e) Foreign body

f) Child sexual abuse (see also under

Developmental problems)

HOEMOSTATIC

1. Acid-base imbalance and blood gas

abnormalities

a) Metabolic and respiratory acidosis or

alkalosis

b) Kidney function (tubular dysfunction,

low GFR, chronic renal failure)

2. Electrolyte abnormalities

a) Sodium,

b) potassium,

c) glucose,

d) calcium

e) SIADH

f) Magnesium

g) Zinc

h) Selenium

i) Water

j) Metabolic Bone Diseases

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

1. Hospital Acquired infection

a) Infection Control

b) MRSA

c) C. diff

d) Manages sepsis

i) Understands the seriousness of sepsis

ii) Understands and applies the principles

of managing a patient with sepsis

iii) Involves the infection control team at an

appropriate early stage

iv) Takes appropriate microbiological

specimens in a timely fashion

v) Follows local guidelines/protocols for

antibiotic prescribing.

2. Serious infection

a) HIV

b) AIDS

c) Hep B

d) Tb

3. Travel Medicine and Tropical

infections: any cause

a) Malaria

b) Bilharzia

c) Dengue fever

d) Lyme disease

e) Toxoplasma

f) Rabies

g) Yellow fever

h) Viral hepatitis

i) HIV, complications of HIV infection

including different infections that the AIDS
pt is prone to at different CD4 counts,
along with their symptomatology

j) Chlamydia vaginal discharge and

urethritis,

k) Weil’s disease

l) Lyme disease

m) Relapsing fever

4. Viral Infections

a) Exanthemata

b) Mumps

c) Measles

d) Rubella

e) Herpes simplex

f) Herpes zoster

g) Viral meningitis

h) Influenza

MENTAL HEALTH

1. Alcohol and drug misuse and

dependence

a) Including co-morbidity and withdrawal

b) Substitution therapy

c) Acute intoxication

d) Harmful use

2. Anxiety

a) Including generalised anxiety disorder,

phobias and OCD

b) Panic attack

c) Obsessive compulsive disorder

3. Deliberate self harm

a) Overdose, poisoning and other self-

harm

b) Suicidal risk

4. Eating Problems

a) Anorexia

b) Bulimia nervosa

5. Learning and communication

problems Any cause

a) Intellectual disability

b) Acquired brain injury

6. Medically-unexplained physical
symptons

a) Including psychosomatic disorders,

b) somatisation disorders

7. Mood/ affective problems

a) Depressive disorders

b) Bipolar disorders

c) Suicidal risk

8. Organic Brain Syndrome

a) Delirium

b) Dementia

c) Encephalopathy

9. Personallity and behavioural

disorders

a) Emotionally unstable personality

disorder

b) Antisocial personality disorder

c) Pathological gambling

d) Pyromania

10. Psychosis

a) Schizoaffective disorder

b) Delusional disorders

MUSCULOSKELETAL

1. Back and Neck

2. Connective tissue Disorders

3. Foor and Ankle

4. Hand and Wrist

5. Hip

6. Knee

7. Rheumatological problemas

a) Rheumatoid

b) Osteoarthrosis

c) Psoriatic

d) Lupus

e) Polymyalgia rheumatica

f) Gout

g) Rheumatoid arthritis

h) Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate

arthropathy

i) Ankylosing spondylitis

j) Reactive arthritis

k) Skin manifestations of systemic

diseases,

l) Specific diseases and their skin

manifestations

8. Upper limb

9. Skeletal

a) Disorders of calcium homeostasis

(osteoporosis, osteomalacia, Paget’s)

b) Infections

c) Tumours (benign, malignant,

secondaries)

d) Fractures of long bones

10. Fractures

NEUROLOGICAL

1. Blackouts and Faints

a) Loss of consciousness of any cause

b) Vasovagal syncope

c) Cough syncope

d) Effort syncope

e) Micturition syncope

f) Carotid sinus syncope

g) Epilepsy

h) Stokes Adams attacks

i) Hypoglycaemia

j) Orthostatic hypotension

k) Drop attacks

2. Cranial Nerve Problems

a) Any cause including visual field defects

b) Multiple sclerosis (MS)

c) Space occupying lesions

d) Bell’s palsy

3. Falls

a) Complications including subdural,

extradural

b) Any cause including environmental

c) Dizziness

d) Vertigo (benign positional vertigo)

e) Ménières disease

f) Ototoxicity

g) Vestibular nerve problems (Acoustic

neuroma, vestibular neuronitis, herpes
zoster, brain stem)

4. Headache

a) Any cause including environmental

b) Dizziness

c) Vertigo (benign positional vertigo)

d) Ménières disease

e) Ototoxicity

f) Vestibular nerve problems (Acoustic

neuroma, vestibular neuronitis, herpes
zoster, brain stem)

5. Movment Disorder including tremor

and gait

a) Abnormalities of the motor nervous

system

b) Chorea

c) Athetosis

d) Hemiballismus

e) Tics, myoclonus, dystonia and tardive

dyskinesia

f) Parkinson’s disease

g) Parkinsonism

6. Peripheral nerve problem

a) Testing peripheral nerves

b) Dermatomes

c) Including neuropathies of any cause

d) Autonomic neuropathy

e) Mononeuropathy’s

f) Polyneuropathy’s

g) Bulbar palsy

h) MND

i) Cervical spondylosis

j) Neurofibromatosis

k) Syringomyelia

7. Seizure

a) Epilepsy

b) Convulsion

8. Speech and Language

9. Weakness and Fatigue

a) Cerebral artery territories

b) Upper motor neurone vs lower motor

neurone

c) Muscle weakness grading

d) Cord compression

e) Transverse myelitis

f) Carcinomatosis

g) Meningitis
h) Guillain-barre

i) Cord infarction

j) Spinal artery thrombosis

k) Trauma

l) Dissecting aortic aneurism

m) Cauda equina lesions

n) Management of paralysed patient

o) Leg weakness (spastic paraparesis,

flaccid paraparesis, unilateral foot drop,
weak legs with no sensory loss, absent
knee jerks and extensor plantars)

p) Recognition of different gait disorders

q) Stroke (mimics, risk factors, site of

lesion, investigation management and
treatment, rehabilitation, TIA, SAH)

r) Myopathy

s) Myaesthenia gravis

RENAL

1. Urine Abnormalitis

a) Blood, protein, pH, volumes

b) Renal calculi

c) Renal tract obstruction

d) Retroperitoneal fibrosis

e) Glomerulonephritis

f) Nephrotic syndrome

g) Renal vein thrombosis

2. Renal Problems

a) Urinary tract imaging

b) Renal biopsy

c) Acute renal failure

d) Chronic renal failure, renal replacement

therapy, renaltransplantation

e) Interstitial nephritis

f) Nephrotoxins

g) Renal vascular disease

h) Renal tubular disease

i) Inherited kidney diseases

j) Renal manifestations of systemic

disease

k) UTIs, l) Haemolytic uremic syndrome,

m) Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

3. Urinary excretion

a) Oliguria and polyuria including renal

failure;

b) urate

4. Urinary Symptons

a) Pyelonephritis

b) Acute and chronic urinary tract infection

(UTI)

c) Frequency

d) Incontinence

e) Enuresis

REPRODUCTIVE

1. Contraception

a) Oral contraceptive pill

b) Intrauterine contraceptive devices

(IUCDs)

c) Implants

2. Fertility Problems

a) Both male and female;

b) including normal development in

puberty

3. Normal Pregnancy and care

a) Including prenatal diagnosis

b) Role of folic acid

c) Risks to fetus including smoking,

alcohol, food issues

4. Problems in Pregnancy

a) Including antepartum haemorrhage,

postpartum haemorrhage and miscarriage

b) Ectopic pregnancy

c) Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and

hyperemesis

d) Thyroid disease in pregnancy e)

Epilepsy f) Anticoagulation g) Prematurity

h) Low birth weight

5. Irregular vaginal bleeding

a) Including antepartum haemorrhage,

postpartum haemorrhage and miscarriage

b) Ectopic pregnancy

c) Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and

hyperemesis

d) Thyroid disease in pregnancy

e) Epilepsy

f) Anticoagulation

g) Prematurity

h) Low birth weight

6. Pelvic mass

a) Including antepartum haemorrhage,

postpartum haemorrhage and miscarriage

b) Ectopic pregnancy

c) Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and

hyperemesis

d) Thyroid disease in pregnancy

e) Epilepsy

f) AnticoagulationBreath

g) Prematurity

h) Low birth weight

7. Pelvic Pain

a) Endometriosis

b) PID

c) Dyspareunia

d) Renal disease in pregnancy

e) HTN in pregnancy

f) Cervical carcinoma

g) Endometrial carcinoma

h) Endometrial sampling in outpatients

i) Ovarian tumours

j) Ovarian carcinoma

k) Vaginal discharge

l) Pelvic infection

m) Contraception

n) Urinary malfunction

8. Vulval and vaginal lump/lesions

RESPIRATORY

1. Breathlessness

a) Pulmonary fibrosis

b) Any infection, inflammation, including

COPD, asthma, occupational lung
disease, sleep apnoea and cyanosis

c) Respiratory system examination, age

related changes, chest x-ray

d) Pneumonia including CURB 65

e) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(COPD), acute respiratory distress
syndrome

f) Respiratory failure

g) Pulmonary embolus

h) Pneumothorax

i) Pleural effusion

j) Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

k) Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

l) Industrial dust diseases

m) Obstructive sleep apnoea

n) Cor pulmonale

o) Tests in chest medicine,

p) Pneumonia and specific pneumonias

with causative agents,

q) Complications of pneumonia,

r) Lung tumors,

s) Asthma management,

t) COPD

2. Chest Pain

a) Including any pleuritic cause

b) Mesothelioma

c) Pneumothorax

3. Cough and Haemoptiasis

a) Cough and haemoptysis

b) Bronchiectasis

c) Cystic fibrosis

d) Fungi

e) Lung cancer

f) Sarcoidosis

4. Wheeze/ Stridor

a) Asthma – acute and chronic

b) Bronchodilators and steroids

SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENT

1. Collapse

a) Subdural, extradural, intracerebral

haemorrhage including subarachnoid
haemorrhage (SAH)

b) Hypertensive encephalopathy

c) Epilepsy

d) Addisonian crisis

e) Drug poisoning

f) Hypoglycaemia

g) Hyperglycaemia

h) Hypoxia

i) Hypothermia

j) Encephalopathy

2. Fever/Infection

a) Including pyrexia of unknown origin,

septicaemia, meningitis and neutropaenic
sepsis

b) Bacterial viral meningitis

c) Pneumonia

d) Acute severe asthma

e) PE

3. Multiple Trauma

a) Including head injury and intra-

abdominal injury

4. Shock

a) Paracetamol overdose

b) Salicylate overdose

c) Any cause including blood loss

d) Acute myocardial infarction (MI)

e) Intra abdominal blood loss

f) Massive pulmonary embolus

g) Burns

SKIN

1. Bites and Stings

a) Including infestations

b) Insect

c) Fish

d) Scorpion

e) Snake

f) Dog/cat bites

g) Human bite

h) Scabies

i) Lice

2. Bullous

a) Pemphigus

b) Pemphigoid

3. Dermatological manifestations of
systemic disease

a) Endocrine

b) Cancer

c) Connective tissue

4. Extreme of Temperature

a) Burns,

b) frostbite,

c) hyperthermia

d) hypothermia

5. Itchy and/or scaly rashes

a) Excess hair

b) Hair loss

c) Nail changes in systemic diseases

d) Psoriasis

e) Fungal infections of nails

6. Hair and nail

a) Including eczema,

b) dermatoses (psoriasis etc.)

c) reactions (drugs/food)

7. Infections

a) Including viral,

b) bacterial infections

c) fungal infections

8. Lumps

a) Nodular lesions

b) Skin tumour

c) BCC

d) Ganglion

9. Moles and Pigmented lesions

a) Benign

b) Vitiligo

c) Malignant including melanoma

10. Ulcers

a) Arterial

b) Venous

c) Neuropathic

d) Malignant

UROLOGICAL

1. Groin scrotal pain and or swelling

a) Torsion of testis

b) Hernias

c) Hydrocele

d) Tumour

e) Orchitis

f) Infection

2. Urinary tract obstruction

a) Calculus

b) Tumours (benign and malignant)

c) Strictures

d) Bladder neck obstruction

e) Enuresis

COMMON TOPICS SPOTTED FROM

AMC RECALLS

Hypercalcemia– esp.
Types,causes,treatment.
Hypocalcaemia–
causes,signsandsymptomsandtreat
ment(esp.initialtreatment)
Headache
Anaphylactic shock
Acute coronary syndrome with and
without ST elevation,
Severe pulmonary oedema
Acute severe asthma
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Status epilepticus
DKA
Other diabetic emergencies
Some specific poisons and their
antidotes
Salicylate poisoning
Paracetamol poisoning
Burns
Postpartum haemorrhage–
types,causesandtreatment.
Statins – esp side effects
Post streptococcal
glomerulonephritis
Pharyngeal pouch
CURB-65 scale– very very
important!
Hiatus hernia.
Cancer oesophagus.
Impetigo.
Acute otitis externa.
Acute and chronic otitis media.
Tonsillitis,Indications for
tonsillectomy and peritonsillar
abscess
Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis–treatment part is very
important
AU national newborn blood spot
screening.
Wilms tumor
Polycystic kidney disease.
Acne vulgaris and rosasea–
treatment,aggravating and relieving
factors
Rheumatoid arthritis
Nerve injuries in upper limb – all>
median N, ulnar N, Radial N
Cutaneous nerve supply of Lower
limb – all dermatomes are important
Cardiac enzymes and their
applications
Endometrial cancer
Cervical cancer + papsmear –
current guidelines
Breastcancer
Hirschprungs disease
Extrinsic allergic alvelolitis
Colorectal cancer – including
screening programmes in AU
Hormone replacement therapy
Anti-phospholipid syndrome
Behcet’s disease,
Dresslers syndrome
Felty’s syndrome
Gilbert’s syndrome
GBS, Korsakoff’s syndrome
Loffler’s syndrome
Peyronie’s disease
Raynaud’s syndrome
Stevens Johnson syndrome
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
ITP
Achlasia
Supra ventricular tachycardia – esp
WPW syndrome
NSAIDS–side effects/classification
Cancers of thyroid–esp papillary
and anaplastic
 Rotator cuff tear
Acutecholecystitis
Intusussuception
Infant respiratory distress syndrome
Renal stones–types and
managements more imp
Celiac disease–bothchildren and
adults + examples of gluten free
diet
Postpill amenorrhea
Premature ovarian failure
Treatment of constipation
Infertility–causes and management
for both men and women
Vaccination schedule in AU
List of live vaccines – esp vaccines
Developmental milestones:very very
important!!!!!!
Epiglottitis
Croup
Testicular cancer
Depression
Personality disorders
Tumor markers-very very imp
COC pills and contraindications
Suicide
Pneumonia in children,COPD pts
etc
Cardiac tamponade
Marfans syndrome
Downs syndrome
Insulin and types + OHAs +
treatment of diabetes–
Cauda equine syndrome
Migraine
Frozen shoulder
Vomiting in pregnancy-stages and
treatment
List of AD/AR/XLD/XLR diseases
Costochondritis
Morphine dosing and converting
doses like from oral to iv etc
GERD/Peptic ulcer/Hpylori/referral
etc.
Anal fissure
Torsion of testes
Drugs that stain teeth–commonly
asked
Treatment of menorrhagia/DUB–
Hypertension
classification/treatment/malignant
hypertension
Aceinhibitors–side effects asked –
remember it causes hyperkalemia
Legionnaires disease
Fibromyalgia
Aplastic anaemia
Atrial fibrillation
Types and causes of neonatal
jaundice + phototherapy
SDH/EDH/SAH-causes and
diagnosis
Head injury–GCS/Indications for CT
Meningitis
Hypothyroid/hyperthyroid,thyrogloss
alcyst
Conns syndrome
Bladder cancer
Vaccine in splenectomy
Drugs causing impotence
Cong rubella synd
Measles
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Urinary Incontinence-types and their
treatment
5th disease
Phenytoin/Anti psychotics/anti
depressants/mood stabilizers–side
effects and monitoring
PIH
GDM
Innocent murmurs
Crohn sds/Ulcerative colitis
Leukaemias
Abdominal aneursyms
Psychiatric screening tools
Heart blocks
Nephrotic synd/nephritic synd
DVT- diagnosis and prophylaxis
Asthma plus step wise approach in
management
Paracetamol/
opiate/cocaine/salicylate
poisoning/TCA
Physiological changes in pregnancy
Colles#
Irritable bowel disease
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
Acromegaly
Cushing synd and cushing disease
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Renal artery stenosis
Retinal detachment
Fibroids and complications
Contraception – types,mechanism
of their actions and side effects –
very very important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BPH/ Prostate ca
Causes of dementia – esp
alzhimers/vascular and lewy body
Undescended testes
Hemothroax/pneumothorax –
causes and treatment – very very
imp!!
Rashes in different types of illness
among-
measles/herpes simplex/ hand foot
mouth/ molluscum contagiosum/ 5ht
ds/rubella/roseola
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Steroids – side effects, ointment
strengths
Infective endocarditis
Cystic hygroma
Cystic hydroma/dermoid cyst
Lambert eaton synd/ myasthenia
gravis
Anti emetics drugs
Bisphos scores
WETFAG – google this mnemonic!!
Reactive arthritis
Chicken pox
Post op atelectasis
Anaphylaxisand treatment with
adrenaline – for diff age groups
Wilsons disease
Hepatitis
Nasal polyps
Heamarthrosis
Epididymal cysts
Eosinophilia
Types of abortions – very very
important
MIRENA
Acromegaly
Types of headache
HSP
HUS
Pulm embolism also wells criteria
Orbital floor #
Addisons disease – very very imp!
Acute coronary syndromes and its
management
Hyper parathyroidism
Appendicitis in pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy – very very imp!!
Psoriasis + psoriatic arthropathy
Haemorrhoids
CME retinitis
Gall stones – diagnosis and
treatment
Pesudomemb colitis
Sheehans synd
Typhoid fever
Waterhouse freidricshen synd
Basal cell ca/sq cell ca –
differntiating between both.. very
very imp!
Warfarin monitoring
Ottawa knee rules
Hernias
Hydrocele/ undescended testes
Toxoplasmosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Pertusis
Digoxin toxicity
Ramsay hunt synd
Bells palsy – treatment
Chlamydia/candida/bact
vaginosis/PID – also read
aboutnational chlamydia screening
programme
Mental health act
Presbycusis
Menieres disease
Osteoporosis
Disufiram
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Duodenal atresia/ pyloric stenosis –
diagnosis
Hemochromatosis
Genital ulcers –differential diagnosis
very very important!!!!
Conjuctivits – types and treatment
Cong syndromes – Williams,
digeorge, patau, Edward, cotards
Drugs causing PNH
Treatment of hyperkalemia
Causes of sterile pyuria
Carcinoid
Amebic liver disease
HOCM
Cong dislocation of hip
Legg clavee perthes disease
Eczema – types and treatment
Pleural effusions
Somatization disorder/
hypochondriasis /munchausen
synd/ malingering
Systemic sclerosis
Markers for various connective
tissue diseases
Electrolyte abnormalities in various
endocrine diseases
Treatment of post herpetic neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia
Diff between large and small bowel
obst
Placental disorders –
abruption/praevia/ vasa previa
Diabetic ketoacidosis/ HONK
Smoking cessation
Osteoarthritis – xray findings and
diff it from RA
VBW diseases
Mesothelioma
GBS
Complications of MI
Hemorrhagic disease of the new
born
Locating MI region on the basis of
leads
Pulsus paradoxus – causes
Anti- D indications
Paralytic illues – causes and
management- very very imp!
Asherman synd
Anorexia nervosa +bulimia
nervosa– features/ grading/scoff
questionnaire
Utricaria and calcaneal fracture
Sarcoidosis
Cong cmv infection
Prolactinomas
Asbestosis
Amenorrhea -primary and
secondary
Diphtheria
Child abuse
Burns
Pan coast tumor
Gilbert syndrome
Pancreatitis – grading, causes and
treatment
B12 deficiency
Tinea infection
Volvulus
Whiplash injury
Pel ebstien fever
Diabetes insipidus
Knee ligament – diagnostic tests
Fasciohumeral muscular dystrophy
Acute psychosis/mania
Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Amourosis fugax
Necrotising enterocolitis
Cow milk allergy
Drugs causing gynecomastia
Pterygium
Syringomyelia
Histoplasmosis
Osgood schattlers disease
SIRS
Pelvic congestions syndrome
Drugs safe and contra indicated in
pregnancy
Toxic megacolon
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Ototoxic drugs
Andenomyosis/endometriosis
Ovarian cancer
UTI
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Alopecia
Amyloidosis

Useful Facebook Groups for more recalls:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/554100
778429595/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/494893
117204080/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/135205
45146/

Useful Resources to read up:

John Murtagh:
https://murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.as
px?bookid=2471&sectionid=198745131

UpToDate: https://www.uptodate.com/login
(you may get cheaper subscription here:
https://mplus.pxwebs.com/)

Question Banks:

MplusX AMC QBank:

https://member.mplusx.com/

[/sociallocker]

Share this:

Your email address will not be published.

Required fields are marked *

Type here..

Name*

Email*

Website

Save my name, email, and website in

this browser for the next time I comment.

Post Comment »

This site uses User Verification plugin to reduce

spam. See how your comment data is processed.

Copyright © 2023 MplusX QBank | All rights reserved®


Facebook | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy