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Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam

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Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam should be focused on. Because this exam is is one of the great opportunities for the medical doctors for their bright career, Here is the listing of the topics that are very important for the PLAB Exam. You have to read and go through these listed important topics to study in order to get through the PLAB especially PLAB 1. Some points are marked as very important you need to focus on these points more focused.

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Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam
Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam

Do focus on below Important Topics to Study for PLAB Exam

1) Hypercalcemia – esp. Types, causes, treatment.
2) Hypocalcemia –causes, signs and symptoms and treatment ( esp. initial treatment)
3) Postpartum hemorrhage –types, causes, and treatment.
4) Statins – esp side effects
5) Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
6) Pharyngeal pouch
7) CURB- 65 scale – very very important!
8) Hiatus hernia.
9) Cancer esophagus.
10) Impetigo.
11) Acute otitis externa.
12) Acute and chronic otitis media.
13) Tonsillitis, Indications for tonsillectomy and peritonsillar abscess
14) Bronchiectasis
15) Bronchiolitis –treatment part is very important
16) UK national newborn blood spot screening.
17) Wilms tumor
18) Polycystic kidney disease.
19) Acne vulgaris and rosacea– treatment, aggravating and relieving factors
20) Rheumatoid arthritis
21) Nerve injuries in upper limb- all > median N, ulnar N, Radial N
22) Cutaneous nerve supply of Lower limb –all dermatomes are important
23) Cardiac enzymes and their applications
24) Endometrial cancer
25) Cervical cancer + pap smear – current guidelines
26) Breast cancer
27) Hirschsprung’s disease
28) Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
29) Colorectal cancer – including screening programmes in UK
30) Hormone replacement therapy
31) Antiphospholipid syndrome
32) ITP
33) Achalasia
34) Supraventricular tachycardia –esp WPW syndrome
35) NSAIDs – side effects/ classification
36) Cancers of thyroid – esp papillary and anaplastic
37) Rotator cuff tear
38) Acute cholecystitis
39) Intussusception
40) Infant respiratory distress syndrome
41) Renal stones – types and managements more imp
42) Celiac disease –both children and adults + examples of a gluten-free diet
43) Post pill amenorrhea
44) Premature ovarian failure

45) Treatment of constipation
46) Infertility –causes and management for both men and women
47) Vaccination schedule in the UK
48) List of live vaccines- esp vaccines
49) Developmental milestones: very very important!!!!!!
50) Epiglottitis
51) Croup
52) Testicular cancer
53) Depression
54) Personality disorders
55) Tumor markers- very very imp
56) COC pills –UKMEC contraindications
57) Suicide
58) Pneumonia in children, COPD pts, etc
59) Cardiac tamponade
60) Marfans syndrome
61) Downs syndrome
62) Insulin and types+ OHAs + treatment of diabetes –step by step according to NICE and WHO
63) Cauda equine syndrome
64) Migraine
65) Frozen shoulder
66) Vomiting in pregnancy-stages and treatment
67) List of AD/AR/XLD/XLR diseases
68) Costochondritis
69) Morphine dosing and converting doses like from oral to iv etc
70) GERD/Peptic ulcer/H pylori/ referral etc.
71) Anal fissure
72) Torsion of testes
73) Drugs that stain teeth – commonly asked
74) Treatment of menorrhagia / DUB– step by step from NICE
75) Hypertension classification/treatment/malignant hypertension
76) Ace inhibitors –side effects asked-remember it causes hyperkalemia 9 asked in sept 2016
PLAB1 )
77) Legionnaires disease
78) Fibromyalgia
79) Aplastic anemia
80) Atrial fibrillation
81) Types and causes of neonatal jaundice + phototherapy
82) SDH/EDH/SAH- causes and diagnosis
83) Head injury – GCS/ Indications for CT
84) Meningitis
85) Hypothy/hypertrophy, thyroglossal cyst
86) Conns syndrome
87) Bladder cancer
88) Vaccine in splenectomy
89) Drugs causing impotence
90) Cong rubella syndrome
91) Measles

92) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
93) Urinary Incontinence-types and their treatment
94) 5th disease
95) Phenytoin / Antipsychotics/antidepressants/ mood stabilizers –side effects and monitoring
96) PIH
97) GDM
98) Innocent murmurs
99) Crohns ds/ Ulcerative colitis
100) Leukaemias
101) Abdominal aneurysms
102) Psychiatric screening tools
103) Heart blocks
104) Nephrotic syndrome/nephritic syndrome
105) DVT- diagnosis and prophylaxis
106) Asthma plus stepwise approach in the management
107) Paracetamol/ opiate/cocaine/salicylate poisoning/TCA
108) Physiological changes in pregnancy
109) Colles#
110) Irritable bowel disease
111) Multiple endocrine neoplasias
112) Acromegaly
113) Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease
114) Normal pressure hydrocephalus
115) Renal artery stenosis
116) Retinal detachment
117) Fibroids and complications
118) Contraception 0 types, mechanism of their actions and side effects –very very
important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
119) BPH/ Prostate ca
120) Causes of dementia –esp Alzheimers/vascular and Lewy body
121) Undescended testes
122) Hemothroax/pneumothorax –causes and treatment – very very imp!!
123) Rashes in different types of illness among- measles/herpes simplex/ hand foot
mouth/ molluscum contagiosum/ 5ht ds/rubella/roseola –read about them as well
124) Carbon monoxide poisoning
125) Steroids – side effects, ointment strengths
126) Infective endocarditis
127) Cystic Fibrosis
128) Cystic hydroma/dermoid cyst
129) Lambert Eaton syndrome/ myasthenia gravis
130) Antiemetics drugs
131) Bisphos scores
132) WETFAG – google this mnemonic!!
133) Reactive arthritis
134) Chickenpox
135) Post-op atelectasis
136) Anaphylaxis and treatment with adrenaline –for diff age groups
137) Wilsons disease

138) Hepatitis
139) Nasal polyps
140) Heamarthrosis
141) Epididymal cysts
142) Eosinophilia
143) Types of abortions – very very important
144) MIRENA – a fav of British examiners!!
145) Acromegaly
146) Types of headache
147) HSP
148) HUS
149) Pulm embolism also wells criteria
150) Orbital floor #
151) Addison’s disease –very very imp!
152) Acute coronary syndromes and its management
153) Hyper parathyroidism
154) Appendicitis in pregnancy
155) Ectopic pregnancy – very very imp!!
156) Psoriasis + psoriatic arthropathy
157) Haemorrhoids
158) CME retinitis
159) Gall stones – diagnosis and treatment
160) Pesudomemb colitis
161) Sheehans syndrome
162) Typhoid fever
163) Waterhouse Friedrichsen syndrome
164) Basal cell ca/sq cell ca – differentiating between both.. very very imp!
165) Warfarin monitoring
166) Ottawa knee rules
167) Hernias
168) Hydrocele/ undescended testes
169) Toxoplasmosis
170) Ankylosing spondylitis
171) Hereditary spherocytosis
172) Pertussis
173) Digoxin toxicity
174) Ramsay hunt syndrome
175) Bells palsy – treatment
176) Chlamydia/candida/bacterial vaginosis/PID – also read about national chlamydia
screening program
177) Mental health act
178) Presbycusis
179) Meniere’s disease
180) Osteoporosis
181) Disulfiram
182) Primary sclerosing cholangitis
183) Duodenal atresia/ pyloric stenosis –diagnosis
184) Hemochromatosis

185) Genital ulcers –differential diagnosis very very important!!!!
186) Conjunctivitis –types and treatment
187) Congenital syndromes – Williams, DiGeorge, patau, Edward, cotards
188) Drugs causing PNH
189) Treatment of hyperkalemia
190) Causes of sterile pyuria
191) Carcinoid
192) Amebic liver disease
193) HOCM
194) Cong dislocation of the hip
195) Legg clave Perthes disease
196) Eczema – types and treatment
197) Pleural effusions
198) Somatization disorder/ hypochondriasis /Munchausen syndrome/ malingering
199) Systemic sclerosis
200) Markers for various connective tissue diseases
201) Electrolyte abnormalities in various endocrine diseases
202) Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
203) Trigeminal neuralgia
204) Diff between large and small bowel obstruction
205) Placental disorders –abruption/praevia/ vasa Previa
206) Diabetic ketoacidosis/ HONK
207) Smoking cessation
208) Osteoarthritis –x-ray findings and diff it from RA
209) VBW diseases
210) Mesothelioma
211) GBS
212) Complications of MI
213) Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn
214) Locating MI region on the basis of leads
215) Pulsus paradoxus –causes
216) Anti- D indications
217) Paralytic illues –causes and management- very very imp!
218) Asherman syndrome
219) Anorexia nervosa +bulimia nervosa–features/ grading/ scoff questionnaire
220) Utricaria and calcaneal fracture
221) Sarcoidosis
222) Congenital cmv infection
223) Prolactinomas
224) Asbestosis
225) Amenorrhea -primary and secondary
226) Diphtheria
227) Child abuse
228) Burns
229) Pan coast tumor
230) Gilbert syndrome
231) Pancreatitis –grading, causes and treatment
232) B12 deficiency

233) Tinea infection
234) Volvulus
235) Whiplash injury
236) Pel ebstien fever
237) Diabetes insipidus
238) Knee ligament –diagnostic tests
239) Fasciohumeral muscular dystrophy
240) Acute psychosis/mania
241) Schizophrenia
242) Epilepsy
243) Amourosis fugax
244) Necrotising enterocolitis
245) Cow milk allergy
246) Drugs causing gynecomastia
247) Pterygium
248) Syringomyelia
249) Histoplasmosis
250) Osgood schattlers disease
251) SIRS
252) Pelvic congestions syndrome
253) Drugs safe and contraindicated in pregnancy
254) Tocix megacolon
255) Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
256) Ototoxic drugs
257) Andenomyosis/endometriosis
258) Ovarian cancer
259) UTI – very very important-read according to nice guidelines
260) Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
261) Alopecia
262) Amyloidosis

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Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam should be focused on. Because this exam is is one of the great opportunities for the medical doctors for their bright career, Here is the listing of the topics that are very important for the PLAB Exam. You have to read and go through these listed important topics to study in order to get through the PLAB especially PLAB 1. Some points are marked as very important you need to focus on these points more focused.
Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam
Important Topics to study for PLAB Exam

Do focus on below Important Topics to Study for PLAB Exam

1) Hypercalcemia – esp. Types, causes, treatment. 2) Hypocalcemia –causes, signs and symptoms and treatment ( esp. initial treatment) 3) Postpartum hemorrhage –types, causes, and treatment. 4) Statins – esp side effects 5) Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis 6) Pharyngeal pouch 7) CURB- 65 scale – very very important! 8) Hiatus hernia. 9) Cancer esophagus. 10) Impetigo. 11) Acute otitis externa. 12) Acute and chronic otitis media. 13) Tonsillitis, Indications for tonsillectomy and peritonsillar abscess 14) Bronchiectasis 15) Bronchiolitis –treatment part is very important 16) UK national newborn blood spot screening. 17) Wilms tumor 18) Polycystic kidney disease. 19) Acne vulgaris and rosacea– treatment, aggravating and relieving factors 20) Rheumatoid arthritis 21) Nerve injuries in upper limb- all > median N, ulnar N, Radial N 22) Cutaneous nerve supply of Lower limb –all dermatomes are important 23) Cardiac enzymes and their applications 24) Endometrial cancer 25) Cervical cancer + pap smear – current guidelines 26) Breast cancer 27) Hirschsprung's disease 28) Extrinsic allergic alveolitis 29) Colorectal cancer – including screening programmes in UK 30) Hormone replacement therapy 31) Antiphospholipid syndrome 32) ITP 33) Achalasia 34) Supraventricular tachycardia –esp WPW syndrome 35) NSAIDs – side effects/ classification 36) Cancers of thyroid – esp papillary and anaplastic 37) Rotator cuff tear 38) Acute cholecystitis 39) Intussusception 40) Infant respiratory distress syndrome 41) Renal stones – types and managements more imp 42) Celiac disease –both children and adults + examples of a gluten-free diet 43) Post pill amenorrhea 44) Premature ovarian failure 45) Treatment of constipation 46) Infertility –causes and management for both men and women 47) Vaccination schedule in the UK 48) List of live vaccines- esp vaccines 49) Developmental milestones: very very important!!!!!! 50) Epiglottitis 51) Croup 52) Testicular cancer 53) Depression 54) Personality disorders 55) Tumor markers- very very imp 56) COC pills –UKMEC contraindications 57) Suicide 58) Pneumonia in children, COPD pts, etc 59) Cardiac tamponade 60) Marfans syndrome 61) Downs syndrome 62) Insulin and types+ OHAs + treatment of diabetes –step by step according to NICE and WHO 63) Cauda equine syndrome 64) Migraine 65) Frozen shoulder 66) Vomiting in pregnancy-stages and treatment 67) List of AD/AR/XLD/XLR diseases 68) Costochondritis 69) Morphine dosing and converting doses like from oral to iv etc 70) GERD/Peptic ulcer/H pylori/ referral etc. 71) Anal fissure 72) Torsion of testes 73) Drugs that stain teeth – commonly asked 74) Treatment of menorrhagia / DUB– step by step from NICE 75) Hypertension classification/treatment/malignant hypertension 76) Ace inhibitors –side effects asked-remember it causes hyperkalemia 9 asked in sept 2016 PLAB1 ) 77) Legionnaires disease 78) Fibromyalgia 79) Aplastic anemia 80) Atrial fibrillation 81) Types and causes of neonatal jaundice + phototherapy 82) SDH/EDH/SAH- causes and diagnosis 83) Head injury – GCS/ Indications for CT 84) Meningitis 85) Hypothy/hypertrophy, thyroglossal cyst 86) Conns syndrome 87) Bladder cancer 88) Vaccine in splenectomy 89) Drugs causing impotence 90) Cong rubella syndrome 91) Measles 92) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 93) Urinary Incontinence-types and their treatment 94) 5th disease 95) Phenytoin / Antipsychotics/antidepressants/ mood stabilizers –side effects and monitoring 96) PIH 97) GDM 98) Innocent murmurs 99) Crohns ds/ Ulcerative colitis 100) Leukaemias 101) Abdominal aneurysms 102) Psychiatric screening tools 103) Heart blocks 104) Nephrotic syndrome/nephritic syndrome 105) DVT- diagnosis and prophylaxis 106) Asthma plus stepwise approach in the management 107) Paracetamol/ opiate/cocaine/salicylate poisoning/TCA 108) Physiological changes in pregnancy 109) Colles# 110) Irritable bowel disease 111) Multiple endocrine neoplasias 112) Acromegaly 113) Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease 114) Normal pressure hydrocephalus 115) Renal artery stenosis 116) Retinal detachment 117) Fibroids and complications 118) Contraception 0 types, mechanism of their actions and side effects –very very important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 119) BPH/ Prostate ca 120) Causes of dementia –esp Alzheimers/vascular and Lewy body 121) Undescended testes 122) Hemothroax/pneumothorax –causes and treatment – very very imp!! 123) Rashes in different types of illness among- measles/herpes simplex/ hand foot mouth/ molluscum contagiosum/ 5ht ds/rubella/roseola –read about them as well 124) Carbon monoxide poisoning 125) Steroids – side effects, ointment strengths 126) Infective endocarditis 127) Cystic Fibrosis 128) Cystic hydroma/dermoid cyst 129) Lambert Eaton syndrome/ myasthenia gravis 130) Antiemetics drugs 131) Bisphos scores 132) WETFAG – google this mnemonic!! 133) Reactive arthritis 134) Chickenpox 135) Post-op atelectasis 136) Anaphylaxis and treatment with adrenaline –for diff age groups 137) Wilsons disease 138) Hepatitis 139) Nasal polyps 140) Heamarthrosis 141) Epididymal cysts 142) Eosinophilia 143) Types of abortions – very very important 144) MIRENA – a fav of British examiners!! 145) Acromegaly 146) Types of headache 147) HSP 148) HUS 149) Pulm embolism also wells criteria 150) Orbital floor # 151) Addison's disease –very very imp! 152) Acute coronary syndromes and its management 153) Hyper parathyroidism 154) Appendicitis in pregnancy 155) Ectopic pregnancy – very very imp!! 156) Psoriasis + psoriatic arthropathy 157) Haemorrhoids 158) CME retinitis 159) Gall stones – diagnosis and treatment 160) Pesudomemb colitis 161) Sheehans syndrome 162) Typhoid fever 163) Waterhouse Friedrichsen syndrome 164) Basal cell ca/sq cell ca – differentiating between both.. very very imp! 165) Warfarin monitoring 166) Ottawa knee rules 167) Hernias 168) Hydrocele/ undescended testes 169) Toxoplasmosis 170) Ankylosing spondylitis 171) Hereditary spherocytosis 172) Pertussis 173) Digoxin toxicity 174) Ramsay hunt syndrome 175) Bells palsy – treatment 176) Chlamydia/candida/bacterial vaginosis/PID - also read about national chlamydia screening program 177) Mental health act 178) Presbycusis 179) Meniere's disease 180) Osteoporosis 181) Disulfiram 182) Primary sclerosing cholangitis 183) Duodenal atresia/ pyloric stenosis –diagnosis 184) Hemochromatosis 185) Genital ulcers –differential diagnosis very very important!!!! 186) Conjunctivitis –types and treatment 187) Congenital syndromes – Williams, DiGeorge, patau, Edward, cotards 188) Drugs causing PNH 189) Treatment of hyperkalemia 190) Causes of sterile pyuria 191) Carcinoid 192) Amebic liver disease 193) HOCM 194) Cong dislocation of the hip 195) Legg clave Perthes disease 196) Eczema – types and treatment 197) Pleural effusions 198) Somatization disorder/ hypochondriasis /Munchausen syndrome/ malingering 199) Systemic sclerosis 200) Markers for various connective tissue diseases 201) Electrolyte abnormalities in various endocrine diseases 202) Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia 203) Trigeminal neuralgia 204) Diff between large and small bowel obstruction 205) Placental disorders –abruption/praevia/ vasa Previa 206) Diabetic ketoacidosis/ HONK 207) Smoking cessation 208) Osteoarthritis –x-ray findings and diff it from RA 209) VBW diseases 210) Mesothelioma 211) GBS 212) Complications of MI 213) Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn 214) Locating MI region on the basis of leads 215) Pulsus paradoxus –causes 216) Anti- D indications 217) Paralytic illues –causes and management- very very imp! 218) Asherman syndrome 219) Anorexia nervosa +bulimia nervosa–features/ grading/ scoff questionnaire 220) Utricaria and calcaneal fracture 221) Sarcoidosis 222) Congenital cmv infection 223) Prolactinomas 224) Asbestosis 225) Amenorrhea -primary and secondary 226) Diphtheria 227) Child abuse 228) Burns 229) Pan coast tumor 230) Gilbert syndrome 231) Pancreatitis –grading, causes and treatment 232) B12 deficiency 233) Tinea infection 234) Volvulus 235) Whiplash injury 236) Pel ebstien fever 237) Diabetes insipidus 238) Knee ligament –diagnostic tests 239) Fasciohumeral muscular dystrophy 240) Acute psychosis/mania 241) Schizophrenia 242) Epilepsy 243) Amourosis fugax 244) Necrotising enterocolitis 245) Cow milk allergy 246) Drugs causing gynecomastia 247) Pterygium 248) Syringomyelia 249) Histoplasmosis 250) Osgood schattlers disease 251) SIRS 252) Pelvic congestions syndrome 253) Drugs safe and contraindicated in pregnancy 254) Tocix megacolon 255) Acute fatty liver of pregnancy 256) Ototoxic drugs 257) Andenomyosis/endometriosis 258) Ovarian cancer 259) UTI – very very important-read according to nice guidelines 260) Idiopathic intracranial hypertension 261) Alopecia 262) Amyloidosis
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