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.

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