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Times General Medicine I

Essays
*Describe in detail the causes/aetiology, clinical features (2),
diagnosis/differential diagnosis, treatment/management (2) of
portal hypertension.
*Describe the aetiology, clinical features (2), diagnosis and
management (2) of cirrhosis of liver with portal hypertension.
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*List the causes and describe the clinical features of cirrhosis of liver.
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What are its complications? Describe the management of any one
complication.
*Describe the aetiology (2), pathogenesis (2), investigations (2),
complications (2) and management (2) of cirrhosis of liver.
*Describe the aetiology, clinical features, complications and
treatment of pneumonia.
5 *Describe the aetiology (3), pathophysiology, pathology, clinical ● ● ● ● ●
features (4), complications, investigations and management (4) of
community-acquired pneumonia.
*Define bronchiectasis. Describe the aetiology (2), clinical features
(3), complications, investigations (2) and treatment/management (2)
of bronchiectasis.
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*Name/enumerate the suppurative lung diseases. Describe the
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aetiology/aetiopathogenesis, clinical features (2), complications (2)
and treatment/management of bronchiectasis.
*Describe the aetiology/causes, clinical features (3), investigations
(3) and treatment/management (2) of congestive cardiac failure.
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*Give an account of the aetiology, precipitating factors, clinical
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features and management of cardiac failure.
*Describe the clinical features of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary
tuberculosis. How is pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
diagnosed? Discuss the treatment of tuberculosis.
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*Describe the aetiology, clinical features (3), complications,
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(laboratory) investigations (2) and treatment/management (2) of
pulmonary tuberculosis.
 *Describe in detail the aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features
3 (3), signs, investigations (2), differential diagnosis and ● ● ●
treatment/management (2) of acute myocardial infarction.
*Describe the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis and
management of severe falciparum malaria.
*Describe the clinical features, diagnostic criteria and treatment of
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malaria.
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*Discuss the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of cerebral
malaria.
*Discuss the aetiology (2), pathophysiology, clinical features (3),
3 investigations/diagnostic criteria and treatment (2)/management of ● ● ●
infective endocarditis.
*Enumerate the causes of fever with rash. Describe the clinical
features, diagnosis and management of dengue fever.
2 *Describe the aetiology, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and ● ●
management of dengue fever.
*Note: Add a note on its complications.
*Mention the various precipitating factors (2) of hepatic
2 encephalopathy. Explain the investigations (2) and treatment (2) of ● ●
hepatic encephalopathy.
*Describe the aetiology (2), pathogenesis, clinical features (2),
2
investigations (2) and treatment (2) of acute rheumatic fever.
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*Describe the aetiology, pathophysiology (2), clinical features,
2
investigations and management (2) of bronchial asthma.
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*Discuss the causes (2), clinical features (2) and management (2) of
2
acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
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Describe the aetiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management
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of lung abscess.
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*Describe the pathophysiology, clinical features, management and
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complications of a case of organophosphorus poisoning.
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*Describe the aetiology, clinical features and management of
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leptospirosis.
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*Discuss the aetiology, clinical features, investigations, complications
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and management of acute pancreatitis.
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*Classify hypertension. Discuss the complications and treatment of
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systemic hypertension.
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 *Describe the aetiology, clinical features, investigations and
1
management of right-sided pleural effusion.
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*Discuss the differential diagnosis of acute onset of dyspnoea in a 40-
1
year-old male brought to the casualty.
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*Mention the causes of thrombocytopenia. Describe clinical features
1 and management of a case of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura ●
(TTP).
Short Notes
*Organophosphorous compound poisoning (1):
- Treatment (2)
*Paracetamol (tablet) poisoning (2):
- Treatment (1)
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*Treatment of corrosive poisoning
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*Management of benzodiazepine poisoning (3)
*Oleander seed poisoning
*Copper sulphate poisoning
*Rheumatoid arthritis:
- Therapy/management (4)
- Extra-articular manifestations ●
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- Diagnostic criteria
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*DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis
*Reactive arthritis (2)
*Folic acid (vitamin B9) deficiency
*Scurvy (2)
*Vitamin B12 deficiency:
7 - Clinical features (2) ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
- Management
- Causes
*Vitamin A
*Heat stroke (2):
- Management (3)
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- Prevention (1)
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*Heat-related illness
 *Scorpion sting (1):
- Clinical features (1)
- Management (1)
6 *Snake bite: ● ● ● ● ● ●
- Treatment/Management
- Clinical features and management of cobra bite
*Management of dog bite
*Acute pancreatitis:
- Complications (2)
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- Causes
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*Causes of pancreatitis (3)
*Inflammatory bowel disease:
- Management
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5 - Systemic complications (2) ● ● ●
*Treatment of ulcerative colitis ●
*Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
*Beta adrenergic blocking agents (β-blockers) (2):
- Uses (1)
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- Contraindications (2)
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- Indications (2)
5 Management/treatment of atrial fibrillation ● ● ● ● ●
*Obesity:
- Complications
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- Management
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*Complications of morbid obesity (3)
*Hepatic encephalopathy (1):
4 - Precipitating factors (1) ● ● ● ●
- Management (1)/Treatment (1)
*Cardiac biomarkers (2)
4 *Plasma biochemical markers in acute myocardial infection ● ● ● ●
*Investigations for myocardial infarction
*Cholera:
3 - Diagnosis (1) ● ● ●
- Management (1)/Treatment (2)
*Amoebiasis (1):
3 - Treatment (1) ● ● ●
*Amoebic liver abscess
 *Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE):
3 - Diagnosis/Laboratory diagnosis ● ● ●
- Clinical features
*Plasmodium falciparum malaria:
- Treatment
3
- Complications
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*Treatment of cerebral malaria
*Swine flu vaccination
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*Hepatitis B vaccination (2)
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*H. pylori infection (1):
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- Treatment (1)/Management (1)
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*Causes of hyponatremia
3 *Causes of hypokalemia ● ● ●
*Management of hyperkalemia
*ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors (1):
3 - Indications (2) ● ● ●
- Side effects (1)
*Management of variceal bleed
3
*Treatment/Management of oesophageal variceal bleeding (2)
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3 Causes of secondary hypertension ● ● ●
*Hepatitis B infection:
3 - (Serological) markers (2) ● ● ●
- Complications
*Complications of enteric fever
3
*Widal test
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3 Pellagra ● ● ●
3 Liver function tests ● ● ●
*HIV infection:
- HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy)
3
- Oral manifestations
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- Post-exposure prophylaxis
*Blood group and typing
3
*Body mass index (2)
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*Anaphylaxis (2)
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*Anaphylactic shock
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 *Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia
2
*Causes of iron deficiency anaemia
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2 Haemophilia ● ●
*Cardiogenic shock (1):
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- Management (1)
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*Clinical features of Graves' disease
2
*Clinical features of thyrotoxicosis
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*COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease):
2 - Treatment ● ●
- Diagnosis
*Causes of jaundice
2
*Investigations in haemolytic jaundice
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*Bell's palsy
2
*Cerebral palsy
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2 Opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts ● ●
*Treatment of unstable angina
2
*Treatment of angina
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*Diabetes mellitus:
2 - Prevention of macrovascular complications ● ●
- Acute complications
*Management of dengue shock syndrome
2
*Clinical features of dengue haemorrhagic fever
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*Peptic ulcer:
2 - Management ● ●
- H. pylori in peptic ulcer
*Gout:
2 - Treatment ● ●
- Clinical features
*Osteoporosis:
2 - Risk factors ● ●
- Treatment
*Oral hypoglycaemic drugs (agents) (1):
2
- Classification (1)
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*X-linked recessive inheritance
2
*X-linked recessive disorders
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*Management of pneumothorax
2
*Management of tension pneumothorax
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1 High-anion gap metabolic acidosis ●
1 Pericardial effusion ●
1 Atrial septal defect (ASD) ●
1 Lung abscess ●
1 Acute pulmonary oedema ●
1 Tetralogy of Fallot ●
1 Mitral valve prolapse ●
1 Evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodule ●
1 Treatment of leptospirosis ●
1 Clinical manifestations and management of rabies ●
1 Aminoglycosides ●
1 Peripheral signs of aortic regurgitation ●
1 Management of ARDS ●
1 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) ●
1 Diagnosis of rheumatic fever ●
1 Treatment of bronchiectasis ●
1 Cardiogenic syncope ●
1 Tetanus ●
1 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ●
1 Traveller's diarrhea ●
1 Investigations of pulmonary tuberculosis ●
1 Nosocomial infections ●
1 Complications of pneumonia ●
1 Complications of portal hypertension ●
1 Thrombolytic agents ●
1 Complications of cirrhosis of liver ●
1 Precipitating factors of congestive heart failure ●
1 Causes of haemoptysis ●
1 Duke's criteria for infective endocarditis ●
1 Non-metastatic manifestations of malignancy ●
1 Superior vena caval obstruction ●
1 WHO analgesia ladder ●
1 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies ●
1 Chronic myeloid leukaemia ●
1 Loop diuretics ●
1 Classification of lung cancers ●
1 Treatment of bronchial asthma ●
1 Side effects of cancer chemotherapy ●
1 Complications of blood transfusion ●
1 Uses of metronidazole ●
1 Splenectomy ●
1 Neurocysticercosis ●
1 Treatment of myxoedema coma ●
1 Laboratory diagnosis of kala-azar ●
1 Diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism ●
1 Prevention of falls in the elderly ●
1 Confidentiality of doctor-patient relationship ●