Index

Essentials of Postgraduate Medicine (MD Examination Oriented Topics) SK Rajan, S Chandrasekar

1:Acute Myocardial Infarction
- ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
- ACUTE MANAGEMENT
2:Role of Thrombolysis, PTCA, and Surgery in the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
- INTRODUCTION
3:Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
- INTRODUCTION
- PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT/PREVENTION OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  - Treatment Decisions Based on LDL Cholesterol Level
    - Positive CHD Risk Factors
4:Rheumatic Fever
- AETIOLOGY
  - Diagnosis
- CARDITIS
- MIGRATORY POLYARTHRITIS
- SYDENHMAS CHOREA
- SC NODULES AND ERYTHEMIA MARGINATUM
  - Evidence of Antecedent Streptococcal Infection is by
- MEDICAL THERAPY FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF RH FEVER
5:Current Concepts in Essential Hypertension
- INTRODUCTION
6:Hypertrophic ObstructiveCardiomyopathy
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
7:Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) vs Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- DEFINITION OF CAP
- DEFINITION OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
- ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA
  - Diagnosis
  - Management
- ANTIBIOTICS
8:Acute Lung Injury (ALI)
- INTRODUCTION
- TREATMENT
  - Complications of Treatment
- PROGNOSIS
9:Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema
- INTRODUCTION
- AETIOLOGY
10:Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- INTRODUCTION
- NONINVASIVE IMAGING MODALITIES
- INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES
  - Pulmonary Angiography
    - Depends on
  - Contrast Phlebography
- INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH
  - Differential Diagnosis
  - Treatment
- ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY
- ANTICOAGULATION
- THROMBOLYSIS
- PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY
11:Interstitial Lung Disease
- INTRODUCTION
- CLASSIFICATION
12:Bronchial Asthma
- AETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT
13:Aetiology, Clinical Features and Management of Dementias
- INTRODUCTION
- CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE
  - Limbic Encephalitis
  - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- DEMENTIA PUGILISTIC (PUNCH DRUNK SYNDROME)
  - Management
  - Non-drug Behavioural Therapy
14:Movement Disorders
- INTRODUCTION
  - Types
  - Pathology
15:Multiple Sclerosis
- INTRODUCTION
16:Myasthenia Gravis
- INTRODUCTION
- MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND THYMOMA
  - Clinical Features
  - Modified Osserman Scale
- MYASTHENIC CRISIS
17:Neurological Complications of Systemic Disease
- INTRODUCTION
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND CNS
- INFECTIONS AND HIV
- VASCULITIS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS
- DIABETES AND CNS
- LIVER DISEASES AND CNS
- HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND CNS
  - Neurological Complications of Uremia
- METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY–CAUSES
- SYSTEMIC CANCER AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
- NEUROLOGIC PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME
18:Acute Pancreatitis
19:Chronic Pancreatitis
- AETIOLOGY
20:Malabsorption Syndromes
- DEFINITION OF MALABSORPTION
- CLASSIFICATION (AETIOPATHOGENESIS)
21:Diarrhoeal Disorders Encountered in the Tropics
- INTRODUCTION
  - Pathobiology of Causative Agents
- ACUTE DIARRHOEA
- MAJOR CAUSES OF CHRONIC DIARRHOEA
22:Glomerulonephritis
- INTRODUCTION
- MECHANISM
- GOODPASTURE’S DISEASE (ANTI-GBM)
23:Acute Tubular Necrosis
24:Osteoporosis
- DEFINITION
25:Rheumatoid Arthritis
- INTRODUCTION
26:Hyperlipoproteinemias
- DEFINITION
- SECONDARY HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS
  - Treatment
- NICOTINIC ACID
- FIBRATES
27:Hypercalcaemia
- HYPERCALCAEMIA
- HYPERCALCAEMIA OF MALIGNANCY
- THIAZIDES
  - Vit A Intoxication
  - Treatment
- RENAL FAILURE
28:Clinical Features/Diagnosis Treatment of Toxoplasmosis
- OCULAR INFECTIONS
- FOR CONGENITAL INFECTION
  - For Immunocompromised Patients
  - Prevention
29:Amoebiasis
- INTRODUCTION
- DD
  - Management
30:Lymphatic Filariasis
- LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS
31:Leukaemias
- ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIAS
  - Acute Iymphoid Leukaemia
- CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
32:Transfusion Reactions
- IMMUNE MEDIATED
- ACUTE LUNG INJURY
  - Non-immunologic Reactions
  - Infections
33:Acute Aortic Regurgitation
34:Unstable Angina
- INTRODUCTION
  - Unstable Angina Patients Fall into Three Groups
  - Five Mechanisms for Unstable Angina have been Described
35:Dilated CMP
36:Stunned Myocardium
- INTRODUCTION
37:Endomyocardial Fibrosis
- INTRODUCTION
38:ATT Induced Hepatitis
- INTRODUCTION
  - Drugs Causing Hepatitis
  - Treatment
39:Torsades De Pointes
40:Ebstein's Anomaly
41:Cystic Diseases of Lung
42:Primary Complex
- INTRODUCTION
  - Clinical Features
  - Complications
- PLASMA PHERESIS
43:Pontine Haemorrhage
- INTRODUCTION
  - Primary Pontine Haemorrhage have been Divided into Three Clinical Types
44:Drugs Used in Tuberculosis
45:Lacunar Infarcts
- INTRODUCTION
  - Pure Motor Hemiplegia
46:Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia
- INTRODUCTION
47:Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
- INTRODUCTION
  - One Variant of SBP is
  - Treatment
48:Cystic Fibrosis
49:Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
50:Lung Diseases in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- I. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
  - Pneumocystitis Carini Infection
  - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection
- II. FUNGAL INFECTIONS
- III. IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
- IV. NEOPLASTIC DISEASE
51:Parkinson's Disease
- INTRODUCTION
52:Dystonias
- INTRODUCTION
  - Types
  - Secondary Dystonia
53:Brainstem Death
- INTRODUCTION
54:Hepatic Osteodystrophy
- INTRODUCTION
55:Chronic Hepatitis
56:Dysequilibrium Syndrome
- INTRODUCTION
  - Treatment
57:Wilson's Disease
58:Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease
59:Renal Amyloidosis
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
  - Investigative Approach
60:Renovascular Hypertension
- INTRODUCTION
61:Renal Osteodystrophy or Metabolic Bone Disease
62:Eating Disorders
- INTRODUCTION
63:Maniac Depressive Psychosis
- INTRODUCTION
64:Lithium Induced Diabetes Insipidus
65:Tropical Endocrine Problems other than Pancreatic Diabetes
- HYPOPITUITARISM
66:Alport Syndrome
- INTRODUCTION
67:Gestational Diabetes
- INTRODUCTION
  - Treatment
68:Diseases Produced in Human Beings by Rodents
69:Deposition Arthropathy
70:Odynophagia
- INTRODUCTION
71:HIV Associated Nephropathy
72:Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- INTRODUCTION
  - Common Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndrome
  - Paraneoplatic Haematologic Syndromes
73:Neurological Features of HIV/AIDS
- MENINGITIS
- PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES
- MYELOPATHIES / RADICULOPATHIES
- ENCEPHALITIS LOCAL DISEASE INFECTION
- NONINFECTIOUS
74:Potassium Channel Activators
75:Reactive Arthritis: (Reiter's Syndrome)
- DEFINITION
76:Leukemoid Reactions
- AETIOLOGY
  - Lab Investigations
  - Differential Diagnosis
    - Leukaemia
77:Postpartum Psychosis
78:Pathophysiology and Management of Resistant Malaria
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MALARIA
79:Tropical Sprue
- AETIOLOGY
  - Diagnosis
  - Treatment
80:Seizure Disorder in Tropics
- INTRODUCTION
  - Tuberculosis Involving Brain
  - Neurocysticercosis
81:Leptospirosis
- INTRODUCTION
82:Endemic Fluorosis
83:Neurocysticercosis
84:Tropical Splenomegaly
85:Bubonic Plague
86:Sheehan's Syndrome
87:Scorpion Sting
88:Giardiasis
89:Complications of Snake Bite
90:Brucellosis
- AETIOLOGY
91:Tropical Pyomyositis
- INTRODUCTION
92:Tumourlysis Syndrome
93:Antiretroviral Therapy
- INTRODUCTION
  - When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy
94:Fish Oil
- INTRODUCTION
95:Sedative Poisoning
- INTRODUCTION
  - Benzodiazepines
  - Miscellaneous Sedative Hypnotics
96:Gene Therapy
- INTRODUCTION
97:Catatonic Schizophrenia
- INTRODUCTION
98:Blood Component Therapy
99:Drugs and Thrombocytopenia
- INTRODUCTION
100:Trace Elements
- INTRODUCTION
101:ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder
102:Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
103:LE Phenomenon
- INTRODUCTION
104:Syndrome “X”
- INTRODUCTION
105:Proteinuria

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