LibGuides: Medicine (MBBS): Course Outline (FCPS)

Course Outline

General Medicine

1. Pleural aspiration

2. Peritoneal aspiration

3. Lumbar auncture

4. Nasogastric intubation

5. Uretheral catheterization

6. Recording and reporting ECG

7. Proctoscopy

8. Endotracheal intubation

9. Insertion of CVP lines

10. Arterial puncture

11. Liver biopsy

12. Pleural biopsy

13. Joint aspiration

14. Bone marrow aspiration

15. Renal biopsy

16. Haemodialysis

17. Upper G.I. endoscopy

18. Colonoscopy

19. Bronchoscopy

20. Abdominal ultrasound

21. Exercise tolerence test

22. Echocardiography

23. CAT scan head

24. Electroencephalography (EEG )

25. Electromyography/Nerve conduction studies(EMG/NCS)

26. Chest intubation

Cardiology

1. Prevention of cardiac diseases

2. Coronary heart disease, Congenital heart diseases

3. Acute rheumatic fever, Rheumatic heart disease

4. Valvular heart disease

5. Infective endocarditis

6. Dizziness/syncope and palpitation

7. Arrythmias

8. Haemodynamic disturbances

9. Hypotension and shock

10. Basic life support, Advance cardiac life support

11. Heart failure

12. Myocarditis cardiomyopathies

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13. Pericarditis
14. Pulmonary hypertension
15. Hypertension (including drugs, hypertensive emergencies,resistant hypertension)
16. Cardiac patient and surgery

17. Cardiac patient and pregnancy

18. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Hematology and Medical Oncology

1. Anemias

2. Haemoglobinopathies

3. Neutropenia, Neutropenic sepsis

4. Bone marrow failure

5. Transfusion of blood products

6. Leukemia

7. Lymphomas and other myeloproliferative disorders

8. Multiple myeloma

9. Disorders of hemostasis

10. Platelet disorders

11. Bleeding disorders, Disseminated intravascular coagulation

12. Hypercoagulable state, Anticoagulation

13. Prevention of cancer, Staging of cancer

14. Oncological emergencies

15. Hypercalcemia

16. Malignant effusions

17. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Blood Vessels and Lymphatics

1. Arterial diseases(aneurysms, arteriopathies, occlusive and

vasomotor disorder)

2. Venous disease

3. Diseases of lymphatic and lymphadenopathy

4. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Musculoskeletal, Allergic and Immunological Disorders

1. Degenerative and crystal induced arthopathies

2. Osteoporosis

3. Osteoarthritis

4. Autoimmune disease - SLE, Scleroderma, Polymyositis,

Dermatomyositis

5. Polymyalgia rheumatica

6. Monoarthritis, Infective arthritis

7. Polyarthritis, Pain syndromes

8. Seronegative spondyloarthritides

9. Rheumatoid arthritis and its variants

10. Vasculitic syndrome

11. Atopic disorders

12. Anaphylaxis, urticaria, angioedema

13. Immunodeficiency disorders

14. Immunosupressives / Immunomodulating therapies

15. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Pulmonolgy

1. Prevention of respiratory diseases

2. Cough, Haemoptysis, Dyspnea

3. Pneumonias, Lung abscess

4. Bronchiectasis

5. Bronchial asthma, COPD

6. Pulmonary tuberculosis

7. Pleural effusion, Pneumothorax

8. Lung cancer

9. Interstitial lung disease and fibrosis, Occupational lung disease

10. Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary embolism

11. ARDS/ Respiratory failure

12. Oxygen therapy, Assisted ventilation

13. Breathing disorders during sleep

14. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

GI Tract and Liver

1. Nausea, Vomiting, Hiccups, Dyspepsia

2. GERD, Dysphagia

3. Esophageal motility disorders

4. Upper GI bleed, Oesophageal varices

5. Gastritis, NSAID gastritis

6. Peptic ulcer disease

7. Diarrhea, Malabsorption syndrome

8. Coelic disease

9. Irritable bowel syndrome

10. Inflammatory bowel disease

11. Intestinal motility disorders, Constipation

12. Antibiotic associated colitis

13. Diverticulitis

14. Lower GI and rectal bleed

15. GI cancers

16. Abdominal distension

17. Jaundice, Acute hepatitis, Chronic hepatitis, Chronic liver disease

18. Portal hypertension

19. Decompensated cirrohsis

20. Encephlopathy, Fulminant liver failure

21. Diseases of pancreas, Gallblader and spleen

22. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Nephrology

1. Acute renal failure, Chronic renal failure

2. Glomerulopathies

3. Nephronic syndrome, Proteinuria

4. Haematuria

5. Urinary infections, Cystic diseases of Kidney

6. Tubulointerstitial diseases

7. Multisystem diseases with kidney involvement

8. Drugs and kidney

9. Renal replacement therapy

10. Hypertension and kidney

11. Urinary tract malignancies

12. Kidney and pregnancy

13. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Dermatology

1. Cellulitis

2. Cutaneous drug reactions

3. Herpes zoster

4. Disseminated herpes simplex

5. Pruritis

6. Cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease

7. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Geriatrics

1. Acute confusion

2. Falls

3. Hypothermia

4. Deterioration in mobility

5. Uninary incontinence

6. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Neurology

1. Headache, Facial pain, Discogenic Neck pain

2. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain abscess

3. Epilepsy

4. Intracranial space occupying lesions

5. Benign intracranial hypertention

6. Raised intracranial pressure

7. TIAs, Stroke, Weakness and paralysis

8. Sub-archnoid haemorrahage, Coma

9. Parkinsonism, Spasticity, Other movement disorders

10. Dementia

11. Multiple sclerosis

12. Polyneuropathy

13. Motor neuron diseases

14. Subacute combined degenration of spinal cord

15. Disorders of neuromuscular transmission, Myopathies, Periodic

paralysis

16. Non metastatic complications of malignant disease

17. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Infections, Disorders due to Physical agents and

Environment

1. Fever of unknown origin

2. Sepsis syndrome

3. Infections in immunocompromised host

4. Nosocomial infections

5. Infections due to resistant organisms, MRSA, Mycobacterium

6. HIV, AIDS, Sexually transmitted diseases

7. Infections in drug users

8. Food poisoning, Acute Infectious diarrhoea

9. Active immunization against infections

10. Bacillary dysentery, Travelers diarrhea

11. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers

12. Malaria

13. Giardiasis, Amebiasis

14. Leishmaniasis, Toxoplasmosis

15. Helminthic infections

16. Viral diseases

17. Rabies

18. Ricketsial diseases

19. Fungal diseases

20. Bacterial diseases

21. Chlamydial and spirochetal diseases

22. Antibiotics, antiviral drugs, anti fungal drugs,

23. Anti tuberculous drugs, Drug reaction, Desensitization

24. Disorders due to physical agents and environment

25. Effects of heat and cold, electric shock, drowning, insect bite,snake bite, carbon monoxide

26. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Fluid, Electrolytes, Acid Base Disorders and Poisoning

1. Hypo and hyper natremia

2. Hypo and hyper kalemia

3. Hypo and hyper calcemia

4. Disorders of magnesium and phosphorus

5. Acid base disorders

6. Hyperosmolar disorders, anion gap

7. Fluid management

8. Poisoning

9. Drugs used for the management of these disorders

Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus, Lipid Disorders,

Nutrition

1. Diabetes melitus, Diabetic emergencies, hypoglycemic state

2. Diseases of hypothalmus, Pituitary gland

3. Disorders of thyroid and parathyroid glands

4. Adrenocortical deficiency

5. Cushing syndrome

6. Clinical uses of corticosteroids

7. Dyslipidemias

8. Metabolic bone disease

9. Nutrition, Enteral and parenteral

10. Drugs used for the management of these disorders