Wednesday, June 21, 2006

100 Common Questions in MRCP Part 2 (2)

from previous post..........


c) Haematology

17) thrombosis- conditions that prone patients to get thrombosis!
18) Anaemia- causes of microcystic, macrocystic and normachromic anaemia.
19) Haemolysis- especially autoimmune haemolysis- common causes, warm and cold agglutination- examples.
20) sideroblastic and aplastic anaemia- causes of aplastic anaemia.
21) Acute leukaemias especially how to differentiate ALL and AML.
22) Chronic leukaemias- CML- Ph chromosone, latest treatment. CLL ( less popular)
23) Lymphoma.
24) Bleeding disorders- conditions affecting bleeding time, PT, APTT- Von Willebrand’s disease.
25) Anticoagulation- warfarin
26) Pancytopenia- causes.
27) Spleen- indications of splenectomy and complications.
28) Thrombocytopenia- causes and examples of drugs ( especially heparin!)

d) Gastroenterology

29) Hepatitis- A, B, C and D. Learn about autoimmune hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis and drug-induced hepatitis.
30) Autoimmune disorders such as primary biliary cirrhosis.
31) Wilson’s disease- how to diagnose and common presentations.
32) Haemochromatosis- primary or secondary.
33) Liver cirrhosis- causes and treatment. Complications such as hepatic encephalopathy.
34) Pernious anaemia.
35) Jaundice-causes , a few rare conditions such as Gilbert!
36) ERCP - for a few common conditions.
37) Inflammatory bowel disease- presentations and differences btw the two conditions!

to be continued....................

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