Medico Guides 4th Block Minors Guidelines

Prepared by:

                                     Ahsan Ali (G14)

Compiled by:

                                Rukhsar Uns (G14)

PATHOLOGY

  • Robbins Pathology 11th Edition
  • Fundamentals of Pathology (Pathoma)
  • Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 15th Edition Chapter 67

Additional/compliment resources:

  • Medico Express/Medicnetic
  • Chapter 2 (past papers)

GIT-Ph-001: Gastritis

  • Define gastritis (inflammation of stomach mucosa)
  • Types of gastritis: acute and chronic (type A: H. pylori  and type B: autoimmune)
  • Morphology of gastritis (imp) (diagram 15.13 and 15.14 mediums Robbins)
  • Acute vs chronic gastritis features i.e morphology (vvimp) and their causes (table 15.2 medium Robbins)

Peptic Ulcer Disease:

  • Causes: H. pylori, NSAIDS, smoking, stress
  • Sites: stomach, deodenum
  • Pathogenesis: aggressive factors, protecting factors
  • Morphology: “Punched-Out Lesion”
  • H. Pylori role in ulcers

Diarrhea:

  • Causing agents: Table in chapter 2
  • Names of agents
  • Their pathogenesis
  • Their features from Medico Express
  • Should do from Medico Express

Renal stones (vv imp):

  • Types, causes, pathogenesis

Hydronephrosis:   

  • Dilation, renal pelvis, urine flow blocked
  • Morphology (imp)

Pyelonephritis (vv imp):

  • Morphology
  • Diagram(imp):(20.24, 20.26, 20.27, 20.31) Medium Robbins
  • Causative agents(imp)
  • Clinical features

Cystitis (Bladder Inflammation):

  • Causing Agents
  • Acute vs chronic cystitis
  • Clinical features

Glomerulonephritis (imp):

  • Pathogenesis
  • Actue nephritic syndrome vs nephrotic syndrome (vvv imp)
  • Morphology: Table in chapter 2

Acute kidney Injury:

  • Morphology
  • Causes: Pre renal, intrinsic, post renal

Urinary Tract Infection:

  • Upper vs lower UTI features
  • Agents

PHARMACOLOGY

  • There are only 2 topics in this block

(You can do it from Chapter 2 or Medico Express)

  • Classify anti diarrheal drugs
  • Pharmacokinetics, mechanism of action, pharmacological effects, uses and adverse effects(Imp)
  • Do names of drugs and their mechanism of action
  • Their clinical uses and adverse effects
  • Do marked summaries of Katzung given in pdf

(You can do from Chapter 2 or Medico Express)

(Diuretics are also in last chapter of renal physiology)

You should know

  • Site of action
  • Mechanism of action
  • Adverse effects
  • Effects on K+ and Calcium levels and pH
  • Adverse effects of thaizaide diuretics
  • Do summary table of Katzung from pdf shared

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