Tips and Tricks for PLAB-1 Disclaimer This is only a guide for the medical examination and should not be used as referring for any guideline, for any disease and its treatment. The author is not responsible for such things and also for any success or failure of the students. Tips and Tricks for PLAB-1 Anbin R Inian MD (Romania) 6, Kasi Chetty Street Woraiyur Trichy Tamil Nadu India JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD New Delhi Published by Jitendar P Vij Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd EMCA House, 23/23B Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110 002, India Phones: +91-11-23272143, +91-11-23272703, +91-11-23282021, +91-11-23245672 Fax: +91-11-23276490, +91-11-23245683 e-mail: [email protected] Visit our website: www.jaypeebrothers.com Branches • 202 Batavia Chambers, 8 Kumara Krupa Road Kumara Park East, Bangalore 560 001 Phones: +91-80-22285971, +91-80-22382956, +91-80-30614073 Tele Fax: +91-80-22281761 e-mail: [email protected] • 282 IIIrd Floor, Khaleel Shirazi Estate, Fountain Plaza Pantheon Road, Chennai 600 008 Phones: +91-44-28262665, +91-44-28269897 Fax: +91-44-28262331 e-mail: [email protected] • 4-2-1067/1-3, 1st Floor, Balaji Building, Ramkote Cross Road Hyderabad 500 095, Phones: +91-40-55610020, +91-40-24758498 Fax: +91-40-24758499 e-mail: [email protected] • 1A Indian Mirror Street, Wellington Square Kolkata 700 013, Phone: +91-33-22451926 Fax: +91-33-22456075 e-mail: [email protected] • 106 Amit Industrial Estate, 61 Dr SS Rao Road Near MGM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400 012 Phones: +91-22-24124863, +91-22-24104532, +91-22-30926896 Fax: +91-22-24160828 e-mail: [email protected] Tips and Tricks for PLAB-1 © 2005, Anbin R Inian All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher. This book has been published in good faith that the material provided by contributor is original. Every effort is made to ensure accuracy of material, but the publisher, printer and author will not be held responsible for any inadvertent error(s). In case of any dispute, all legal matters to be settled under Delhi jurisdiction only. First Edition: 2005 ISBN 81-8061-545-6 Typeset at JPBMP typesetting unit Printed at Replica Press Pvt Ltd. 310 EPIP, HSIDC, Kundli, Sonipat (Haryana) Dedicated to My Lord Jesus Christ Preface I have tried my best for bringing out most of the points, which the students will need for the examination. This book I suppose will serve the utmost for all the students. But it will be advisable to keep on reading from different books, since medi- cine is a ocean, and this book will be a small lake where the trespassers can drink something when they are thirsty. I am glad that the persons who are reading this book are already on the way to UK. I wish them all the best and as you have come to this level, well, keep on trying. One day you will…….. Anbin R Inian Contents 1. General 1 2. Investigations 9 3. Neurology and Central Nervous System 13 4. Cardiology/Cardiovascular System 20 5. Respiratory 25 6. Gastroenterology 32 7. Genetics 42 8. Endocrinology 44 9. Orthopaedics 52 10. Paediatrics 62 11. Ear, Nose and Throat 67 12. Ophthalmology 79 13. Haematology 90 14. Connective Tissue Disorders 99 15. Dermatology and Infectious Diseases 108 16. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 113 17. Testicular Swelling 124 18. Urology 126 19. Psychiatry 127 20. Pharmacology 129 21. Confusing So Comparing 136 22. Triads 145 23. Tetrology and X-ray 147 24. The Most Common Cause 150 25. Miscellaneous 153 Index 155