Primary Examination in Pathology Test Bank
Contents:
Categories and subcategories
These are taken from the Primary Syllabus as described in the Australasian College For
Emergency Medicine Training and Examination H
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Primary Examination in Pathology Test Bank
Contents:
Categories and subcategories
These are taken from the Primary Syllabus as described in the Australasian College For
Emergency Medicine Training and Examination Handbook. Slight modifications have been made.
1.* The normal cell
2. Cellular injury and adaptation
3. Tissue response to injury
3.1.
Acute inflammation
3.2.
Chronic inflammation
3.3.
Healing
3.4.
Repair
4. Fluid and haemodynamic derangements
4.1.*
Oedema
4.2.
Hyperaemia and congestion
4.3.
Haemorrhage
4.4.*
Thrombosis
4.5.*
Haemostasis
4.6.
Embolism
4.7.
Infarction
4.8.*
Shock
5. Diseases of immunity
5.1.*
General features of the immune system
5.2.*
Hypersensitivity reactions
5.3.
Immunologic tolerance and causative mechanisms of auto immune disease
5.4.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
6. Neoplasia
6.1.
Pathogenesis of cancer; oncogenes and anti-oncogenes; tumour-host interactions
6.2.
Characteristics of benign and malignant neoplasms
6.3.
Mechanisms of invasion and spread
6.4.
Laboratory diagnosis; grading and staging of cancer
7. Infectious disease
7.1.
General features of microbial activity including transmission
7.2.
Viral disease
7.3.
Bacterial infections—infections by pyogenic cocci, common gram negative
infections, infections if childhood, tetanus and tuberculosis
7.4.
General features of other infectious diseases—chlamydia, rickettsia, mycoplasma,
protozoa, helminths
7.5.
Principles of sterilisation and disinfection8. Environmental pathology
8.1.
Air pollution
8.2.
Chemical and drug injury
8.3.
Physical injuries
9. Diseases of aging
9.1
Diseases of infancy and childhood
10. Cardiovascular system
10.1.
Atherosclerosis
10.2.
Venous thrombosis
10.3.* Congestive cardiac failure
10.4.* Ischaemic heart disease
11. Respiratory system
11.1.* Atelectasia
11.2.* Pulmonary congestion and oedema
11.3.* Chronic obstructive airways disease, asthma
11.4.
Restrictive pulmonary disease
11.5.* Hyperbaric oxygen
12. Liver and biliary tract
12.1.
Jaundice
12.2.
Hepatitis
12.3.
Hepatic failure
12.4.
Cirrhosis
12a Gastrointestinal tract
12.1a Oesophagus
12.2a Stomach
12.3a Small and large intestines
12.4a Peritoneum
13. Pancreas
13.1.
Acute pancreatitis
13.2.
Chronic pancreatitis
13.3.
Endocrine pancreas
14. Renal system
14.1.* Acute renal failure
14.2.* Chronic renal failure
14.3.* Hypertensive renal disease
14.4.* Abnormalities in acid-base balance
15. Haematopoietic system15.1.*
15.2.*
15.3.*
Anaemias
Leucopoenia and leucocytosis
Blood groups, transfusions
16. Endocrine
16.1.
Pituitary
16.2.
Thyroid
16.3.
Parathyroid
16.4.
Adrenal cortex and medulla
17. Musculoskeletal system
17.1.
Osteoporosis
17.2.
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
17.3.
Fractures
17a Central nervous system
18. Calculi
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