Clinical Pearls List by subject

Surgery

• Surgery

Psychiatry

• High Yield Facts Psychiatry
• The DSM IV Axis
• The mental status exam

Adult Psychiatry

• Eating Disorders
• Sleeping Disorders
• Adjustment Disorders

Psychotic Disorders

• Schizophrenia
• Schizophreniform disorder
• Brief Psychotic Disorder
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Delusional Disorder
• Shared Psychotic Disorder
• Psychosis Due to a Medical Condition
• Substance Induced Psychosis

Mood disorders

• Anxiety Disorders
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Bipolar I disorder
• Bipolar II disorder

Dissociative Disorders

• Dissociative Amnesia
• Dissociative Fugue
• Depersonalization Disorder

Sexual Disorders

• Gender Identity Disorder
• Paraphilias
• Sexual Dysfunctions

Child Psych

• Learning Disorders
• Development Coordination Disorder & Developmental Dyspraxia
• Communication Disorders
• Autistic Disorder
• Rett Syndrome
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Down Syndrome
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Disruptive Behavior Disorders
• Childhood Anxiety Disorders
• Mental Retardation

Neurology

• Cerebrovascular Disease (Ischemic stroke, Hemorrhagic stroke, Coma & Altered Consciousness
• Neuro-ophthomology (Visual loss, Disorders of the Pupil, Diplopia, Nystagmus)
• Coma & Altered Consciousness
• Systemic and Metabolic Disorders (Hepatic encephalopathy, Neurosarcoidosis, Diabetes mellitus, Alcohol complications, Nutritional Problems, SLE, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Neuro manifestations of hypothyroidism, Central pontine myelinolysis)
• Brain Tumors (Metastatic tumors Primary brain tumors)
• Meningitis
• Aphasia & Other Disorders of Higher Cortical Function (Aphasia Apraxia Agnosia Gerstmann’s syndrome Neglect Anosognosia)
• Peripheral Neuropathy (Signs/Symptoms, Types, Treatments available, When is imaging indicated?)
• Root Syndromes
• Commonly tested movements
• Movement disorders
• Entrapment Neuropathies
• Dementia
• Seizures
• Weakness (Metabolic myopathy, Inflammatory myopathies, Muscular dystrophies, Muscle cramps, Myasthenia Gravis, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Headache (Migraine, Tension, Cluster, Headache due to increased ICP, Rebound, SAH)
• Pediatric Neurology
• Neurosurgery (Acronyms, Neuroradiology, Spine Fracture Pictures)