INTERNAL MEDICINE STATE EXAMINATION SYLLABUS

  1. Acute and chronic bronchitis.
  2. Bronchial asthma.
  3. COPD.
  4. Nonbacterial pneumonia.
  5. Bacterial pneumonia.
  6. Suppurative diseases of the lungs.
  7. Diffuse interstitial fibrosis.
  8. Pulmonary tuberculosis – primary forms.
  9. Pulmonary tuberculosis - secondary forms.
  10. Cancer of the lung.
  11. Disease mediastinum.
  12. Pulmonary thromboembolic events.
  13. Pleural effusions.
  14. Acute and chronic respiratory failure.
  15. Pulmonary hemorrhage.
  16. Occupational diseases of the respiratory system.
  17. Mechanism of allergic reactions.
  18. Pulmonary complications and AIDS.
  19. Medical treatment of bronchial obstruction.
  20. Antibacterial therapy for pulmonary diseases.
  21. Heart rhythm disorders.
  22. Conduction abnormalities of the heart.
  23. Acute circulatory failure.
  24. Heart failure.
  25. Coronary artery disease – etiology, pathogenesis, classification.
  26. Acute and chronic pulmonary heart.
  27. Stable angina pectoris.
  28. Unstable angina pectoris.
  29. Acute myocardial infarction.
  30. Defects of the aortic valve.
  31. Defects of the mitral valve.
  32. Congenital heart defects.
  33. Infective endocarditis.
  34. Hypertension – diagnosis, differential diagnosis.
  35. Treatment of hypertension.
  36. Cardiomyopathies.
  37. Myocarditis.
  38. Pericarditis.
  39. Hyperlipidemia. Treatment with lipid-lowering agents.
  40. Systemic connective tissue diseases.
  41. Rheumatism.
  42. Rheumatoid arthritis.
  43. Ankylosing spondylitis.
  44. Reactive arthritis.
  45. Treatment with glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants.
  46. Anticoagulants, fibrinolytic and antiplatelet agents.
  47. Antiarrhythmics.
  48. Antihypertensive agents.
  49. Diuretics.
  50. Cardiac glycosides.
  51. Diabetes Mellitus – etiology, pathogenesis, classification.
  52. Diabetes mellitus – clinical picture of type 1 and type 2.
  53. Complications of diabetes.
  54. Diabetic ketoacidosis – pathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis. Treatmentdiabetic ketoacidosis.
  55. Hypoglycemic conditions.
  56. Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  57. Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  58. Insipiden diabetes.
  59. Tumors of the pituitary gland.
  60. Hypopituitarism.
  61. Thyrotoxicosis – classification, etiology, pathogenesis.
  62. Tireortoksikoza – clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment.
  63. Thyroid.
  64. Hypothyroidism.
  65. Hypoparathyroidism.
  66. Hyperparathyroidism.
  67. Hiperglucocortisism.
  68. Hipoglucocortisism.
  69. Pheochromocytoma.
  70. Osteoporosis – etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, treatment.
  71. Differential diagnosis of coma.
  72. Functional diagnosis of the kidney.
  73. Chronic glomerulonephritis.
  74. Acute glomerulonephritis.
  75. Collagenous nephropathy.
  76. Gouty nephropathy.
  77. Endemic nephropathy.
  78. Polycystic kidney disease.
  79. Acute and chronic pyelonephritis.
  80. Urinary stone disease.
  81. Acute renal failure.
  82. Chronic renal failure.
  83. Kidney tumors.
  84. Tuberculosis of the kidney.
  85. Haematuria.
  86. Iron deficiency anemia.
  87. B12 and folic acid deficiency anemia.
  88. Congenital hemolytic anemias.
  89. Acquired hemolytic anemias.
  90. Bone marrow aplasia.
  91. Acute leukemia.
  92. Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
  93. Hodgkin's disease.
  94. Myelodysplastic syndromes.
  95. Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
  96. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  97. Multiple myeloma.
  98. Syndrome disiminirano intravascular coagulation.
  99. Henoch – Schonlein purpura.
  100. Thrombocytopenia.
  101. Disease of the esophagus. Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
  102. Chronic gastritis. Infection with HP.
  103. Ulcer disease.
  104. Stomach cancer.
  105. Malabsorption. Celiac disease.
  106. Inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn disease.
  107. Colon cancer. Precancerosis. Prevention and early diagnosis.
  108. Chronic hepatitis.
  109. Liver Cirrhosis – etiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment.
  110. Complications of liver cirrhosis – portal hypertension, bleeding varices, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome. Treatment.
  111. Cholelithiasis. Holetsisti. Cholangitis.
  112. Tumors of the liver and biliary tract.
  113. Jaundice – types, formation mechanisms and differential diagnosis.Cholestasis.
  114. Pancreatitis.
  115. Pancreatic cancer.
  116. Acute bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, the diagnostic and treatment approach.
  117. Gastrointestinal manifestations of AIDS.
  118. Acute poisoning in clinical practice – hypnotics, sedatives, drugs, pesticides, alcohol, mushrooms.
  119. Basic principles in the treatment of poisoning.

Prepared by: ......

PVB Head of Department:

/Professor Dr. Jeanetta Georgieva, PhD/