ABSTRACT

The PLAB examination assesses your ability to work safely in your first appointment as a Senior House Officer in an NHS hospital. Are you ready? Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide to passing the PLAB is based on actual questions from previous examinations and enhanced by detailed, explanatory answers from the author's extensive clinical experience. Considering a wide variety of topics, the book suggests techniques to answer the extended matching questions by providing focused solutions and explanations. It also highlights clues to the correct response within the question itself. It is highly recommended for PLAB candidates, final year medical students and candidates for the MRCGP.

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Themes

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Theme: Breathlessness

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Theme: Liver disease

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Theme: Causes of haematemesis

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Theme: Neurological disorders

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Theme: Mass in the right iliac fossa

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Theme: Weight loss

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Theme: Causes of pneumonia

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Theme: Anaemia

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Theme: Nail lesions

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Theme: Ovarian tumours

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Theme: Causes of acute pancreatitis

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Theme: Cardiac lesions

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Theme: Skin rash

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Theme: Rectal bleeding in children

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Theme: Arthritis

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Theme: Genetics

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Theme: Lump in the groin

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Theme: Causes of clubbing

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Theme: Skin lesions

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Theme: Urinary problems in women

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Theme: Causes of syncope

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Theme: Autoantibodies

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Theme: Visual field defects

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Theme: Renal calculi

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Theme: Malnutrition and malabsorption

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Theme: Adverse effects of medications

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Theme: Pelvic pain

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Theme: Staging of malignant tumours

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Theme: Pulmonary diseases in children

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Theme: Adverse effects of medications

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Theme: Liver disease

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Theme: Management of endometriosis

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Theme: Investigating amenorrhoea

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Theme: Tumour markers

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Theme: Thyrotoxicosis

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Theme: Chest radiography findings

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Theme: Anaemia

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Theme: Paediatric oncology

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Theme: ECG findings

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Theme: Psychiatric disorders

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Theme: Endocrine tumours

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Theme: Jaundice

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Theme: Causes of confusion

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Theme: Drug overdose

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Theme: Haemoptysis

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Theme: Human leucocyte antigens

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Theme: Therapeutics

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Theme: Amenorrhoea

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Theme: Chest pain

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Theme: Cerebrovascular disease

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Theme: Lower limb ischaemia

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Theme: Thyroid cancer

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Theme: Inborn errors of metabolism

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Theme: Neurological disorders

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Theme: Renal impairment

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Theme: Radiological investigations

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Theme: Vaginal bleeding

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Theme: Management of vaginal bleeding

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Theme: Vascular disease

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Theme: Skeletal pain

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Theme: Breathlessness

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Theme: Renal impairment

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Theme: Investigating infertility

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Theme: Thyroid disorders

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Theme: Infections

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Theme: Gastrointestinal disorders

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Theme: Management of myasthenia gravis

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Theme: Rheumatology

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Theme: Sexually transmitted diseases

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Theme: Adverse effects of medications

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Theme: Breast lumps

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Theme: Malabsorption

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Theme: Congenital cardiac lesions

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Theme: Blood supply to the brain

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Theme: Chest pain in pregnancy

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Theme: Blood film

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Theme: Arthritis

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Theme: Electrolyte imbalance

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Theme: Dermatomes

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Theme: Cranial nerves

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Theme: Clinical features of AIDS

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Theme: Haematological diseases

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Theme: Diarrhoea

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Theme: Thyroid function tests

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Theme: Rheumatology

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Theme: Management of thoracic disorders

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Theme: Renal pathology

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Theme: Management of cardiac patients

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Theme: Tumour markers

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Theme: Neurological disorders

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Theme: Vasculitis

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Theme: Acute abdominal pain

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Theme: Risk factors for malignancies

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Theme: Haematuria

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Theme: Genetic disorders

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Theme: Metabolic disturbances

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Theme: Erythropoietin level

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Theme: Immunodeficiency disorders

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Theme: Investigations during pregnancy

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Theme: Bone profile interpretation

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Theme: Amenorrhoea

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Theme: Abdominal pain

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Theme: Rectal bleeding

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Theme: Eye drops

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Theme: Urinary symptoms in children

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Theme: Viral infections in children

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Theme: Haematemesis

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Theme: Methods of contraception

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Theme: Pupillary abnormalities

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Theme: Monitoring of medications

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Theme: Hoarseness of voice

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Theme: Milestones in children

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Theme: Visual problems

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Theme: Muscle weakness

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Theme: Physical signs in ophthalmology

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Theme: Dysphagia

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Theme: Psychiatric illness

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Theme: Interpretation of blood results

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Theme: Arthritis

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Theme: Vitamin deficiency

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Theme: Bleeding in pregnancy

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Theme: Mode of inheritance

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Theme: Management of labour

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Theme: Neonatal jaundice

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Theme: Physical signs in dermatology

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Theme: Neck swellings

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Theme: Prescribing antimicrobials

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Theme: Chromosomal abnormalities

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Theme: Menorrhagia

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Theme: Choice of contraception

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Theme: Haematuria

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Theme: Bacterial infections

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Theme: Earache

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Theme: Infectious diseases

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Theme: Scrotal swelling

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Theme: Calcium and phosphate metabolism

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Theme: Investigating vaginal bleeding

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Theme: Sexually transmitted diseases

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Theme: Electrolyte imbalance

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Theme: Choice of analgesia

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Theme: Dermatological cases

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Theme: Causes of mouth ulcers

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Theme: Abdominal discomfort

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Theme: Medical syndromes

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Theme: Seizures

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Theme: Red eyes

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Theme: Thoracic tumours

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Theme: Headache

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Theme: Vaginal bleeding

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Theme: Investigating a neck swelling

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Theme: Abdominal pain

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Theme: Prescribing antimicrobials

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Theme: Liver disease

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Theme: Carcinogens