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Physician Medicine Exam Atlas

A consultant-physician-depth atlas for the FRACP Divisional Written Examination (170 SBA MCQs) and Divisional Clinical Examination (long cases + short cases). Globally mapped to MRCP(UK) Part 1/2/PACES and ABIM Internal Medicine. Educational exam preparation only — not medical advice.

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Written clinical-reasoning practice mapped to DCE long-case preparation.

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Structured oral examination scripts for DCE viva defence.

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Abdominal Examination Routine — The DCE Short-Case Systematic Approach

Consultant-physician-depth guide to the systematic abdominal examination for the DCE short case and MRCP PACES. Covers the reproducible head-to-toe twelve-step routine, the key physical signs and their interpretation (clubbing, palmar erythema, Dupuytren contracture, spider naevi, scleral icterus, Kayser-Fleischer rings, Virchow node, caput medusae), the differentiation of organomegaly (liver versus spleen versus kidney by direction, percussion, ballotability and surface), the evidence-based examination of ascites (shifting dullness, fluid thrill), the abdominal aortic aneurysm (expansile pulsation), the signs of peritonitis, the standard oral presentation template, and the discussion questions the examiner will ask. Structured for FRACP DCE and MRCP PACES. Every sign is referenced to the JAMA Rational Clinical Examination series.

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renal

Acid-Base Disorders

Consultant-physician-depth guide to systematic acid-base interpretation and management — the six-step algorithm (pH, primary disorder, compensation, anion gap, delta-delta, osmolar gap), high and normal anion gap metabolic acidoses (MUDPILES/GOLD MARK and renal tubular acidoses), metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acid-base disorders, and treatment principles. Structured for FRACP DWE and DCE preparation.

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Acute Kidney Injury

Consultant-physician-depth guide to acute kidney injury — KDIGO definition and staging, pre-renal/intrinsic/post-renal classification, pathophysiology, investigation strategy, management principles, RRT indications, nephrotoxic agents, drug dosing, and prognosis. Structured for FRACP DWE and DCE preparation.

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haematological

Acute Leukaemia

Consultant-physician-depth guide to acute myeloid (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) for FRACP DWE and DCE — AML-defining genetic events, APL as an emergency, 7+3 induction versus venetoclax combinations, ELN 2022 risk stratification, paediatric-inspired ALL and measurable residual disease.

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hepatic

Acute Liver Failure

Consultant-physician-depth guide to acute liver failure — the definition (encephalopathy and coagulopathy within 26 weeks, without pre-existing liver disease), the causes by category (paracetamol, idiosyncratic drug, viral, autoimmune, Wilson disease, ischaemic, Budd-Chiari, pregnancy-related, mushroom poisoning), the King's College Criteria for transplant (paracetamol versus non-paracetamol), the full ICU management algorithm, and the complications with cerebral oedema as the leading cause of death. Structured for FRACP DWE and DCE preparation.

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gastrointestinal

Acute Pancreatitis

Consultant-physician-depth guide to acute pancreatitis — premature intracellular trypsin activation and the I GET SMASHED aetiology, classic epigastric pain radiating to the back, lipase above 3x ULN as the diagnostic anchor, the Revised Atlanta Classification severity tiers, BISAP and Ranson scoring, goal-directed fluid resuscitation after the WATERFALL trial, early enteral feeding within 24 to 48 hours, ERCP for cholangitis only, the step-up approach for infected necrosis after PANTER, and same-admission cholecystectomy for gallstone pancreatitis. Structured for FRACP DWE and DCE preparation.

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