Algeria Medical Residency Contest - independent subject foundations cheat sheet

Integrate chronology, stability, examination and investigations.

Separate chronic disease-modifying therapy from immediate decompensation care.

Use risk scores and laboratory patterns within their defined assumptions.

Do not turn a disease label into an unassessed fixed prescription.

Use age, growth trajectory and more than one developmental domain.

Assess the full dehydration and danger-sign pattern.

A neonatal bilirubin value needs age-in-hours and risk context.

A simple febrile seizure differs from focal, prolonged or recurrent concerning events.

Interpret bleeding using pregnancy stage, stability and the actual differential.

Use dating rules only with their stated cycle and calendar assumptions.

Separate seizure prevention, blood pressure treatment and delivery decisions.

PALM structural causes and COEIN nonstructural causes answer different classification questions.

Localize neurological problems using onset, distribution and associated findings.

Resolved focal symptoms still require appropriate assessment.

Acute fluctuating inattention suggests delirium rather than an automatic dementia label.

A diagnosis or screening score does not itself determine capacity or risk.

Distinguish a stable diagnostic workup from urgent instability or source-control concerns.

Painful irreducibility and deterioration raise concern beyond an uncomplicated hernia.

A negative focused trauma ultrasound does not exclude every injury.

Palpable pulses do not rule out compartment syndrome.

Separate immediate instability from the complete definitive operation.

Distinguish uncomplicated inflammation from a contained abscess or compromised bowel.

Safe biliary identification is a process with bailout options.

Severity and source-control decisions need actual physiology and disease context.

Use actual planes and boundaries rather than a nickname alone.

R0, R1 and yp describe different aspects of pathological assessment.

Biopsy routes need coordination with the definitive surgical plan.

Tumor biology and location affect the extent of resection and node management.

Match testing and preparation to the actual patient and procedure.

Separate fluid responsiveness from fluid tolerance.

Early fever is not automatically explained by atelectasis.

Use recovery trends, meaningful team checks and appropriate complication classifications.

Keep working-myocyte and nodal electrophysiology distinct.

Check acid-base compensation and calculation conventions.

Apply surgical anatomy to the actual neighboring structures.

A drug mechanism is not a complete prescribing decision.