Diagnostic Skills You Must Know For NEET SS

The Diagnostic Process

Steps to Diagnosis

Arriving at a diagnosis is often complex, and involves multiple steps:

• Taking an appropriate history of symptoms and collecting relevant data.
• Physical examination.
• Generating a provisional and differential diagnosis.
• Testing (ordering, reviewing, and acting on test results).
• Reaching a final diagnosis.
• Consultation (referral to seek clarification if indicated).
• Providing discharge instructions, monitoring, and follow-up.
• Documenting these steps and the rationale for decisions made.
  
  As a NEET SS Aspirant, you need to be well versed with the Diagnostic skills mentioned below:
  
• You must know “when to order for what investigation”. For eg, CT Head in case of Head Injury.
• What is the investigation of choice in a particular disease? For eg, Say SAH.
• Which procedure is contraindicated. For eg, In the case of a Biopsy.
• When to start IV antibiotics. For eg, In Bacterial Endocarditis.
• When to admit a patient to NIU, Pediatrics.
• When to admit a patient in  Burns Ward (Emergency)
• When to administer an antidote in case of any poisonings.
  
  Some Important Diagnostic Procedures you must know for NEET SS Exam
  
• Endoscopy
• Exploratory Laparotomy
• Abdominal CT scan
• Administer Bethanechol
• Analgesics and rest
• Angiogram
• Antibiotic active against Streptococci and Staphylococci
• Drainage, the culture of the drained exudate and treatment depending on the findings of the culture
• Upright abdominal ray
• Emergency Laparotomy
• Endoscopy
• Focused assessment of sonography
• Antifungal treatment
• Arterial blood gas analysis
• Chest X-ray
• Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
• Perform a CT scan
• Contrast study of the oesophagus
• Barium Enema under Fluoroscopic control
• Barium swallows
• Biopsy
• Biopsy for culture and treatment
• Gentile traction
• Induction of general anesthesia for operative reduction of fractures
• IV fluids and dopamine
• Laparoscopy
• Laparotomy
• Nasogastric suction and IV fluids
• Needle Thoracostomy
• Octreotide
• Pelvic Ultrasound
• Toracocentesis
• MRI CT contrasting features
• SPECT
• Spiral CT

As a NEET SS aspirant, you cannot underestimate these diagnostic procedures or the questions based on the topics mentioned above. So, make sure to be through with all these procedures. Make sure to not just have the theoretical knowledge of the procedures but also their practical application.  For more info visit: https://www.prepladder.com/courses/ss