NEET PG 2025 - High-Yield Topics For Pediatrics

Dec 16, 2024

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High-Yield Topics For Pediatrics

With just eleven months left for NEET PG 2025, the preparation of all aspiring candidates is in full swing. But what if we tell you there's a way to make your prep more productive and fruitful?

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In addition to developing a thorough understanding of a subject, it's also vital to ensure that the learned material is rightly stored in the brain's recesses and can be swiftly pulled out when you finally appear for the exam.

Focused and planned preparation can help you enhance knowledge retention. So, during the final months of your prep, pay attention to the most important topics instead of poring over the entire study material of a subject. In this blog, you will find a list of high-yield topics for pediatrics that will cover you for the upcoming NEET PG 2025.

High-Yield Topics For Pediatrics

Every year, 15-20 questions in the NEET PG exam are asked from pediatrics. Therefore, PrepLadder, with the help of our expert faculty, Dr. Meenakshi Bothra, has come up with a list of high-yield topics for Pediatrics. Take a look.

Also Read: High Yield Topics for Pharmacology & Radiology

You can check out this video by Dr. Meenakshi Bothra.

High Yield Topics Pediatrics NEET PG

Unit Name	Topic	Sub Topic
General Pediatrics	Growth	Interpret the anthropometric parameters Short stature Dentition
Development	Important developmental milestones Developmental implications of these milestones
Nutrition & Malnutrition	Comparison between breast milk and cow's milk Micronutrients and signs of their deficiency SAM - Definition, complications Kwashiorkor and Marasmus
Fluids & Electrolytes	IVF Maintenance Management of shock in children Composition of various IV Fluids Electrolyte abnormalities
Genetics	Examples of inheritance patterns Down syndrome Turner syndrome Fragile X syndrome Marfan syndrome William syndrome
Inborn Errors of Metabolism	Glycogen Storage Diseases- Von Gierke disease, Cory disease, Pompe disease, Mc Ardle disease Galactosemia HFI Amino Acid Disorders
Vasculitic Disorder	Kawasaki disease Henoch Schonlein purpura Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Infectious Diseases	Fever with Rash diseases-Varicella,Measles, HFMD,rubella Covid TB Congenital infections HIV in children
Immunization	Latest national immunization schedule Vaccines recommended by IAP Vaccines recommended for adolescents Vaccines recommended for travel Vaccination in special situations (unimmunized child or partially immunized child) Open vial policy
Neonatology	Characteristics of a normal term neonate and preterm neonate NRP - BMV Kangaroo Mother Care- Components, benefits Apgar Score & Silverman Score RDS (Respiratory Distress Syndrome) Neonatal sepsis Neonatal jaundice NEC
Systemic Pediatrics	Pediatric Cardiology	Fetal Circulation Chest X-Ray findings in congenital heart diseases Case scenarios relating to diseases like coarctation of the aorta Tetralogy of Fallot: 4 components, auscultation findings, chest X-ray findings, shunt surgery, management of cyanotic spells RHD: diagnostic criteria, Secondary prophylaxis of RHD
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology	Chronic Hemolytic Anemia Aplastic Anemia Iron deficiency Anemia Bleeding disorders - ITP, Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Hemophilia Acute Leukemia LCH Retinoblastoma CNS Tumors Wilms Tumor Neuroblastoma
Pediatric Gastroenterology	EA + TEF CHPS Intussusception Celiac Disease Diarrhea (Acute & Persistent)
Pediatric Respiratory Disorder	Croup Most common organisms responsible for various respiratory disorders IMNCI guidelines for acute respiratory infection in children Cystic Fibrosis Bronchial Asthma Foreign Body Aspiration
Pediatric Nephrology	Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephritic Syndrome Acute Kidney Injuries Staging of CKD Tubular disorder Calculation on GFR Congenital Anomalies VUReflux
Pediatric Neurology	Neural Tube Defects & other congenital malformations Hydrocephalus & its causes Raised ICT - Management & Clinical features Meningitis Febrile seizures Epilepsy syndromes Neurocutaneous disorders Brain Death
Pediatric Endocrinology	Congenital hypothyroidism CAH Growth Hormone Deficiency
Musculoskeletal Disorders	DMD Rickets & Scurvy Osteoporosis Osteogenesis Imperfecta Achondroplasia
Miscellaneous	Childhood Poisoning Under 5 & Neonatal Mortality - Causes Effects of various maternal drugs

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In addition to all the above-mentioned high-yield topics, you must pay special attention to the topics asked in the last 3 Years of the PG entrance exam. Make sure you go through our QBank on the PrepLadder app and identify the questions asked in the previous three years. It would help if you revised the entire topic thoroughly for your NEET PG 2025 preparation.

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