FMGE HIGH-YIELD CLASSIFICATIONS
Anesthesia
Mallampati Classification Airway assessment – Class I (full soft palate visible) → Class IV (only hard palate visible)
Cormack-Lehane Laryngoscopic glottis view – Grade I (full view) → Grade IV (no glottis seen)
ASA Physical Status Preoperative risk – ASA I (healthy) → ASA VI (brain-dead organ donor)
Medicine
NYHA Classification Heart failure functional class I–IV
Killip Classification MI heart failure severity I–IV
Ranson’s Criteria Acute pancreatitis severity – score >3 = severe
Child-Pugh Liver cirrhosis prognosis (A, B, C)
MELD Score Liver failure prognosis using Cr, Bilirubin, INR
Bishop’s Score Cervical readiness for labor induction
Wells Score DVT/PE probability (low, mod, high)
APGAR Score Newborn assessment at 1 & 5 min (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration)
Surgery
Clavien-Dindo Post-op complication severity (Grade I–V)
Hinchey Diverticulitis staging (I–IV)
Alvarado Score Appendicitis probability (≥7 highly suggestive)
Rockall/Blatchford Upper GI bleed risk assessment
Orthopedics
Gustilo-Anderson Open fracture classification (Type I–IIIc)
Garden Femoral neck fractures (I–IV)
Neer Proximal humerus fracture classification
Salter-Harris Physeal fracture classification (I–V)
Radiology
BIRADS Breast imaging reporting category (0–6)
Kerley Lines Pulmonary edema patterns (A, B, C)
Felson’s Criteria Diaphragmatic rupture diagnosis
Weber Ankle fracture level classification (A, B, C)
Pathology/Oncology
Ann Arbor Hodgkin/NHL staging (I–IV)
Duke’s / Astler-Coller / TNM Colorectal cancer staging
FIGO Gynecological cancer staging (endometrial, ovarian, cervical)
Ophthalmology
WHO Trachoma Classification TF, TI, TS, TT, CO
LOCS III Lens opacity grading
Shaffer’s Angle Grading Glaucoma risk angle 0–4
OBGYN
Priscilla White Diabetes in pregnancy classification
WHO Partograph Labor progress monitoring
Placenta Previa Type I–IV
NICHD Fetal Heart Tracing Category I (normal) – III (abnormal)
Dermatology/Immunology
Clark’s/Breslow’s Melanoma depth classification
Gell and Coombs Hypersensitivity Type I–IV
Microbiology/Infectious Disease
Ridley-Jopling Leprosy classification (TT, BT, BB, BL, LL)
WHO PB/MB Leprosy treatment classification
RNTCP TB case classification
WHO HIV Staging Clinical & immunological stage 1–4
