FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
TUBERCULOSIS RESPIRATORY DISEASES/PULMONARY MEDICINE
PAPER IV
RPD/J/17/42/IV
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Performance and interpretation of spirometry.
4+6
2. Bronchial thermoplasty.
New drugs in asthma.
5+5
3. Methods of lung biopsy: Limitations applications.
5+5
4. Surgical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease Indications and outcomes.
5+5
5. Management of tracheal stenosis.
Bronchial artery embolization: Indications technique.
4+6
6. Non pharmacological management of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
10
7. PET scan Applications and limitations.
Chest ultrasonography in ICU.
5+5
8. Detection of auto-PEEP.
Imaging for pleural effusion.
6+4
9. Bedaquiline.
Impulse Oscillometry.
5+5
10. Drug induced interstitial lung disease Diagnosis
management.
6+4