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 I
RPD/J/17/42/I
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. Classification of shock.
Dynamic assessment of fluid resuscitation in shock.
3+7
2. Gross anatomy of the tracheobronchial tree.
Test of small airway function.
6+4
3. Mediastinal lymph node anatomy.
Secondary pulmonary lobule: Clinical application.
6+4
4. Factors governing airway deposition of aerosols.
Advantages and disadvantages of different modes of
inhalation therapy.
5+5
5. Exercise testing in respiratory diseases: Methods and
application.
5+5
6. Metabolic alkalosis: Causes diagnosis.
Respiratory acidosis: Causes diagnosis.
5+5
7. Mechanism of drug resistance in tuberculosis.
10
8. Pharmacogenomics
Antibiotics for pseudomonas chest infections.
4+6
9. Diagnosis of tuberculosis: conventional methods and
molecular diagnosis.
6+4
10. Validation of questionnaire for epidemiology.
Methods of sampling.
5+5