FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
PAPER III

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
Time 3 hours RPD/D/17/D/42/III
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. Definition of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Risk factors for OSA.
Clinical presentation of OSA.

2. Positive airway pressure therapies in OSA.
Intraoral devices in OSA.
6+4
3. Definition of obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Diagnosis of OHS.
Treatment of OHS.

4. Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome
(ARDS).
Low tidal volume ventilation strategy in ARDS.
Prone positioning in ARDS.

5. Indications for long-term oxygen therapy.
Indications for oxygen therapy in air travel.
6+4
6. Indicators of potential difficult airway.
Extraglottic airway devices.
5+5
7. Pressure support ventilation.
Causes of weaning failure.
Complications of mechanical ventilation.

P.T.O.
FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
PAPER III

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
8. Natural history of TB infection.
Atypical chest radiograph patterns in tuberculosis.
Fluorochrome based acid-fast staining of
myocobacteria

9. Diagnosis of latent TB infection (LTBI)
Decision to treat LTBI
Treatment of LTBI

10. Clinical presentation of Non tuberculosis
mycobacteria infection
Treatment of pulmonary M.avium complex.
6+4