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

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/IV
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. Diagnosis of pneumothorax by ultrasonography
Limitations of lung ultrasonography.
6+4
2. Radial probe EBUS
Convex probe EBUS
Elastography in EBUS

3. Endobronchial brachytherapy
Tracheobronchial stenting
4+6
4. Bronchial Thermoplasty
Bronchoscopic closure of bronchopleural fistula
4+6
5. Virtual bronchoscopy
CT angiography in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Fallacies of PET/CT

6. Newer drugs in the management of asthma
Newer drugs in the management of lung cancer
6+4
7. Nucleic acid amplification test
Nintedanib
Delamanid

8. Vital capacity
Body plethysmography
3+7
9. Forced vital capacity
Maximum voluntary ventilation
5+5
10. Indications of medical thoracoscopy
Bronchoscopic endotracheal intubation
5+5