FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
PAPER-II
RPD/J/18/42/II
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. Etiopathogenesis of Cor-pulmonale.
Strategies of smoking cessation.
5+5
2. Principles and clinical uses aerosolized antibiotics.
Management of life threatening acute severe asthma.
5+5
3. Causes and initial management of acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure.
Management of 21 years old male with primary spontaneous
pneumothorax.
5+5
4. Discuss pulmonary complications of acute pancreatitis
Discuss management of parapneumonic effusion.
5+5
5. Role of immunotherapy for treatment of asthma.
Non-tobacco risk factors for lung cancer.
5+5
6. Management of Granuomatosis with Polyangiitis
Pulmonary manifestations of asbestosis.
5+5
7. Investigation of 15 years old male with bronchiectasis.
Diagnosis and treatment of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
5+5
8. Discuss targets for therapy in cases with non-small cell lung
cancer.
Investigation of a patient with solitary pulmonary nodule.
5+5
9. Chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.
Drug treatment of tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection.
5+5
10. Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis.
Drug treatment of patient with progressive systemic sclerosis
with interstitial lung disease.
5+5