FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
APRIL 2016
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/APRIL/16/42/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. Recent advances in the classification and staging of lung cancer.
5+5
2. Current guidelines for management of idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis.
10
3. Radial EBUS
Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
5+5
4. Enumerate newer drugs used for treatment of resistant
tuberculosis and outline the clinical use and adverse reactions of
each of them.
4+6
5. Rescue strategies used in mechanical ventilation of patients with
severe ARDS.
10
6. Newer tests for assessing fluid responsiveness.
Bronchial thermoplasty
5+5
7. Principles of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.
10
8. Role of bedside ultrasound in the ventilatory management of
ARDS.
10
9. Targeted therapy of lung cancer.
10
10. Role of non-invasive ventilation in the management of stable
patient of COPD with chronic respiratory failure.
10