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 II
RPD/APRIL/16/42/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. Classify pulmonary hypertension. Outline clinical features,
diagnosis and management of chronic thromboembolic
pulmonary hypertension.

2. Systemic manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease.
10
3. Etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation and management of
community acquired pneumonia.

4. What is vocal cord dysfunction? Outline the principles of its
diagnosis and management.

5. Paraneoplastic manifestations of lung cancer.
10
6. Indications, selection criteria, types and post-transplant
management of lung transplantation.

7. Enumerate the causes of chronic cough. Outline the
principles of its management.
4+6
8. Define occupational asthma. What are the criteria for its
diagnosis? Briefly describe a few examples.

9. Methods and strategies of smoking cessation. 5+5
10. Pulmonary involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus.
10