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.
RURAL SURGERY
PAPER III
RURALSURG./APRIL/16/44/III
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. Define antepartum hemorrhage (APH).
Enumerate the cause of APH.
How will you manage a case of primigravida with type II placenta
previa at 36 weeks of pregnancy?

2. What is active management of third stage of labor?
Enumerate the complications of third stage of labor.
Management of retained placenta.

3. Define preterm labor.
Enlist the causes of preterm labor.
How will you manage a case of primigravida at 32 weeks of gestation
with preterm labor?

4. Mention the important causes of respiratory distress syndrome
in newborn.
Outline the management of a newborn with RDS.
5+5
5. Define Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR).
Causes of maternal mortality in India.
What steps can be taken to reduce maternal mortality?

6. What is LAM?
Various methods of post partum family planning.
Importance of initiating contraception early in the postpartum period.

7. Define menopause.
Causes of post menopausal bleeding.
How will you investigate a case of post menopausal bleeding in a 60
year old diabetic woman?

P.T.O.
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.
RURAL SURGERY
PAPER III
8. Enumerate the different types of abortions.
How can you differentiate one type of abortion from the other?
Outline the management of missed abortion.

9. Screening for cervical cancer.
Urinary tract infections in females.
5+5
10. What are the defence mechanisms of the genital tract?
Define pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
Diagnostic criteria of PID and its management.