Gastroenterology

1. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

2. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

3. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

4. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

5. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

6. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

7. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

8. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

9. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

10. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

11. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

12. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

13. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

14. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

15. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

16. All are examples of APUDomas except:

17. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

18. Weil’s disease is associated with:

19. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

20. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

21. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

22. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

23. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

24. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

25. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

26. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

27. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

28. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

29. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

30. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

31. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

32. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

33. Malignant potential is least in:

34. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

35. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

36. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

37. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

38. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

39. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

40. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

41. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

42. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

43. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

44. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

45. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

46. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

47. What is true about Weil’s disease?

48. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

49. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

50. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except: