Gastroenterology

1. Tegaserod is used in:

2. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

3. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

4. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

5. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

6. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

7. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

8. Octreotide can be used in all except:

9. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

10. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

11. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

12. Pyrosis is better known as:

13. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

14. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

15. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

16. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

17. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

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

19. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

20. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

21. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

22. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

23. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

24. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

25. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

26. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

27. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

28. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

29. Halitosis is present in all except:

30. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

31. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

32. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

33. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

34. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

35. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

36. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

37. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

38. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

39. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

40. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

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

43. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

44. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

45. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

46. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

47. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

48. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

49. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

50. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except: