Gastroenterology

1. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

3. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

4. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

5. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

6. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

7. Water is minimally absorbed from:

8. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

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

10. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

11. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

12. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

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

14. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

15. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

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

17. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

18. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

19. Gastric diverticula are:

20. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

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

22. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

23. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

24. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

25. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

26. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

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

28. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

29. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

30. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

31. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

32. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

33. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

34. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

35. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

36. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

37. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

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

39. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

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

41. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

42. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

43. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

44. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

45. Spider naevi:

46. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

47. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

48. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

50. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?