Gastroenterology

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

2. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

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

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

5. Constipation may develop from all except:

6. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

7. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

8. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

9. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

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

11. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

12. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

13. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

14. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

15. Carcinoma of oesophagus may be predisposed by alt except:

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

17. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

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

19. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

20. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

21. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

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

23. WBC in stool is not found in:

24. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

25. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

26. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

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

28. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

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

30. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

31. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

32. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

34. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

35. Water is minimally absorbed from:

36. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

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

38. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

39. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

40. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

41. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

42. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

43. Carcinoid syndrome:

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

45. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

47. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

48. Halitosis is present in all except:

49. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

50. What is true about Weil’s disease?