Gastroenterology

1. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

2. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

3. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

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

5. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

6. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

7. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

8. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

9. Water is minimally absorbed from:

10. Halitosis is present in all except:

11. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

12. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

13. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

14. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

16. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

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

18. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

19. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

20. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

21. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

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

23. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

24. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

25. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

26. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

27. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

28. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

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

30. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

31. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

33. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

34. Spider naevi:

35. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

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

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

38. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

39. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

40. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

41. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

43. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

45. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

46. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

47. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

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

49. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

50. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of: