Gastroenterology

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

2. What is true about Weil’s disease?

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

4. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

5. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

6. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

8. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

9. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

10. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

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

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

13. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

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

15. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

16. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

17. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

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

19. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

20. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

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

23. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

24. Raspberry tongue is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

33. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

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

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

36. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

37. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

38. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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

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

41. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

42. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

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

44. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

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

46. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

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

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

49. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

50. Regarding melena, which statement is false?