Gastroenterology

1. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

2. Halitosis is present in all except:

3. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

4. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

5. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

6. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

7. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

8. Octreotide can be used in all except:

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

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

11. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

12. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

13. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

14. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

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

16. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

17. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

18. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

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

20. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

21. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

22. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

24. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

25. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

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

27. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

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

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

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

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

32. Weil’s disease is associated with:

33. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

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

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

36. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

37. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

38. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

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

40. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

41. Melanosis coli indicates:

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

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

44. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

45. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

46. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

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

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

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

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