Gastroenterology

1. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

2. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

3. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

4. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

5. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

6. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

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

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

9. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

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

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

12. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

13. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

14. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

15. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

16. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

17. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

18. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

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

20. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

21. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

22. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

23. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

25. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

26. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

27. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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

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

30. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

31. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

32. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

34. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

35. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

36. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

37. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

38. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

39. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

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

41. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

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

43. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

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

45. Hepatic rub may be found in:

46. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

48. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

49. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

50. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with: