Gastroenterology

1. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

2. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

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

4. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

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

6. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

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

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

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

10. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

11. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

12. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

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

14. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

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

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

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

18. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

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

20. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

21. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

23. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

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

28. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

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

30. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

31. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

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

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

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

36. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

37. Fatty liver may be produced by:

38. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

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

41. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

42. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

43. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

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

45. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

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

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

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

49. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

50. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is: