Gastroenterology

1. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

3. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

10. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

11. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

12. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

13. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

14. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

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

16. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

17. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

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

19. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

20. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

21. What is true about Weil’s disease?

22. Macroglossia is not found in:

23. Octreotide can be used in all except:

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

25. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

26. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

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

28. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

29. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?

30. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

31. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

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

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

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

35. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

36. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

37. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

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

39. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

40. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

41. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

42. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

43. Constipation may develop from all except:

44. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

45. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

46. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

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

48. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

49. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

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