Gastroenterology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

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

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

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

10. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

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

12. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

13. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

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

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

17. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

18. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

19. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

20. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

21. Halitosis is present in all except:

22. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

23. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

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

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

26. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

27. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

28. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

29. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

30. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

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

32. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

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

34. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

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

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

38. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

39. Raspberry tongue is found in:

40. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

41. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

42. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

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

44. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

45. Macroglossia is not found in:

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

47. Hepatitis-like features may be seen in therapy with all except:

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

49. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

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