LONG ESSAY

2 X 10 = 20 Marks

1.

Define severe malnutrition. List the causes of edema in a four year old child. Outline the management of first attack of Nephrotic syndrome.

2.

What are the clinical features of shock in a five year old child? Discuss the differential diagnosis. Outline the fluid therapy for a severely dehydrated child.

SHORT ESSAY

10 X 5 = 50 Marks

3.

Causes of infantile hemiplegia.

4.

Hypothermia in newborn.

5.

Pseudotumor cerebri.

6.

Jone’s criteria for rheumatic fever.

7.

Causes of PMR (Peri Natal Mortality Rate)

8.

Teratogens.

9.

Immunization schedule in the first year of life.

10.

Pica

11.

Use of I.V. immunoglobulin.

12.

Chromosomal defects in Down’s syndrome.

SHORT ANSWERS

10 X 3 = 30 Marks

13.

Complication of pyogenic meningitis.

14.

Lab diagnosis of thalassemia major.

15.

Drug therapy for tuberculous meningitis.

16.

Management of febrile convulsions.

17.

Causes of neonatal jaundice.

18.

Uses of propranolol in peadiatrics.

19.

Treatment of ascariasis

20.

Radiological signs in rickets.

21.

Complications of diphtheria.

22.

Clinical features of scorpion sting.