DNB Pediatrics June 25 Question Paper 1

Question 1
a) Enumerate various indicators related to fetal death. [4]
b) Write briefly on Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition Mission). [3]
c) Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and its importance in pediatrics. [3]

Question Number : 2
a) Enumerate the technique and precautions while collecting blood samples for arterial blood gas analysis. [5]
b) Causes of metabolic acidosis in a child. [5]

Question Number : 3
a) Home Based Newborn Care program (HBNC). [4]
b) Discuss the following in children between 0-18 years of age:
(i) Parameters to detect undernutrition. [3]
(ii) Parameters to detect overnutrition. [3]

Question Number : 4
a) Role of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker in neonatal and child health. [5]
b) Home – based care for young child (HBYC). [5]

Question Number : 5
a) Cluster randomized trial. [5]
b) Components of patient Information sheet in study design. [5]

Question Number : 6
a) Define brain death in neonate and in a child. [5]
b) Physiological changes and principles of management of hyponatremia in a child. [5]

Question Number : 7
a) Advantages and disadvantages of case-control study design. [5]
b) Interpretation of linear correlation coefficient ‘r’. [5]

Question Number : 8
a) Types of maltreatment of a child. [5]
b) Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI). [5]

Question Number : 9
a) Relative risk and Odds ratio. [4]
b) Enumerate types of Study design. [2]
c) Role of Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI). [4]

Question Number : 10
a) Babinski sign and various techniques to elicit it. [5]
b) Systemic response to blood loss in a child. [5]

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