NBEMS Diploma Pediatrics Dec 2024 Paper 1

PAPER 1

PAPER 1

1. Vitamin D: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Metabolism. [3]
   • b) Features of renal rickets. [3]
   • c) Complications of excess vitamin D. [4]
   
2. Hyponatremia: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Etiology. [3]
   • b) Clinical manifestations. [3]
   • c) Approach to investigation and treatment. [4]
   
3. Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Risk factors. [3]
   • b) Pathogenesis. [3]
   • c) Treatment. [4]
   
4. Benign intracranial hypertension: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Pathophysiology. [3]
   • b) Causes. [3]
   • c) Treatment. [4]
   
5. Neonate with GI bleeding: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Etiology. [5]
   • b) Management. [5]
   
6. Intellectual disability: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Clinical manifestations. [3]
   • b) Diagnostic evaluation. [3]
   • c) Management. [4]
   
7. Describe the following for a given test: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Sensitivity. [2.5]
   • b) Specificity. [2.5]
   • c) Positive predictive value. [2.5]
   • d) Negative predictive value. [2.5]
   
8. Hypertensive crisis in children: (10 Marks total)
   • a) Etiopathogenesis. [3]
   • b) Outline of management. [3]
   • c) Outcome in relation to etiology. [4]
   
9. Baby suffering with DSD (disorders of sexual development): (10 Marks total)
   • a) Etiopathogenesis. [3]
   • b) Clinical features. [3]
   • c) Management. [4]
   
10. Salicylate poisoning: (10 Marks total)
    • a) Pathophysiology. [3]
    • b) Clinical manifestations. [3]
    • c) Management and outcome. [4]