Q.P. Code: 201001 Reg. no.: …………………
Second Professional MBBS Degree Examinations, March 2014
Pharmacology- Paper I
Time: 2 Hours Total Marks: 40
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Answer all questions
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Draw
diagrams wherever necessary
Essays: (2x6=12)
1. A 28 year
old man, while working on his computer in an IT company, suddenly went blank,
fell down and appeared to be unconscious. He regains consciousness in the next
5minutes but was confused and could not remember what happened. When he
consulted a neurologist, he was diagnosed to have absence seizures. Answer the
following:
Name two drugs useful in absence seizures
- Explain the mechanism of action of phenytoin
- List four uses of carbamazepine
- Mention two drugs used in status epilepticus (1+2+2+1=6)
2. Enumerate β blockers. Explain any six uses
and two contraindications of β blockers (2+3+1=6)
Short notes: (5x3=15)
3. Sodium
nitroprusside
4. Sevoflurane
5. Bronchodilators
6. Plasma
half-life
7. Selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors
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Answer
briefly: (5x1=5)
8.
Two uses and two adverse effects of atropine
9.
Rationale for use of furosemide in acute pulmonary edema
10.
Mechanism of action of diazepam
11.
Two differences between heparin and warfarin
12.
Mention the antidote in over dosage of morphine
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Name two
drugs for: (8x1=8)
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13. Supraventricular
arrhythmias
14. Non sedative
antihistamines
15. Idiopathic
parkinsonism
16. Enzyme
inducers
17. Mucolytics
18. Drugs for
the prophylaxis of angina pectoris
19. Relief of
somatic pain
20. Hyperlipidemia
