ESSAYS
1. 40 year old individual presented with fatigue, weight
loss and upper abdominal discomfort. Clinical examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly and
ascites. Answer the following:
• What other history will you elicit to detect the possible
etiology of his disease
• What investigations will you do to evaluate his condition
• How will you manage this case
• What are the complications of this condition (2+3+2+3)
2. 40 years old female non-alcoholic developed yellowish
discoloration of sclera and urine. She developed vomiting and right hypochondrial pain. Answer
the following:
- What is your probable diagnosis
- How will you confirm the diagnosis
- How will you treat this condition
- How will you prevent this disease
SHORT NOTES
- Aphthous ulcer
- Complications of gastro esophageal reflux disease
- Treatment of hematemesis
- Four most common causes of upper Gastro Intestinal bleeding
- Liver cirrhosis
- Mechanism of ascites in cirrhosis of liver
- Mention four complications of cirrhosis
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepato-jugular reflux
- Natural history of chronic hepatitis B infection
- Laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis B infection
- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Complications of acute viral hepatitis
- Fulminant hepatitis
- Alpha-Fetoprotein.
- Causes of portal hypertension
- Gamma glutamyl transferase
- Lab diagnosis of post hepatic (cholestatic) jaundice
- Lab features of pre hepatic jaundice (haemolytic)
- Lab features of hepatocellular jaundice
- Complications of acute pancreatitis
- Causes of chronic pancreatitis
- Investigations in chronic pancreatitis
- Complications of chronic pancreatitis.
- Complications of peptic ulcer
- Antibiotic regimens for eradication of helicobacter pylori
- Consequences of helicobacter pylori infection
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Complications of ulcerative colitis
- Differences between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
- Drugs used in the management of inflammatory bowel disease
- Extra intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease
- Causes of hematemesis
- Chronic diarrhea
- Esophageal strictures
- Odynophagia
- Medical causes of acute abdomen
- Coeliac disease
- Achalasia cardia
