5. Nutrition - DNB QUESTIONS

• Nutritional composition of Human milk.Jun 21; 5mrks
• Human milk banking. Jun 21, Jun 20, Dec 19; 5mrks
• Importance of human milk banking. Dec 20; 5mrks
• What is human milk banking & enumerate it's indications. Jun 20; 5mrks
• Human milk banking - criteria for donars, collection & storage. Jun 17; 3mrks
• Describe key problems during breast feeding & their management. Jun 17; 6mrks
• Short notes on a) human milk fortifier b) vit D in neonate c) MCT in neonatal nutrition. Jun 14; 4+3+3mrks
• Outline goals of BHFI. Enumerate ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Mention contraindications to breastfeeding. Jun 13; 2+5+3mrks
• Tabulate classification of malnutrition as per WHO criteria. Describe management of a 1-year-old girl with severe acute malnutrition and acute diarrhea. Jun 21; 4+6mrks
• a) Pathogenesis of edematous malnutrition. b) Calcium homeostasis during normal health. Jun 21; 5+5mrks
• a) Minimal enteral nutrition for low birth weight babies. b) Nutrition recovery syndrome in severe acute malnutrition (SAM) child. Jun 19; 5+5mrks
• a) Prevention of iron deficiency anaemia in children under 5 years of age. b) Magnesium and phosphate in treatment of acute severe malnutrition. Jun 18; 5+5mrks
• a) Diagnosis and management of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in community. b) Reductive adaptation in severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Dec 17; 6+4mrms
• a) Complications of pediatric obesity. b) Management of severe acute malnutrition. Jun 17; 5+5mrks
• a) What is Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)? b) What are the clinical signs of SAM? c) Management of SAM in an one year old child weighing 5 kg. Apr 16; 2+2+6mrks
• Outline the hospital management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Dec 16; 10mrks
• What are the different growth charts? Discuss the WHO growth chart. What is SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)? How do you manage a child with SAM? Jun 14; 2+2+2+4mrks
• Enlist the clinical and anthropometric criteria for diagnosis of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Discuss the principles of management of SAM in an 18 months old baby who also has watery diarrhea. Jun 13; 3+7mrks
• Define 'Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)'. Outline the tools for its diagnosis in the community and discuss their merits/demerits. Jun 12; 2+4+4mrks
• a) Minimal enteral nutrition for low birth weight babies. b) Nutrition recovery syndrome in severe acute malnutrition (SAM) child. Jun 19; 5+5mrks
• a) Refeeding syndrome. b) Management of hypoglycaemia in newborn. Jun 18; 5+5mrks
• a) Clinical signs and symptoms of refeeding syndrome. b) How will you manage such a case? Dec 15; 7+3mrks
• Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. Dec 20; 5mrks
• Hidden hunger in children Dec 19; 5mrks
• Maternal factors affecting fetal growth. Definition & causes of FTT. Dec 17; 4+6mrks
• Enumerate causes of FTT & schematic evaluation plan for the same. Dec 16; 2+3 mrks
• FTT. Jun 15; 6mrks
• a) Evaluation of a child with obesity. b) Diagnosis and management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in children. Jun 21; 5+5mrks
• a) Strategies for limiting screen time in children. Jun 21; 5mrks
• Prevention of overweight and obesity in adolescents. Dec 20; 5mrks
• a) IAP Guidelines on junk food, and fruit juices. b) Prevention of obesity in children. Jun 20; 5+5mrks
• Syndromes associated with obesity. Dec 18; 5mrks
• Comorbidities associated with childhood obesity. Dec 17; 5mrks
• a) Complications of pediatric obesity. Jun 17; 5mrks
• a) Define Obesity. b) Enumerate causes and management of childhood obesity. Dec 16; 2+3+5mrks
• A 2 year old toddler presents with a weight of 25 Kg. Discuss the possible causes, evaluation and treatment for this child. Jun 14; 3+4+3mrks
• Prevention of Vitamin A deficiency. Jun 21; 5mrks
• a) Fluoride and disease. b) Hypervitaminosis A. c) Hypervitaminosis D. Apr 16; 2+4+4mrks
• a) Management of infantile tremor syndrome. b) Clinical features of hypervitaminosis A. c) Clinical features of hypervitaminosis D. Jun 16; 4+3+3mrks
• Describe WHO classifications of eye manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. Discuss prevention & management of Vitamin A deficiency in children. Dec 14; 4+6mrks
• Describe the role of Vitamin A in health and disease. Enumerate clinical manifestations of Vitamin A deficiency and its treatment. Dec 12; 4+3+3mrks
• a) Pathophysiology of Vitamin B12 and Folate deficiency. b) Role and function of platelets in physiology of haemostasis. Jun 20; 5+5mrks
• Discuss the etiopathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis and management of cobalamine deficiency. Jun 12; 2+3+1+4mrks
• Diagnosis of scurvy. Dec 17; 4mrks
• a) Role of Vitamin D in children beyond bone health. b) DEXA scan in children. Jun 21; 5+5mrks
• a) Approach to a child with recurrent wheezing. b) Treatment of nutritional rickets. Dec 20; 5+5mrks
• a) Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. b) Vitamin D supplementation - Why, when, how? Jun 20; 5+5mrks
• a) National Neonatal Screening Program. b) Medical management of nutritional rickets. Jun 19; 5+5mrks
• a) Complications of diphtheria. b) Causes and treatment of Vit D resistant rickets. Dec 18; 6+4mrks
• Physical and metabolic properties, food sources of vitamin D. Dec 18; 6mrks
• a) Treatment and prevention of Vitamin D deficiency rickets. Dec 17; 6mrks
• Aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and management of hypophosphataemia. Apr 16; 2+3+2+3mrks
• Hypervitaminosis D. Apr 16; 4mrks
• a) Outline the steps involved in the synthesis of Vitamin D. b) A seven year old boy presents with deformities suggestive of rickets. What are the possible causes? Enumerate the investigations for resistant rickets and treatment of hypophosphataemic rickets. Dec 16; 3+3+2+2mrks
• a) Outline the physiology of Vitamin D. b) Diagnosis and treatment of Vitamin D dependent rickets. Jun 16; 4+3+3mrks
• a) Management of infantile tremor syndrome. b) Clinical features of hypervitaminosis A. c) Clinical features of hypervitaminosis D. Jun 16; 4+3+3mrks
• Write short notes on: a) Human milk fortifiers b) Vitamin-D Supplementation in neonates c) Medium chain triglycerides in neonatal nutrition. Jun 14; 4+3+3mrks
• Write in brief the role of vitamin D in health and disease in children. Outline the management of Vitamin D deficiency disorder. Jun 12; 6+4mrks
• a) Free Radicals. b) Febrile neutropenia - Definition & management. Dec 15; 5+1+4mrks
• a) Draw a diagrammatic representation of the coagulation cascade. b) What is the etiopathogenesis of Vitamin K deficiency in infancy? Jun 17; 5+5mrks
• a) Clinical presentation of Vitamin K deficiency in newborns and infants. b) Its prevention and management. Dec 16; 5+2+3mrks
• Outline the classification, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and differential diagnosis of vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Jun 12; 3+3+2+2mrks
• Discuss the role of the following in health and diseases: a) Copper. b) Zinc. c) Magnesium. Dec 20; 3+4+3mrks
• a) Hidden Hunger in children. Dec 19; 5mrks
• List of micronutrients and methods of prevention of their deficiency. Dec 18; 5mrks
• a) Physiological function of Zinc in human body with special reference to immunity. b) Role of Zinc in treatment of pediatric diarrhea. c) Clinical features of acrodermatitis enteropathica. Jun 17; 5+2+3mrks
• a) Steps to curb female infanticide. b) Role of micronutrients in pediatric health and disease. Apr 16; 5+5mrks
• a) Fluoride and disease. Apr 16; 3mrks
• Write short notes on: a) Zinc supplementation - when and how? Dec 11; 5mrks
• Name the micro nutrients required for various body functions. Discuss briefly their dietary sources and the effects of deficiency of mineral micronutrients (trace elements). Dec 11; 3+2+5mrks