October 2024 — DNB Paediatrics

Describe the bilirubin metabolism.

Describe the pathway of steroid hormone production by adrenal cortex and the abnormalities due to various biochemical defects causing congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Describe the development of the urogenital system.

How to investigate and manage a one-year-old female child with recurrent UTI?

What is a Forest plot? Describe the characteristics of a Forest plot with a diagram.

Informed consent and assent.

Pathophysiology of rickets and scurvy.

Milk banking.

Case Control study (Give 2 examples).

Anaemia Mukt Bharat.

LAQSHYA program.

Special Newborn Care Unit.

Developmental milestones achieved by a three years old child.

Fetal intervention for an antenatally diagnosed Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.

Outline the mechanism of CSF formation and its circulation.

Explain the etiopathogenesis of hydrocephalus.

What is Dandy Walker syndrome?

Bruton's agammaglobulinemia.

Antenatal screening for trisomy.

Network meta-analysis.

GRADE of recommendation.

Describe the pathophysiology of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Outline the respiratory support and ventilation strategy for RDS.

What are the types of surfactants available for the treatment of RDS?

Pathophysiology, screening and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Management of ROP.

Staging of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Different modalities of treatment in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

Follow up of a NICU graduate.

Osteopenia of prematurity.

Clinical features, diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis.

Sickle cell crisis.

Current classification and management of neonatal seizures.

Autoimmune encephalitis.

Pneumococcal vaccines.

Interpretation and plan of management in antenatal ultrasonography pelvicalyceal dilatation.

Approach to a 6-year-old boy with short stature.

Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Outline the management of recurrent ITP in a six year old child.

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT).

Define severe acute malnutrition (SAM).

Describe management of SAM.

Refeeding Syndrome: When to suspect? How to prevent it and its management.

Write briefly on systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis.

Treatment of a 2-year-old child weighing 10 Kg with a serum sodium of 165 mEq/L.

Management of refractory status epilepticus.

Management of enuresis in a 6-year-old child.

Management of cyanotic spell in a 7 month old child with 5 Kg weight.

How to diagnose a case of celiac disease?

Management of coeliac crisis.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).

Etiopathogenesis of congenital heart block and its management.

Triaging in the pediatric emergency room.

Management of a child with corrosive poisoning.

What are the disorders of sexual development (DSD)? Give etiological classification of DSD.

Precocious puberty in a 6-year-old boy: approach to diagnosis and management.

Define ARDS and briefly describe its management in pediatric population.

Outline management of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Screening, diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorders.

Hearing screening.

Describe the causes and approach to diagnosis in a child with portal hypertension.

Management of acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding.

Management of hypertensive emergency in a six-year-old child.

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease: current approach for diagnosis and management.

Diagnosis and management of renal tubular acidosis.

Recent advances in the treatment of spinal muscular dystrophy.

Macrophages activation syndrome.

Types of Growth charts and their use.

Enzyme replacement therapy.

Cell-free DNA prenatal screening test.

Risk stratification of acute leukemia.

Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical sciences.

Newborn screening program in Indian context.

Current concept of fluid replacement therapy in a sick child.

Therapeutic uses of Erythropoietin.

Diagnosis and treatment of Myasthenia Gravis in a four year old child.

Cord milking: current guideline and controversies.

Therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric population.

Screening for primary immunodeficiency.

Recent advances in management of Hemophilia A.

Describe briefly complications of obesity.

Define chronic kidney disease and outline its management in pediatric population.