June 2025 — DNB Paediatrics

Q110 marks
a)
Enumerate various indicators related to fetal death.
4mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
b)
Write briefly on Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition Mission).
3mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
c)
Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and its importance in pediatrics.
3mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
Q210 marks
a)
Enumerate the technique and precautions while collecting blood samples for arterial blood gas analysis.
5mCommon Medical Procedures
b)
Causes of metabolic acidosis in a child.
5mFluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
Q310 marks
a)
Home Based Newborn Care program (HBNC).
4mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
b)
Discuss the following in children between 0-18 years of age: (i) Parameters to detect undernutrition. [3] (ii) Parameters to detect overnutrition. [3]
6mNutrition
Q410 marks
a)
Role of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker in neonatal and child health.
5mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
b)
Home-based care for young child (HBYC).
5mCommunity and Preventive Paediatrics
Q510 marks
a)
Cluster randomized trial.
5mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
b)
Components of patient Information sheet in study design.
5mRights of Children
Q610 marks
a)
Define brain death in neonate and in a child.
5mPediatric Critical Care
b)
Physiological changes and principles of management of hyponatremia in a child.
5mFluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
Q710 marks
a)
Advantages and disadvantages of case-control study design.
5mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
b)
Interpretation of linear correlation coefficient 'r'.
5mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
Q810 marks
a)
Types of maltreatment of a child.
5mRights of Children
b)
Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI).
5mImmunization and Immunodeficiency
Q910 marks
a)
Relative risk and Odds ratio.
4mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
b)
Enumerate types of Study design.
2mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
c)
Role of Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI).
4mResearch Methodology, Biostatistics and Medical Education
Q1010 marks
a)
Babinski sign and various techniques to elicit it.
5mNeurology
b)
Systemic response to blood loss in a child.
5mPediatric Critical Care
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