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Paediatrics questions for NEET PG
853 Paediatrics questions in the Recallab bank, each with a verified answer, every option explained and a reference to a current edition. 7 of them are published in full — the rest are in the app.
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- Webbing of neck, increased carrying angle, low posterior hair line and short fourth metacarpal are characteristics of:
- A five-day-old full-term male infant was severely cyanotic at birth. Prostaglandin E was given initially and a balloon atrial septostomy was then performed, after which oxygenation improved. The most…
- All of the following are neural tube defects, Except:
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a disease of:
- Epiphyseal dysgenesis is a pathognomonic feature of:
- Which of the following is the early sign of nutritional rickets?
- On the standard graph of serum immunoglobulin concentrations from fetal life through infancy, the curve labelled A is already high at birth and then falls to a nadir at three to six months. What does…
- An 8-month-old infant weighing 6 kg is brought with three days of watery diarrhoea. He is lethargic, unable to drink, his eyes are sunken and a skin pinch goes back very slowly. Intravenous access is…
- Which of the following is an absolute contraindication to breastfeeding?
- A 12-day-old breastfed boy has vomiting, poor feeding, jaundice and hepatomegaly, and is being treated for Escherichia coli sepsis. Slit-lamp examination shows bilateral oil-droplet cataracts. Urine…
- A 2-year-old girl weighing 10 kg has had loose stools for two days. She is restless and irritable but drinks eagerly when offered fluid, her eyes are sunken, and a skin pinch goes back slowly. She…
- A 3-year-old boy has progressive bowing of both legs and has had two dental abscesses. He is short for his age. Serum calcium is normal, phosphate is low at 2.4 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase is raised…
- A 7-week-old exclusively breastfed boy has been jaundiced since the second week of life. His stools are pale and putty-coloured and his urine stains the nappy yellow. Total bilirubin is 9.4 mg/dL…
- A 15-month-old child with severe acute malnutrition and bilateral pedal oedema is admitted. He is lethargic and hypothermic. Which of the following is the correct approach in the first 48 hours?
- At one minute a newborn has a heart rate of 90, slow irregular respiration, some flexion of the limbs, a grimace to suction, and a body that is pink with blue hands and feet. What is the Apgar score?
- A 20-month-old child has a widely open anterior fontanelle, delayed dentition, constipation, a hoarse cry, poor feeding and marked developmental delay. He is short with coarse features and an…
- A newborn delivered by vacuum extraction has a fluctuant scalp swelling that was noticed on day two, is limited to the right parietal bone, does not cross the sagittal or lambdoid sutures, and is…
- An 11-month-old has episodic inconsolable crying with drawing up of the legs, a sausage-shaped mass in the right upper quadrant, and redcurrant jelly stool. Ultrasound shows a target sign. He is…
- A child has hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis, normal blood pressure, high renin and aldosterone, and hypercalciuria with nephrocalcinosis. Which transporter is defective, and which diuretic does the…
- A 7-year-old has palpable purpura over the buttocks and legs, colicky abdominal pain and painful knees, two weeks after a sore throat. Platelets and clotting are normal. What is the diagnosis, what…
- Alongside oral rehydration solution, zinc is recommended for every child with acute diarrhoea. What dose and duration, and what does it achieve?
- A newborn with ambiguous genitalia and a 46,XX karyotype collapses on day 10 with vomiting, hyponatraemia and hyperkalaemia. Which enzyme is deficient, and why do virilisation and salt loss occur…
- A pedigree shows affected children of every affected mother, of both sexes, and no children of affected fathers affected. The phenotype includes progressive external ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary…