Download RGUHS DM 2020 9116 Pulmonary Medicine Paper I Question Paper

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Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
D.M. Degree Examination - 18-Aug-2020
Time: 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 100 Marks
PULMONARY MEDICINE - PAPER ? I
Q.P. CODE: 9116
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked.
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary. Answer all questions.
LONG ESSAY
10X10 = 100 Marks
1. Describe the various methods to assess diaphragm function.
2. What are the components and functions of pulmonary surfactant? Write a note on disorders of
surfactant homeostasis.
3. Describe Mucociliary clearance in the airways. What are the strategies to manage Mucociliary
dysfunction?
4. Explain the pressure-volume loop, hysteresis and their clinical implications.
5. What is loop gain? Explain its role in the control of ventilation during sleep.
6. A 50-year-old man is posted for right upper lobectomy for a SPN. How will you evaluate him
preoperatively?
7. Bronchial challenge test ? indications, agents, procedure and interpretation.
8. Describe the control of circadian rhythm and list the disorders of circadian sleep rhythm.
9. Explain the oxygen dissociation curve.
10 Discuss the effect of aging on the lung and enumerate age-related changes in lung function.
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