Download DNB 2016 Dec NEPHROLOGY PAPER 1 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
NEPHROLOGY

PAPER ? I
NEPHRO/D/16/20/I
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.

Write short notes on:

1.

a) Physiology of renal autoregulation.
b) Relevance of renal autoregulation in clinical conditions,
especially with AKI.

5+5
2. Pododcyte: Structure, functions and its clinical significance in health
& disease.

3+3+4
3. Hypomagnesemia: Causes, manifestations, investigations and
treatment.

4+2+2+2
4. a) Development of kidney and urinary tract.
b) Enumerate structural anomalies of kidneys.

8+2
5. a) Pathophysiology of distal RTA.
b) Clinical and metabolic consequences of RTA.

5+5
6. a) Etiology of lactic acidosis.
b) Approach to a patient with lactic acidosis.

5+5
7. a) Common clinical research study designs.
b) Phases in clinical trials.

5+5
8. Vascular calcification in CKD: Pathogenesis, diagnosis and
management.

3+4+3
9. a) Methods of estimation of serum creatinine
b) Methods of estimation of GFR.
2+8


10. Moderately increased albuminuria in diabetes:
a) Etiology
b) Limitations
c) Natural history in type II diabetes
d) Clinical trials to prevent progression to macroalbuminuria in
phase II diabetes.

2+3+3+2
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