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The MOST common cause of death from associated cardiac lesions without heart syndrome in the first month of life is
- A. d-Transposition
- B. hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- C. pulmonary atresia
- D. truncus arteriosus
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: d-Transposition of the great arteries is a common cause of death in the first month due to mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
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Following are correctly matched
- A. Tuberous sclerosis-Cardiac rhabdomyoma
- B. WPW syndrome-SVT
- C. Maternal SLE-Irreversible complete heart block
- D. Parvo B19-Roseola infectiosum
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Tuberous sclerosis is associated with cardiac rhabdomyomas.
Which of the following conditions results primarily from mutation in the gene encoding Vitamin D receptor?
- A. Vitamin D dependent rickets type 1
- B. Vitamin D dependent rickets type 2
- C. X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets
- D. Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Vitamin D dependent rickets type 2 is caused by mutations in the vitamin D receptor gene, leading to resistance to vitamin D.
Changes that occur in CVS and Respiratory system at birth
- A. Increase in pulmonary Vascular resistance
- B. Increase in Oxygen concentration in Aorta
- C. Increase in the right Ventricular Pressure
- D. Reversal of flow through the ductus arteriosus
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: At birth, oxygen concentration increases in the aorta as lungs begin functioning.
False statements include:
- A. Curosurf is a natural surfactant
- B. Antenatal steroids are usually given as two oral doses of dexamethasone
- C. Increasing the rate on the ventilator raises the mean airway pressure
- D. CPAP is a common weaning tool in ventilated pre terms
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B because antenatal steroids are typically given intramuscularly, not orally. The other options (a, c, d, e) are true statements.
Blunt or shallow Y descent in jugular venous waveform is seen in all, except
- A. Tricuspid stenosis
- B. Cardiac tamponade
- C. Effusive-constrictive pericarditis
- D. Ebstein's anomaly
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Ebstein's anomaly is not typically associated with a blunt or shallow Y descent in the jugular venous waveform.