Part X - The Fetus and the Neonatal Infant

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Question Chapter Year
Organization and levels of Newborn care (DNB 2006/1)101142006
Setting up of special care newborn unit in a district hospital (DNB 2017/1)51142017
Special Newborn Care Unit (DNB 2024/2)51142024
Predicting neonatal mortality scoring systems (DNB 2019/2)61142019
Endocrine problems that can be diagnosed on the first day of life (DNB 1995/1)101151995
Kidney functions in neonate (DNB 1998/2)(DNB 1999/2)101151998
Diagrammatic depiction of layers of scalp and their relationship to various haemorrhages in new born scalp (DNB 2000/1)101152000
List the key problems during breast feeding and their management (DNB 2000/2)101152000
Probiotics in neonates (DNB 2015/1)51152015
Screening for birth defects at delivery points (DNB 2019/2)41152019
Delayed cord clamping in neonates (DNB 2022/2)41152022
Cord care in term neonates (DNB 2022/2)31152022
Cord milking: current guideline and controversies (DNB 2024/2)51152024
Assessment of gestational age of newborn (DNB 2024/1)51152024
Thermoregulation peculiarities in newborn (DNB 1994/2)151151994
Hypothermia in the newborn (DNB 1997/1)151151997
Thermal regulation in newborn (DNB 1998/2)101151998
Prevention of Hypothermia in the newborn (DNB 1998/2)151151998
Physiological and biochemical consequences of Hypothermia in Neonate (DNB 1999/1)151151999
Thermal balance in Neonates (DNB 2003/2)151152003
Discuss management of Neonatal Hypothermia (DNB 2006/2)51152006
Write the components, pre-requisites and benefits of Kangaroo Mother care (DNB 2008/2)10, (DNB 2011/2)5+2+31152008
Discuss the principles of care of the skin in neonates. Outline the role of touch and massage therapy in newborn infants (DNB 2010/2)4+3+31152010
Describe the advantages and methods of giving Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC). Enlist metabolic consequences of hypothermia (DNB 2013/1)4+4+21152013
Hypothermia in newborn (DNB 2016/2)51152016
Temperature regulation in newborns (DNB 2018/2)51152018
Components and benefits of KMC (DNB 2018/2)51152018
What is Kangaroo mother care? Enumerate its advantage (DNB 2019/1)51152019
Kangaroo Mother Care for care of newborn (DNB 2024/1)51152024
Physiology of thermal control in newborn babies (DCH 2024/1)51152024
Warm chain in neonate (DCH 2024/1)51152024
Scheme for identifying High Risk Fetuses (DNB 1992/2)151161992
Discuss the basic elements of the 'At Risk' concept with regard to their advantages and disadvantages and fallacies if any as they relate to health care of mothers and children (DNB 1995/2)251161995
Placental dysfunction syndrome (DNB 1995/2)151161995
Complications of infants born to diabetic mothers (DNB 2007/2)101162007
Amniocentesis in prenatal diagnosis (DNB 1992/1)151171992
Intrauterine Diagnosis (DNB 1993/2)101171993
Discuss the methods of detection of congenital malformations in the fetus and their prevention (DNB 1995/1)251171995
Antenatal Diagnosis (DNB 1998/2)101171998
Methods to diagnose fetal disorder. Fetal medical therapy (DNB 2005/1)5+51172005
List various methods for Fetal diagnosis and assessment along with indications (DNB 2006/1) 51172006
Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal therapy (DNB 2006/1)101172006
What are the methods of diagnosis of fetal disorders? Describe the fetal medical and surgical therapeutic options for various fetal disorders (DNB 2009/2)101172009
Antenatal screening for Down syndrome (DNB 2013/1)51172013
Outline the methods of assessing fetal wellbeing with their clinical indications (DNB 2013/2)51172013
Describe in detail tests for antepartum and intrapartum monitoring of fetal distress (DNB 2006/2)51172006
Fetal monitoring (DNB 2006/1)101172006
Discuss the complications in the fetus and newborn of a mother with diabetes during pregnancy (DNB 2008/1)101172008
Assessment of fetal wellbeing in pregnancy (DNB 2017/2)61172017
Maternal factors affecting fetal growth (DNB 2017/2)4 (DCH 2024/1)51172017
Antenatal screening (DNB 2019/2)41172019
Chorionic villi sampling - method, indications and complications (DNB 2019/2)2+2+21172019
Antenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects (DNB 2021/1)51172021
Antenatal diagnosis of congenital malformations (DNB 2021/2)51172021
Antenatal monitoring of fetal well being (DNB 2022/2)51172022
Amniocentesis (DNB 2023/2)51172023
Cell-free DNA prenatal screening test (DNB 2024/2)51172024
Prenatal steroid therapy (DNB 1999/2)151181999
Treatment and prevention of fetal diseases (DNB 2007/1)101182007
Medical management of Fetal Problems (DNB 2007/2)101182007
Fetal Therapy (DNB 2003/2)151182003
Steroid in neonatal care (DNB 2007/1)51182007
Intrauterine fetal therapy (DNB 2019/1)51182019
Fetal therapy (DNB 2016/1)5, (DNB 2021/2)51182016
Fetal surgical therapy (DNB 2021/2)51182021
Fetal surgery (DNB 2022/1)51182022
Intrauterine transfusion (DNB 2022/1)51182022
Define 'High risk infant'. Discuss the long term management of such infants with emphasis on detection and early intervention of infants with developmental disabilities (DNB 1995/1)251191995
Fluid therapy in special situations in neonates (DNB 2006/1)101192006
A) What is Developmentally supportive care B) Components of developmentally supportive care in neonates (DNB 2015/2)3+71192015
Developmentally supportive care in neonates (DNB 2015/1)31192015
Triage of sick newborn who is admitted in SCNU (DNB 2018/2)51192018
Enumerate the criteria of discharge of LBW baby from SCNU (DNB 2019/1)51192019
Surgical emergencies in newborn (DNB 2020/2)51192020
Follow up of a NICU graduate (DNB 2024/2)51192024
Factors associated with IUGR (DNB 1993/1)101191993
Immune status of SFD babies (DNB 1998/1)151191998
List the principles of community care of LBW infants. Define Kangaroo Mother care. Outline its advantages and disadvantages (DNB 2004/2)4+2+41192004
Outline the handicaps in enteral feeding of LBW newborns. Briefly discuss the feeding strategies for LBW babies (DNB 2004/2)3+4+31192004
Enumerate the etiology of fetal or intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Describe the screening and diagnosis of IUGR (DNB 2011/2)3+4+31192011
Immediate and late problems due to low birth weight (DNB 2013/1)51192013
Feeding of low birth weight babies (DNB 2015/1)51192015
Interventions to improve neurodevelopmental outcome of LBW infants at 1 year of age (DNB 2017/2)61192017
Enumerate the socio-demographic factors associate with Low birth weight babies. Discuss the clinical problems of Preterm babies (DNB 1996/1)251191996
Pharmacotherapy in prematurity clinical decisions salient features (DNB 2003/1)151192003
Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in preterm neonates (DNB 2010/1)101192010
Enumerate the factors associated with prematurity and low birth weight. Discuss the potential pathways by which infection plays a role in premature delivery (DNB 2013/1)4+61192013
Describe the development of the ductus arteriosus. Enumerate the duct dependent lesions in the newborn and outline their management (DNB 2014/1)3+2+51192014
Physical difference between preterm and IUGR neonates (DNB 2017/2)41192017
Management of premature baby in labour room (DNB 2021/2)51192021
Late preterm neonates and their problems (DNB 2022/2)51192022
Complications of prematurity (DCH 2024/1)51192024
Osteopenia of prematurity (DNB 2006/1)10 (DNB 2024/2)51192006
Probable complications in monozygotic twins (DNB 2022/1)51192022
Write short notes on: Trophic feeding (DNB 2013/1)51192013
Discuss attributes, complications and monitoring of total parenteral nutrition in a newborn (DNB 2013/1)51192013
Write short notes on: a. Human Milk Fortifiers b. Vitamin D supplementation in neonates c. Medium chain triglycerides in neonatal nutrition (DNB 2014/1)4+3+31192014
Minimal enteral nutrition for low birth weight babies (DNB 2019/1)51192019
Nutritional requirements of preterm babies (DNB 2019/1)51192019
Non-nutritive sucking and early infant stimulation (DNB 2019/2)51192019
Human Milk Fortifiers (DNB 2024/1)51192024
Anti-infective properties of human milk (DNB 2024/1)51192024
Discuss the principles of safe and stable transport of a sick newborn (DNB 2013/1)101202013
Issues related to transport of sick newborn (DNB 2014/2)51202014
Transport of a sick newborn (DNB 2022/1)51202022
Transport of the critically ill newborn (DNB 2023/2)51202023
Foetal circulation and changes at birth (DNB 2000/1)151212000
Cyanosis in newborn (DNB 2016/1)51212016
Enumerate common peripheral nerve injuries in neonates. Describe their clinical characteristics and outline the management (DNB 2009/1)2+3+51222009
HIE (DNB 1993/1)15, (DNB 1992/2)151221993
Prognosis of Birth Asphyxia (DNB 1993/1)101221993
HIE in newborn (DNB 1995/1)101221995
Discuss the etiopathology and management of birth asphyxia (DNB 1996/2)251221996
HIE (DNB 1997/2)151221997
Clinical and laboratory correlates of neuromotor outcome in Birth asphyxia (DNB 1997/1)101221997
Discuss briefly pathophysiology and recent modalities of management of HIE (DNB 1999/2)151221999
Perinatal asphyxia - clinical features and management (DNB 2002/1)151222002
What are the etiological causes of Fetal Hypoxia? Write pathophysiology of Fetal Hypoxia. Describe stages of HIE (DNB 2006/1)101222006
Pathophysiology of Hypoxic Brain injury in neonate (DNB 2006/1)101222006
Discuss the pathophysiology of hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) in neonates (DNB 2009/1)101222009
Discuss etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and management of HIE (DNB 2013/2)101222013
Neuroprotective strategies in CNS injuries in neonates (DNB 2015/2)51222015
Clinical features and management of HIE (DNB 2016/2)51222016
Selective hypothermia for management of HIE (DNB 2019/1)51222019
Therapeutic hypothermia (DNB 2020/1)5, (DNB 2023/2)51222020
Staging & management hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (DNB 2020/2)51222020
Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy for neonates born in low and middle-income settings (DNB 2022/2)51222022
Therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric population (DNB 2024/2)51222024
Management of Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in neonate (DNB 2024/1)51222024
Stages of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (DCH 2024/1)51222024
Newer modalities of treatment of birth asphyxia (DCH 2024/1)51222024
Etiopathogenesis of neonatal seizures (DNB 2002/1)151222002
Management of Resistant Neonatal Seizure (DNB 2003/2)151222003
Classify neonatal seizures. Outline their etiology and provide a brief clinical description. Provide general principles of management of a seizure in neonate (DNB 2012/1)2+2+3+31222012
Investigation and treatment of neonatal seizure (DNB 2018/2)71222018
Approach to child with seizure in day 2 of life (DNB 2019/2)51222019
Management of neonatal seizures (DNB 2020/2)51222020
Current classification and management of neonatal seizures (DNB 2024/2)51222024
IVH (DNB 2003/1)151222003
Outline the risk factors, pathophysiology and principles of management of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm neonates (DNB 2010/2)3+3+41222010
Discuss the pathogenesis of intracranial hemorrhage in newborn infants. Outline the possible promoters and protectors for occurrence of subsequent white matter disease (DNB 2012/1)6+2+21222012
Pathophysiology and management of intraventricular hemorrhage (DNB 2015/2)51222015
Steps in Neonatal Resuscitation (DNB 2000/1)151232000
How do you assign APGAR score to a neonate. In which 5 conditions will you get a low score without associated hypoxia? What are fallacies of APGAR score (DNB 2006/1)101232006
What is the sequence of events leading to the first breath after Delivery? What is the Significance of establishment of Functional Residual Capacity? (DNB 2006/1)101232006
A term baby is apnoeic. What information of the perinatal events you would like to know? What are the initial steps of management in the labor room? What are the possible complications in the next 48 hours? (DNB 2008/2)101232008
Describe the changes taking place in circulation at birth and their implications in neonatal resuscitation (DNB 2009/1)5+51232009
Enumerate the newer recommendations of neonatal resuscitation by American Academy of Pediatrics 2010 guidelines. Comment on the level of evidence for each of the changes (DNB 2012/1)6+41232012
Discus the recent changes in guidelines for resuscitation of new born and older children with the rationale for the change (DNB 2013/1)101232013
Recent NRP guidelines (DNB 2019/1)51232019
Algorithm of neonatal resuscitation programme (NRP) (DNB 2020/2)51232020
Pathophysiology of Apnea Of Prematurity (DNB 1997/2)151251997
A 10-day old preterm neonate has recurrent cessation of breathing lasting for more than 20 seconds with bradycardia. Classify and enumerate causes for this condition. Discuss in brief the management of this condition (DNB 2012/1)4+61252012
Management of neonatal apnea (DNB 2013/1)51252013
Apnea of Prematurity (DNB 2016/2)51252016
Apnea of Prematurity (DNB 2023/2)51252023
Pathophysiology of RDS of newborn (DNB 1994/1)151261994
Tests for pulmonary maturity and surfactant therapy for RDS (DNB 1994/2)151261994
Surfactant therapy (DNB 1998/1)101261998
Surfactant therapy for HMD (DNB 1998/2)151261998
Discuss RDS with special reference to surfactant therapy (DNB 1999/2)151261999
HMD- pathophysiology and management (DNB 2003/1)251262003
List the causes of respiratory distress in preterms. Outline the principles of surfactant therapy in preterms. Outline the manifestations of oxygen therapy in newborns (DNB 2004/2)2+4+41262004
Etiology, pathogenesis and management of a neonate with RDS (DNB 2006/1)101262006
Briefly discuss normal fetal development of Surfactant. List the uses of Surfactant in newborn (DNB 2007/2)101262007
Discuss the pathophysiology of hyaline membrane disease in premature newborns (DNB 2010/2)101262010
Describe the pathophysiology of hyaline membrane disease (HMD) in newborns. Outline important available strategies to prevent HMD (DNB 2011/1)5+51262011
A) CPAP for neonatal RDS B) Surfactant replacement therapy (DNB 2015/1)5+51262015
INSURE therapy in neonates (DNB 2014/1)51262014
Surfactant replacement therapy (DNB 2017/1)51262017
Differential diagnosis of respiratory distress in 6 hours old new-born infant (DNB 2017/1)41262017
Pathophysiology and recent advances in the management of RDS (DNB 2017/1)61262017
Surfactant in hyaline membrane disease (DNB 2018/1)51262018
Enumerate the indications and technique of surfactant therapy (DNB 2019/1)51262019
Approach to a newborn with respiratory distress (DNB 2020/2)5, (DCH 2024/1)51262020
Minimally invasive surfactant therapy (DNB 2021/1)5, (DNB 2022/2)51262021
Types of Surfactants used in neonates (DNB 2022/1)51262022
Strategies of weaning from mechanical ventilation in a preterm neonate with respiratory distress syndrome (DNB 2022/2)51262022
Respiratory distress in newborn and its causes (DCH 2023/2)51262023
Surfactant therapy in HMD (DCH 2023/2)51262023
Evidence based management of hyaline membrane disease (DCH 2024/1)51262024
Describe the pathophysiology of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (DNB 2024/2)41262024
Outline the respiratory support and ventilation strategy for RDS (DNB 2024/2)31262024
What are the types of surfactants available for the treatment of RDS? (DNB 2024/2)31262024
Define ARDS and briefly describe its management in pediatric population (DNB 2024/2)51262024
BPD (DNB 1997/1)151271997
Outline and discuss the strategies to prevent lung injury and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a preterm baby (DNB 2013/1)101272013
Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (DNB 2021/1)51272021
Prevention of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (DNB 2023/2)51272023
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (DNB 1997/2)151291997
Discuss the pathogenesis and management of MAS (DNB 2000/1)251292000
Delivery room management of a term baby born through meconium stained liquor (DNB 2022/2)51292022
Describe in brief PPHN (or PFC) with regard to Pathology, pathophysiology, Diagnosis and management (DNB 1994/2)251301994
What is the etiopathogenesis of PPHN of Newborn. Outline the diagnosis and management (DNB 2005/1)3+3+41302005
PPHN (DNB 2006/1)101302006
Discuss the diagnosis and management of PPHN (DNB 2007/2)101302007
Enumerate causes of persistent pulmonary hypertension in neonates and discuss its pathophysiology (DNB 2008/1)101302008
Discuss the approach to diagnosis of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn (PPHN). Outline the available modalities of management, highlighting their key features in a tabular format (DNB 2010/2)4+61302010
Etiology and management of persistent pulmonary hypertension (DNB 2014/2)3+71302014
Pathophysiology of persistent fetal circulation (DNB 2015/1)31302015
INO therapy in PPHN (DNB 2019/1)51302019
Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) (DNB 2019/2)51302019
Describe the management of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (DNB 2022/1)51302022
PPHN and its management (DCH 2023/2)51302023
Describe the surgical causes of respiratory difficulty in newborn (DNB 2002/1)251312002
Write notes on embryological development of abdominal diaphragm and types of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (DNB 2006/1)101312006
Current recommendations for management of Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (DNB 2022/1)51312022
Fetal intervention for an antenatally diagnosed Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (DNB 2024/2)51312024
Describe the development of the midgut. Enumerate the causes for bilious vomiting in a two- week old neonate and discuss its management (DNB 2014/1)3+2+51342014
Pathogenesis of NEC (DNB 1997/1)151361997
NEC (DNB 1997/2)151361997
Etiology and pathology of NEC (DNB 1998/2)151361998
Etiology of NEC, staging and management (DNB 2004/2)101362004
Discuss management of NEC (DNB 2006/1)51362006
Discuss the clinical features, diagnosis and management of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (DNB 2009/1)3+71362009
Discuss the pathophysiology, classification and diagnostic features of necrotizing enterocolitis. (DNB 2010/2)4+3+31362010
A 6-day old preterm neonate presents with abdominal distension, feed intolerance, vomiting and blood in stools. Discuss the differential diagnosis, diagnostic approach and principles of initial stabilization (DNB 2012/1)4+3+31362012
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) - etiology, staging and management (DNB 2020/1)51362020
Probiotics for prevention of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (DNB 2024/1)51362024
Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a) Risk factors b) Pathogenesis c) Treatment (DCH 2024/2)3+3+41362024
Pathogenesis of kernicterus (DNB 1996/2)101371996
A 3-week old infant brought to the hospital with moderate jaundice. Discuss the Diagnosis (DNB 1997/2)101371997
Kernicterus (DNB 1997/1)151371997
Discuss the Bilirubin metabolism and list the causes and approach to diagnosis of Hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate (DNB 2000/1)151372000
Discuss reasons for Physiological Jaundice in a Newborn. Define and list causes of pathological jaundice in a newborn. Discuss clinical manifestations (acute and chronic) of kernicterus (DNB 2006/1)101372006
Outline the normal metabolism of bilirubin. Outline the principle of phototherapy for treatment of neonatal jaundice. List factors that influence efficacy of phototherapy (DNB 2008/1)10, (DNB 2009/1)10, (DNB 2010/2)4+3+31372008
Critically describe the role of various treatment modalities for treating neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (DNB 2011/2)101372011
Outline and discuss various strategies to manage hyperbilirubinemia in newborns (DNB 2013/1)101372013
Short note on side effects of phototherapy (DNB 2014/2)51372014
Complications of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate (DNB 2015/2)51372015
Causes of prolonged hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. Outline steps of investigations and management of it (DNB 2016/2)5+51372016
Mechanism of action of phototherapy in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (DNB 2018/2)51372018
Risk factors for bilirubin toxicity in a newborn (DNB 2021/1)51372021
Neonate of Rh negative mother - Management (DNB 2021/2)51372021
Describe the bilirubin metabolism in neonates (DNB 2022/1)51372022
Describe the bilirubin metabolism (DNB 2024/2)51372024
Management approach in a baby with prolonged jaundice (DNB 2022/1)51372022
Management of jaundice associated with breastfeeding (DNB 2022/2)51372022
Updated recent guidelines for treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in term neonates (DNB 2024/1)51372024
Evaluation of a baby with persistent conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (DCH 2024/1)51372024
Principles and adverse effects of phototherapy (DCH 2024/1)51372024
Different modalities of treatment in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (DNB 2024/2)51372024
Anemia in newborn infant (DNB 2007/1)101392007
A) Anemia of prematurity B) Treatment options for a 3 month old preterm who has Hb of 6gm% (DNB 2015/2)5+51392015
Causes of Anemia in the Newborn (DNB 1993/1)10, (DNB 2016/1)51391993
Approach to 2 days old neonate with anemia (DNB 2019/2)61392019
Hydrops Fetalis (DNB 2003/1)151402003
Define polycythemia in a newborn. What are the factors predisposing to it? Describe the impact of polycythemia on various systems and their clinical presentation. Describe the management of polycythemia in newborn (DNB 2008/2)101412008
Outline management of polycythemia (DNB 2016/1)41412016
Hemorrhagic Disease of The Newborn (DNB 1995/2)151421995
Outline the classification, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and differential diagnosis of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (DNB 2012/1)3+3+2+21422012
Clinical presentation of Vitamin K deficiency in newborn and neonates. Its prevention and management (DNB 2016/2)101422016
Management of HDN during 1st month of life (DNB 2017/2)41422017
Hemorrhagic disease of new born (DNB 2022/1)5, (DNB 2022/2)41422022
What is Hydrops fetalis. Discuss etiology of Non immune hydrops fetalis. What is the management of a case of Non immune hydrops fetalis (DNB 2005/1)2+5+31432005
Non immune hydrops fetalis (DNB 2003/2)15, (DNB 2007/1)101432003
Monitoring of Infant of Diabetic Mother (IDM) (DNB 2019/1)51472019
List the complications seen in infants of diabetic mothers. Describe their pathophysiology.Discuss clinical manifestations and management of infant of diabetic mother (DNB 2023/2)3+3+41472023
Congenital toxoplasmosis (DNB 1997/2)151491997
Prevention of Vertically transmitted diseases (DNB 1999/1)151491999
Outline the clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of a neonate with intrauterine CMV infection (DNB 2011/1)3+4+31492011
Enumerate the clinical features that indicate presence of a possible intrauterine infection in a neonate. Describe the interpretation of TORCH screen (DNB 2009/2)6+41492009
Clinical features, investigations and prevention of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (DNB 2010/1)3+3+41492010
Congenital varicella (DNB 2015/2)41492015
Treatment and outcome of congenital and neonatal varicella (DNB 2016/2)51492016
TORCH infections - Prevention (DNB 2021/2)51492021
Management of a neonate born to VDRL positive mother (DNB 2023/1)51492023
Antibiotic treatment of Neonatal Meningitis (DNB 1993/2)101491993
Early diagnosis of Neonatal Septicemia (DNB 1994/2)151491994
Rapid diagnostic tests in a suspected case of Neonatal Septicemia (DNB 1995/2)101491995
Infection control in neonatal intensive care (DNB 1998/2)101491998
Newer modalities in the management of neonatal sepsis (DNB 1999/2)151491999
Screening tests for neonatal sepsis (DNB 2000/1)151492000
Prevention of Mother to Child transmission of Hep B (DNB 2000/2)151492000
Sepsis Screen in neonates (DNB 2006/1)101492006
Candidiasis in Neonates (DNB 2006/1)101492006
Adjuvant therapy in Neonatal sepsis (DNB 2006/1)101492006
Differential Diagnosis of Neonatal sepsis (DNB 2007/1)101492007
Discuss various adjunct therapies in neonatal sepsis (DNB 2008/1)101492008
Discuss the predisposing factors, causative agents, methods of diagnosis and treatment of neonatal osteomyelitis (DNB 2009/1)4+61492009
A 3-day old home delivered boy (Weight 1450g, Gestation 36 wk) is brought to you with abnormal body movements and not accepting feeds. The child is cold to touch and capillary filling time is 5 sec. Outline the immediate, short term and long term management of this child (DNB 2009/1)4+61492009
Write short notes on: Various adjunctive therapies in the management of overwhelming sepsis in neonates (DNB 2013/2)51492013
A three days old neonate is brought to the Emergency with history of not accepting feeds for one day. He is found to be lethargic with a HR of 180/min, and capillary filling time of 4 secs and cold extremities. Outline your approach to this neonate along with management of the case. (DNB 2014/1)4+61492014
Newer diagnostic tests for neonatal sepsis (DNB 2015/1)51492015
A 4-day old home delivered boy (weight 1350g, Gestation 36 wk) is brought to you with abnormal body movements and non-acceptance of feeds. The child is cold to touch and capillary filling time is 5 seconds. Discuss the diagnosis and management of this child (DNB 2020/1)5+51492020
Asepsis in NICU (DCH 2023/2)51492023
Enumerate various indicators related to fetal death (DNB 2025/1)51142025
Role of antenatal steroids in prevention of preterm morbidity (DNB 2025/1)51162025
Antenatal screening for trisomy (DNB 2024/2)51172024
Ultrasound detection of prenatal anomalies (DNB 2025/1)51172025
Neonatal morbidity with oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios (DNB 2025/1)51172025
Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) and its role in transplantation (DNB 2025/1)51172025
Follow-up of a NICU graduate (DNB 2024/2)51192024
Therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric population (DNB 2024/2)51222024
Current classification and management of neonatal seizures (DNB 2024/2)51222024
Changes in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) India 2024 vs NRP AHA 2020 & implications (DNB 2025/1)51232025
Cord milking guidelines and controversies (DNB 2024/2)51232024
Changes in respiratory mechanics in a newborn after birth (DNB 2025/1)51242025
Pathophysiology of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (DNB 2024/2)51262024
Respiratory support and ventilation strategy for RDS (DNB 2024/2)51262024
Types of surfactants available for treatment of RDS (DNB 2024/2)51262024
Fetal intervention for antenatally diagnosed Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (DNB 2024/2)51312024
Embryonic development of diaphragm & congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) (DNB 2025/1)51312025
Describe bilirubin metabolism (DNB 2024/2)51372024
Different modalities of treatment in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (DNB 2024/2)51372024
Red blood cell exchange transfusion in a newborn (DNB 2025/1)51402025

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