Part XVIII - The Cardiovascular System

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Question Chapter Year
Embryology of heart development (DNB 2016/2)54692016
Describe embryonic development of heart (DNB 2023/1)54692023
Fetal Circulation and cardiovascular adjustments after birth (DNB 2006/1)104702006
Outline Fetal Circulation (DNB 2007/2)104702007
Draw a labeled diagram of fetal circulation. Indicate partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and oxygen saturation (SaO2) values at key points in this circulation (DNB 2008/1)104702008
Fetal circulation and changes after birth (DNB 2010/1)5+54702010
Depict diagrammatically fetal circulation. Highlight its unique features differentiating it from neonatal circulation. Outline important changes occurring at birth (DNB 2011/1)4+3+34702011
Fetal circulation and changes after birth (DNB 2015/1)4+34702015
Fetal circulation and changes at birth (DNB 2018/1)54702018
Fetal circulation and changes at birth (DNB 2020/1)54702020
Fetal circulation with diagrammatic illustration and changes after birth (DNB 2020/2)54702020
Ductus dependent congenital heart diseases (DNB 2020/2)54702020
Describe / Diagramatic presentation of fetal circulation (DNB 2022/1)54702022
Enumerate various duct dependent congenital heart diseases that can present as neonatal emergencies (DNB 2023/1)54702023
Fetal, transistional and neonatal circulation (DNB 2023/2)54702023
Fetal circulation (DCH 2023/2)54702023
Significance of S2 in clinical practice (DNB 1998/1)154711998
Enumerate the conditions where you can get a) Loud S2 b) Wide splitting S2 Explain the pathophysiology of fixed splitting of S2 (DNB 2005/1)104712005
A one-year-old child is referred for an asymptomatic cardiac murmur. Outline the likely causes. How will you differentiate an innocent murmur from that of a congenital heart disease, on clinical grounds? (DNB 2009/1)3+74712009
How will you differentiate an innocent murmur from an organic cardiac murmur? (DNB 2023/1)54712023
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterisation (DNB 2019/2)54722019
Normal and abnormal QRS complexes in ECG (DNB 2023/2)54722023
Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart disease (DNB 2022/1)54742022
Describe the development of ventricular septum. Discuss the clinical features and management of VSD, and enumerate the indications for surgical intervention (DNB 2014/1)3+3+2+24752014
Medical management of PDA (DNB 2018/2)54752018
Indications of closure of ventricular septal defects in children (DNB 2020/2)54752020
Outline the medical management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) (DNB 2023/1)54752023
Treatment of ventricular septal defect (DNB 2023/2)54752023
Timing and indications for surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect (DNB 2024/1)54752024
Hyperoxia test (DNB 2020/2)54782020
Management of a sick newborn with suspected cyanotic heart disease (DNB 2021/1)54782021
Approach to manage a neonate with cyanotic congenital heart disease (DNB 2022/1)54782022
Cyanotic Spell (DNB 1994/2)154791994
How do you classify congenital cyanotic heart disease? Discuss their investigations (DNB 1997/2)154791997
Complications of Fallot's Tetralogy and their management (DNB 1999/2)104791999
Management of Paroxysmal Hypercyanotic spell (DNB 1999/2)154791999
Pathophysiology of Cyanotic spells (DNB 2002/1)154792002
What are the congenital heart diseases associated with cyanotic spells. Write clinical presentation and management of cyanotic spell (DNB 2004/2)2+3+54792004
How will you manage a child in cyanotic spell (DNB 2006/1)54792006
Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Eisenmenger Syndrome (DNB 2007/1)104792007
Discuss the hemodynamics and pathophysiology of Tetralogy of Fallot. Outline management of cyanotic spell in a 2-year-old child (DNB 2012/1)4+3+34792012
Describe the hemodynamics and clinical features of tricuspid atresia in a neonate. Outline the expected findings on ECG and chest X-ray (DNB 2013/1)3+3+2+24792013
Causes of blue spells in neonates (DNB 2017/2)64792017
Complications of TOF (DNB 2017/2)54792017
Pathophysiology and treatment of cyanotic spells (DNB 2018/1)54792018
Pathophysiology and treatment of cyanotic spells (DNB 2019/1)54792019
Illustrate the pathophysiology of R-L shunt (DNB 2020/2)54792020
Management of cyanotic spell (DNB 2021/2)44792021
Management of cyanotic spell (DNB 2023/1)54792023
Cyanotic spells management (DCH 2023/2)54792023
Clinical features and management of cyanotic spells in a 3-year-old child (DCH 2024/1)54792024
Management of cyanotic spell in a 7 month old child with 5 Kg weight (DNB 2024/2)54792024
Clinical features and management of Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (DNB 2016/2)54802016
Pathophysiology of Eisenmenger syndrome (DNB 2018/2)54822018
Discuss the various minimally surgical invasive devices and procedures available for the management of common congenital heart diseases in children (DNB 2007/1)104832007
Classification of cardiac arrythmias and management of WPW Syndrome (DNB 1993/1)154841993
Arrythmias- pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of different types (DNB 2003/2)154842003
Describe the etiopathogenesis of supraventricular tachycardia in children. Discuss the diagnosis and management of a child with supraventricular tachycardia (DNB 2004/2)3+3+44842004
What are the causes, manifestations and management of a young child with SVT (DNB 2006/1)104842006
Classify stable and unstable arrythmias. Discuss the types of SVT (Supraventricular Tachycardia) with their ECG changes. Outline the approach to manage unstable arrhythmias (DNB 2008/2)104842008
Classify anti arrhythmic drugs used in children. Describe the mechanism of action and uses of Amiodarone (DNB 2010/1)5+54842010
Enumerate the causes and outline the characteristics and treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) in an infant (DNB 2010/2)3+3+44842010
Enumerate life threatening tachyarrhythmias in childhood. How would you diagnose them? Briefly outline their emergency interventions (DNB 2012/1)2+4+44842012
AVNRT (AV Nodal Re-Entrant tachycardia) (DNB 2016/1)44842016
Enumerate difference between sinus tachycardia and SVT in a tabular format (DNB 2017/2)44842017
Management of SVT (DNB 2019/1)54842019
Approach to arrhythmia in children (DNB 2019/2)54842019
Types of supraventricular tachycardia and management of SVT with circulatory failure (DNB 2020/2)54842020
Tabulate differences in ECG findings in different tachyarrythmias in children (DNB 2021/1)54842021
Arrhythmias in children: Diagnosis and their immediate management in emergency room (DNB 2022/1)54842022
Management of ventricular tachycardia (DNB 2022/2)54842022
Diagnosis and treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (DNB 2023/2)54842023
ECG findings and treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in a child (DNB 2024/1)54842024
Long QT syndrome (DNB 2024/1)54842024
Pathogens, clinical features and management of infective endocarditis (DNB 2010/1)2+4+44862010
Enumerate common pathogens of infective endocarditis. List conditions/ interventions which require prophylaxis for infective endocarditis in a child with underlying heart disease. Outline antibiotic therapy for a child with RHD and infective endocarditis (DNB 2011/1)2+3+54862011
Outline Duke criteria for diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis. Discuss its application in clinical setting (DNB 2013/1)6+44862013
Infective endocarditis prophylaxis in heart disease (DNB 2018/2)54862018
Infective Endocarditis - Management and Preventive Prophylaxis (DNB 2021/2)64862021
Treatment of Acute Rheumatic carditis (DNB 1997/1)154871997
Management of a child with acute rheumatic fever with carditis (DNB 2021/1)54872021
All possible radiologic and echocardiographic findings of Rheumatic Heart Disease (DNB 2021/2)54872021
Cardiomyopathy (DNB 1995/1)154881995
Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy (DNB 1996/2)124881996
Discuss in brief the etiopathogenesis, clinical features and management of dilated cardiomyopathy (DNB 2012/1)3+3+44882012
Causes of cardiomyopathy in children (DNB 2017/1)54882017
Management of acute myocarditis (DNB 2018/2)54882018
Differential diagnosis and treatment modality of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DNB 2019/1)54882019
Myocarditis: a) Clinical manifestations b) Management (DCH 2024/2)5+54882024
Diagnosis and management of Constrictive Pericarditis (DNB 1999/2)104891999
Newer approaches in management of CCF (DNB 1993/1)154911993
Treatment of Intractable CCF (DNB 1993/2)104911993
Describe Briefly the Pathophysiology of CCF and management of Refractory Failure (DNB 1998/2)254911998
Intractable congestive heart failure- management approach (DNB 2002/1)154912002
ACE inhibitors in CCF with congenital heart disease (DNB 2003/1)154912003
CCF- Pathophysiology and management (DNB 2003/2)254912003
How will you manage a child in Refractory CCF (DNB 2006/1)54912006
Discuss the pathogenesis of Congestive Heart failure and the role of vasodilators in its management (DNB 2006/1)104912006
A 13-year-old male is brought with an H/o progressive Dyspnea on exertion. He has past H/o recurrent joint pain. What is the most likely diagnosis? How will you investigate and manage the child? Add a note on Refractory CCF in a child (DNB 2005/1)5+54912005
Refractory congestive heart failure- causes and management (DNB 2007/2)104912007
List the causes of congestive heart failure in a 2 years old child. Describe different types of VSD according to position and size. Write indicators for surgical intervention/ device closure (DNB 2008/1)104912008
Discuss the role of vasodilator therapy in congestive heart failure. Enumerate various vasodilator agents used in CHF and their respective mechanisms of action (DNB 2008/1)104912008
A 3-year-old child having fever for 2 days suddenly develops breathlessness, tachycardia and sweating. Describe the differential diagnosis of this case and its treatment (DNB 2009/2)5+54912009
A 2-month old baby presents with history of failure to gain weight, tachypnea, tachycardia, difficulty in taking feed and excessive perspiration. On examination -no cyanosis, hepatomegaly and systolic murmur is noted. Discuss differential diagnosis, investigations and management (DNB 2010/1)3+3+44912010
Discuss the role of vasodilator therapy in congestive heart failure. Enumerate various vasodilator agents used in CHF and their respective mechanisms of action (DNB 2015/2)4+3+34912015
Management of congestive heart failure (DNB 2017/2)54912017
Fluid therapy in congestive cardiac failure (DNB 2023/1)54912023
Reasons for CHF in 6 month old (DCH 2023/2)54912023
Treatment of refractory congestive cardiac failure (DNB 2024/1)54912024
Sudden onset of breathlessness in a 3-year-old child: a) Causes b) Management (DCH 2024/2)5+54912024
Diagnosis of Essential Hypertension in children (DNB 1993/1)104941993
Investigations in a child with Hypertension (DNB 1995/1)104941995
Treatment of Hypertension (DNB 1997/2)124941997
Discuss etiology, diagnosis and management of Childhood Hypertension (DNB 2000/1)254942000
Severe Hypertension in infancy (DNB 2000/1)154942000
Discuss the causes of Hypertension in a 7-year-old child. Approach of investigation and management of such a case (DNB 2002/1)254942002
A 8 year old child is brought with a history of convulsions and altered sensorium. On examination her BP was 180/110 mm Hg. Discuss the differential diagnosis and laboratory investigations in this child. Discuss the management of Hypertensive Encephalopathy in this child. Add a note on fundus changes in hypertension (DNB 2006/1)104942006
Recent advances in management of Hypertension (DNB 2006/1)104942006
Essential Hypertension in children (DNB 2007/1)104942007
Discuss the treatment of Hypertension in children. Classify the drugs used to treat hypertension and Briefly mention their mechanism of action (DNB 2007/2)104942007
A 10 year old boy is brought with a history of convulsions and altered sensorium. On examination, his BP was 180/110 mm of Hg. Describe differential diagnosis, laboratory investigations and treatment of this case (DNB 2009/2)3+4+34942009
Describe the causes and pathogenesis or renal and renovascular hypertension. Outline principles of management (DNB 2012/1)3+3+44942012
Define Hypertension in children. Enumerate the causes and discuss the management of an 8 years old boy presenting with a blood pressure of 210/160 mm Hg with seizures (DNB 2014/1)2+3+54942014
An 8-year-old child is brought with a history of convulsions and altered sensorium. His BP is 180/110 mm Hg. Discuss the D/D and laboratory investigations and management of this patient (DNB 2016/1)3+3+44942016
Treatment of hypertensive emergency (DNB 2018/1)54942018
Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of high blood pressure in children (DNB 2020/1)54942020
Updated definition of Elevated Blood Pressure, Stage 1 and Stage 2 Hypertension in children (DNB 2022/1)54942022
Discuss the evaluation of a child with BP >95th centile +12mmHg recorded twice during OPD visits (DNB 2022/1)54942022
Causes of renovascular hypertension (DNB 2022/2)54942022
Management of a child with acute severe hypertension (DNB 2022/2)54942022
Management of hypertensive emergency in a six-year-old child (DNB 2024/2)54942024
Hypertensive crisis in children: a) Etiopathogenesis b) Outline of management c) Outcome in relation to etiology (DCH 2024/2)3+3+44942024
Hypertension in children: a) Definition b) Aetiology c) Investigation d) Management (DCH 2024/2)2+2+2+44942024
Nadas criteria for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease (DNB 2025/1)54742025
Management of cyanotic spell in a 7-month-old child weighing 5 Kg (DNB 2024/2)54792024
Drugs used in pulmonary hypertension (DNB 2025/1)54822025
Approach to management of tachyarrythmias in a child (DNB 2025/1)54842025
Wolf Parkinson White syndrome (DNB 2025/1)54842025
Cardiac action potential in various parts of the heart (DNB 2025/1)54842025
Vaughan Williams classification for antiarrhythmic medications (DNB 2025/1)54842025
Pathophysiology of acute rheumatic fever (DNB 2025/1)54842025
Etiopathogenesis and management of congenital heart block (DNB 2024/2)54842024
Management of hypertensive emergency in a six-year-old child (DNB 2024/2)54942024

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