Part V - Nutrition

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Question Chapter Year
Hypervitaminosis in Children (DNB 1996/1)12601996
Daily nutritional requirements as recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) in infants and children (DNB 2010/1)5+5602010
Metabolism of fat absorption along with role of MCT in nutrition (DNB 2003/1)15612003
What is Complementary Feeding? Discuss the feeding problems in first year of life (DNB 2005/1)5+5612005
How would you assess the nutritional status of a child whose age is not known (DNB 2005/1)10612005
Describe the attributes of complementary feeding. What is the safe age of introduction of complementary feeding in your opinion - Justify. Describe some foods appropriate for complementary feeding (DNB 2008/2)10612008
Define complementary feeding. Outline the attributes of complementary foods. Enumerate the Recommendations on complementary feeding, as per the National guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) (DNB 2010/2)2+2+6612010
Outline the nutritional support of a critically ill child. List the complications during management of such a child (DNB 2012/1)7+3612012
Enteral feeding in the sick child (DNB 2014/1)4612014
Nutrition in a critically sick child (DNB 2020/1)5612020
Dietary advice for a one year old child (DNB 2022/1)5612022
Parameters of Infant and Young child feeding practices (IYCF) (DCH 2024/1)5612024
Anti-infective properties of Human milk (DNB 1995/2)10611995
Differences in the composition of Milk secreted by mothers delivering Term and Preterm babies (DNB 1996/2)10611996
Bioactive factors in Human Milk (DNB 1998/1)15611998
Discuss the physiology of Breast Milk secretion and advantages of breast feeding with special reference to metabolic aspects. What are the causes of lactation failure (DNB 1999/1)25611999
Enlist the problems of breastfeeding and outline the management of the same (DNB 2005/1)4+6612005
Explain the occurrence of low prevalence of Hypoglycemia and iron deficiency anemia in breast fed infants (DNB 2005/1)10612005
How would you assess the adequacy of breast milk for a 2 months old baby? Enumerate 4 features of good attachment of a baby to the breast. What can be the problems with poor attachment (DNB 2006/1)10612006
Compare the composition of human milk with cow's milk. Outline the difference in the milk composition of a mother with a premature neonate from that of a term neonate. Describe the immunological factors present in human milk (DNB 2008/2)10612008
Human milk banking. Criteria for donors, collection and storage (DNB 2017/1)3612017
Nutritional composition of human milk (DNB 2021/1)5612021
Physiology of lactation (DNB 2021/2)5612021
What is human milk bank, enumerate its indications (DNB 2019/1)5612019
Human milk banking (DNB 2019/2)5, (DNB 2021/1)5, (DNB 2022/2)5, (DNB 2023/1)5, (DCH 2024/1)5612019
Breast Milk Banking (DNB 2020/1)5612020
Importance of Human milk banking (DNB 2020/2)5612020
Milk banking (DNB 2024/2)4612024
a) Clinical signs and symptoms of refeeding syndrome b) How will you manage such a case? (DNB 2015/2)7+3632015
Refeeding syndrome (DNB 2018/1)5, (DNB 2023/2)5632018
Refeeding Syndrome: When to suspect? How to prevent it and its management (DNB 2024/2)3632024
Discuss the influences of malnutrition on mental functions in relation to its onset, severity and type of functional losses with supportive advances (DNB 1993/1)25641993
Prevention of hypocalcaemia in PEM (DNB 1993/1)15641993
Biochemical changes in PEM (DNB 1996/2)10641996
Immunological changes that take place in PEM (DNB 1998/2)10641998
Age independent Anthropometric criteria for assessment of PEM (DNB 2006/1)5642006
Management of a 4-year-old child with grade 4 PEM (DNB 2007/2)10642007
Outline the initial management (in first 48 hours) of a 2-year-old severely malnourished child (weight 5.5kg) who is cold to touch and has edema and poor peripheral pulses (DNB 2008/1)10642008
Discuss biochemical and metabolic derangements in a child with severe malnutrition. Discuss factors associated with high mortality in severe PEM (DNB 2008/2)10642008
Outline the 10 steps of management of severe malnutrition, as per WHO guidelines, in appropriate sequence (DNB 2010/2)10642010
Define 'Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)'. Outline the tools for its diagnosis in the community and discuss their merits/demerits (DNB 2012/1)2+4+4642012
Enlist the clinical and anthropometric criteria for diagnosis of Severe Acute Malnutrition(SAM). Discuss the principles of management of SAM in an 18 months old baby who also has watery diarrhea (DNB 2013/1)3+7642013
What are the different growth charts? Discuss the WHO growth chart. What is SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)? How do you manage a child with SAM? (DNB 2014/1)2+2+2+4642014
Diagnostic and management of Moderate acute malnutrition in community (DNB 2017/2)5642017
Reductive adaptation in SAM (DNB 2017/2)4642017
Management of SAM (DNB 2017/1)5, (DNB 2016/2)10642017
a) What is Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) b) What are clinical signs of SAM? c) Management of SAM in a 1-year-old child weighing 5 kg (DNB 2019/1)2+2+6642019
Nutritional recovery syndrome in SAM (DNB 2019/1)5642019
Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition (DNB 2020/2)5642020
Pathogenesis of edematous malnutrition (DNB 2021/1)5642021
Tabulate classification of malnutrition as per WHO criteria. Describe management of a 1-year old girl with severe acute malnutrition and acute diarrhea (DNB 2021/1)4+6642021
Rehydration Solution for Malnourished Children (ReSoMal) (DNB 2021/2)5642021
Outline the management of 2 year old conscious child with Severe Acute Malnutrition having diarrhea with severe dehydration (DNB 2022/1)5642022
Definition and epidemiology of double burden of malnutrition (DNB 2022/2)5642022
Prevention and treatment of hypoglycemia in severe acute malnutrition (DNB 2022/2)5642022
Outline the 10 steps of management of SAM as per WHO guidelines (DNB 2023/1)7642023
Describe F-75 diet (DNB 2023/1)3642023
Enlist the criteria for diagnosis of SAM in < 6months (DNB 2023/1)5642023
Pathophysiology of severe acute malnutrition (DNB 2023/2)5642023
Principles of management of child with severe acute malnutrition (DCH 2024/1)5642024
Define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) (DNB 2024/2)2642024
Describe management of SAM (DNB 2024/2)5642024
Approach to a child with obesity (DNB 1999/1)15651999
Define obesity in childhood. List the causes of obesity in children. Outline strategies for its prevention (DNB 2004/2)2+3+5652004
What is Obesity? Discuss the management in children (DNB 2005/1)3+7652005
Approach to a child with Obesity (DNB 2006/1)10, (DNB 2007/2)10652006
Outline the diagnostic measures and clinical manifestations of obesity. Enlist the differential diagnosis of childhood obesity (DNB 2009/2)2+3+5652009
Define syndrome X. Outline the diagnostic criteria and laboratory work up for obese children. (DNB 2010/1)2+3+5652010
Define obesity. List causes of obesity. Discuss approach to a child with obesity (DNB 2011/1)2+3+5652011
A 2-year-old toddler presents with a weight of 25 kg. Discuss the possible causes, evaluation and treatment for this child (DNB 2014/1)3+4+3652014
Comorbidities associated with childhood obesity (DNB 2017/2)5652017
Complications of Paediatric obesity (DNB 2017/1)5652017
Define obesity. Enumerate causes and management of childhood obesity (DNB 2016/2)3+3+4652016
Syndromes associated with obesity [DNB 2018/2]5652018
Prevention of obesity in children (DNB 2020/1)5652020
Prevention of overweight and obesity in adolescents (DNB 2020/2)5652020
Evaluation of a child with obesity (DNB 2021/1)5652021
Describe briefly complications of obesity (DNB 2024/2)5652024
Hazards and virtues of Vitamin A in Pediatric practice (DNB 1996/2)10661996
Vitamin A supplementation (DNB 2007/1)5662007
Enumerate functions of vitamin A in human body. Tabulate the WHO classification of vitamin A deficiency. Outline the treatment schedule for managing Xerophthalmia in children (DNB 2010/2)2+3+5662010
Describe WHO classification of eye manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. Discuss prevention & management of Vitamin A deficiency in children (DNB 2014/2)4+6662014
Hypervitaminosis A (DNB 2016/1)4, (DNB 2016/2)3662016
Prevention of Vitamin A deficiency (DNB 2021/1)5662021
Vitamin A deficiency - Classification and preventive measures (DNB 2021/2)5662021
Discuss the etiopathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis and management of cobalamine deficiency (DNB 2012/1)2+3+1+4672012
Pathophysiology of Vitamin B12 and Folate deficiency (DNB 2020/1)5672020
Write clinical features, management and long term outcome of B12 deficiency in children (DNB 2022/1)5672022
Treatment of Vitamin B12 deficiency in children (DNB 2022/02)3672022
Clinical features of thiamine deficiency in infants (DNB 2022/02)3672022
Role of Folate in body metabolism (DNB 2023/1)5672023
Enumerate the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Folate deficiency (DNB 2023/1)5672023
Vitamin B1 deficiency (DNB 2023/2)5672023
Inborn errors of metabolism related to B12 deficiency (DNB 2024/1)5672024
Scurvy- radiological changes. How are they produced? What is the role of Blood Level of Vitamin C in the diagnosis (DNB 2005/1)10682005
Diagnosis of Scurvy (DNB 2017/2)4682017
Enlist the causes of vitamin C deficiency and radiological findings in vitamin C deficiency (DNB 2024/1)5682024
Pathophysiology of scurvy (DNB 2024/2)3682024
Clinical manifestations of Rickets (DNB 1993/2)10691993
Vitamin D Resistant Rickets (DNB 1996/2)12691996
Renal Rickets (DNB 1997/2)15691997
Functions of vitamin D (DNB 1998/2)10691998
Resistant Rickets (DNB 2000/1)15692000
Outline the metabolism and function of Vitamin D in human body. Describe in detail the etiology and pathological changes in rickets (DNB 1999/2)25691999
What are the causes of non-nutritional rickets? How will you manage such a child? (DNB 2004/2)3+7692004
Classify the various causes of rickets and outline how to differentiate them (DNB 2005/1)5+5692005
Diagnostic approach to a child with resistant rickets (DNB 2006/1)10692006
Resistant Rickets (DNB 2006/2)10692006
Discuss calcium and vitamin D metabolism. Outline an approach to a case of Resistant Rickets (DNB 2007/1)10692007
Discuss the pathophysiological basis of clinical and radiological manifestations of nutritional rickets (DNB 2009/1)10692009
Describe vitamin D metabolism. Describe diagnostic approach to a 3-year-old child with rickets who has shown no response to treatment with 6 lakhs IU of Vitamin D (DNB 2009/2)4+6692009
Outline the clinical features, radiological changes, diagnosis and treatment of nutritional Vitamin D deficiency rickets (DNB 2010/2)2+2+2+4692010
Write in brief the role of vitamin D in health and disease in children. Outline the management of Vitamin D deficiency disorder (DNB 2012/1)6+4692012
Hypervitaminosis D (DNB 2016/1)4, (DNB 2016/2)3692016
a. Outline the physiology of vitamin D b. Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D Dependent Rickets (DNB 2016/1)3+3+4692016
Treatment and prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency rickets (DNB 2017/2)6692017
Outline the steps involved in synthesis of Vitamin D (DNB 2016/2)5692016
7-year-old boy comes with deformities suggestive of rickets. What are the possible causes? Enumerate the investigations for resistant rickets and treatment of hypophosphatemic rickets (DNB 2016/2)5692016
Physical, metabolic properties and food sources of Vitamin D (DNB 2018/2)5692018
Medical management of Nutritional rickets (DNB 2019/1) 5692019
Treatment of nutritional rickets (DNB 2020/02)5692020
Vitamin D supplementation - Why, when, how? (DNB 2020/01)5692020
Role of vitamin D in children beyond bone health (DNB 2021/01)5692021
Describe the investigations and treatment of nutritional rickets (DNB 2023/01)5692023
Rickets and its classification (DCH 2023/2)5692023
Management of Refractory rickets (DCH 2023/2)5692023
Advantages and disadvantages of daily low dose treatment and Stoss therapy for rickets (DNB 2024/1)5692024
Pathophysiology of rickets (DNB 2024/2)3692024
Vitamin D: a) Metabolism b) Features of renal rickets c) Complications of excess vitamin D (DCH 2024/2)3+3+4692024
Enumerate the functions and therapeutic uses of Vitamin E (DNB 1998/1)15701998
Vitamin E and its role in human nutrition (DNB 1992/2)15701992
Name the micronutrients required for various body functions. Discuss Briefly their dietary sources and the effects of deficiency of mineral micronutrients (trace elements) (DNB 2011/2)3+2+5722011
Role of micronutrient in Pediatric health and diseases (DNB 2016/1)5722016
Cutaneous manifestations of nutritional deficiencies (DNB 2017/2)6722017
List micronutrients in diet and methods for prevention of their deficiency (DNB 2018/2)5722018
Hidden Hunger in children (DNB 2019/2)5722019
Discuss the role of the following in health and diseases a) Copper b) Zinc c) Magnesium (DNB 2020/2)3+4+3722020
Role of Zn, Cu and Mg in nutrition and disease (DNB 2023/01)5722023
What are the dietary sources of copper? What are the diseases associated with abnormal copper metabolism? Describe investigation., clinical features and treatment of any one of them (DNB 2009/2)1+2+7722009
Relevance of Zinc in human nutrition (DNB 1992/1)15721992
Role of Zinc in health and diseases of children (DNB 1997/1)10721997
Effects of Zinc supplementation in persistent diarrhoea (DNB 1998/2)10721998
Give dietary requirements of Zinc in children and discuss its role in childhood immunity and infections (DNB 2007/1)10722007
Write short notes on: Zinc supplementation - when and how? (DNB 2011/2)5722011
Physiological function of Zinc in body with special reference to immunity (DNB 2017/1)5722017
Role of Zinc in treatment of pediatric diarrhea (DNB 2017/1)2722017
Clinical features of acrodermatitis enteropathica (DNB 2017/2)5, (DNB 2018/2)5722017
Management of Acrodermatitis enteropathica (DNB 2024/1)5722024
Prevention of lodine deficiency (DNB 1995/1)15721995
Prevention of Fluoride toxicity (DNB 1995/1)15721995
Fluoride and disease (DNB 2016/1)2722016
Vitamins and breast milk (DNB 2025/1)5612025
Refeeding Syndrome: When to suspect, prevention, and management (DNB 2024/2)5632024
Parameters to detect undernutrition in children 0-18 years (DNB 2025/1)5642025
Define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its management (DNB 2024/2)5642024
Parameters to detect overnutrition in children 0-18 years (DNB 2025/1)5652025
Complications of obesity (DNB 2024/2)5652024
Manifestations of vitamin A deficiency in a child (DNB 2025/1)5662025
Pathophysiology of rickets and scurvy (DNB 2024/2)5692024

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