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Q1: What are the definition, etiology and importance of Dysentery in young children? What are the clinical features and complications of Dysentery in children? How will you manage a child brought with Dysentery? (2009)
Q2: A 9 month old baby is brought with complains of 3 episodes of diarrhea since his mother stopped breast-feeding at the age of 6-months and started cow's milk along with other food. The current episode of diarrhea began 18 days ago. The baby still takes cow's milk but his mother has reduced his intake of solid food since the diarrhea began. There is no blood in the stool. He weighs 6 kg.
(i) How will you classify his illness?
(ii) What will you look for during examination of this baby?
(iii) How will you manage this baby? (2009)
Q3: Discuss the management of a 2-year-old child presenting with diarrhea for 10 days. The child weighs 5 kg, looks moribund and has low volume peripheral pulses. (2010)
Q4: A 25 day old baby presented with fever, loose stools, vomiting and refusal to accept feeds. C.R.P. was positive. Discuss the diagnosis and management. (2011)
Q5: An 8-month-old child, weighing 8 kg, is brought with loose motions 6 per day, mixed with blood, for last 2 days. There is no history of vomiting. Enumerate the 4 most important signs you will look/feel for to assess the severity of dehydration .Assessment of dehydration reveals some dehydration. Write the initial Prescription for appropriate management of this child. (2013)
Q6: Define "persistent diarrhoea" in under-five children. How is it different from "chronic diarrhoea"? Discuss the dietary management of persistent diarrhoea. Enumerate few common causes of chronic diarrhoea. (2016)
Q7: A 13-month-old boy was brought by his mother with six episodes of loose stools and persistent vomiting to the emergency ward. He was found to be lethargic and his pulse rate was 160 per minute. What was the danger signs you would ask for and look for in this child to assess the severity of his illness? If you find severe dehydration, how will you treat the child? If the child is fit to be discharged, yet has 2—3 episodes of loose stools, what advice would you give to the mother? (2018)
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