SCREENING QUESTIONS FOR 6TH
YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS
SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY PEDIATRIC
CENTER EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Imaging modality of choice when evaluating a child for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: -
ANS ultrasonography
Typical age of intussusception in infants: - ANS 3 months - 3 years
What are the two typical anamnestic features of acute appendicitis? - ANS First epigastric
and periumbilical pain, later the pain is localized in the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Standard imaging modality of polytraumatized patients: - ANS acute CT.
Most common cause of acute abdomen in children: - ANS appendicitis.
Which is the most common cause of strangulation ileus? - ANS Incarcerated hernia.
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, The most common cause of transfusion-requiring hematochezia, without abdominal pain and
without diarrhea: - ANS Meckel's diverticulum
You find a high GGT in a patient with ulcerative colitis, what should you think about? -
ANS Sclerosing cholangitis.
What are the typical characteristics of perianal fissures in Crohn's disease? - ANS Not in the
midline, deep, not painful.
What is the first therapeutic choice in Crohn's disease? - ANS Exclusive enteral nutrition.
What are the two most frequent chest deformities? - ANS Pectus excavatum and pectus
carinatum.
What are typical signs of bacterial otitis externa? - ANS Pain and/or tenderness of the tragus.
What are the 4 most important indications of adenoidectomy? - ANS Recurrent infections of
the upper respiratory tract, recurrent otitis media, inhibition of nasal breathing, obstructive
sleep apnea.
The most frequent pathogen of sinusitis and otitis media? - ANS Str. pneumoniae.
In which cases of middle-ear inflammatory disease should we suggest tympanostomy tubes
(Grommet)? - ANS Chronic serous otitis media and/or chronic dysfunction of the Eustachian
tube.
What is the most frequent pathogen in urinary tract infections? - ANS E. coli.
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YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS
SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY PEDIATRIC
CENTER EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Imaging modality of choice when evaluating a child for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: -
ANS ultrasonography
Typical age of intussusception in infants: - ANS 3 months - 3 years
What are the two typical anamnestic features of acute appendicitis? - ANS First epigastric
and periumbilical pain, later the pain is localized in the right lower abdominal quadrant.
Standard imaging modality of polytraumatized patients: - ANS acute CT.
Most common cause of acute abdomen in children: - ANS appendicitis.
Which is the most common cause of strangulation ileus? - ANS Incarcerated hernia.
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, The most common cause of transfusion-requiring hematochezia, without abdominal pain and
without diarrhea: - ANS Meckel's diverticulum
You find a high GGT in a patient with ulcerative colitis, what should you think about? -
ANS Sclerosing cholangitis.
What are the typical characteristics of perianal fissures in Crohn's disease? - ANS Not in the
midline, deep, not painful.
What is the first therapeutic choice in Crohn's disease? - ANS Exclusive enteral nutrition.
What are the two most frequent chest deformities? - ANS Pectus excavatum and pectus
carinatum.
What are typical signs of bacterial otitis externa? - ANS Pain and/or tenderness of the tragus.
What are the 4 most important indications of adenoidectomy? - ANS Recurrent infections of
the upper respiratory tract, recurrent otitis media, inhibition of nasal breathing, obstructive
sleep apnea.
The most frequent pathogen of sinusitis and otitis media? - ANS Str. pneumoniae.
In which cases of middle-ear inflammatory disease should we suggest tympanostomy tubes
(Grommet)? - ANS Chronic serous otitis media and/or chronic dysfunction of the Eustachian
tube.
What is the most frequent pathogen in urinary tract infections? - ANS E. coli.
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