Batch M paeds mid posting (senior posting) recall (1).docx (2025/26)

BATCH M MID POSTING RECALL (SENIOR POSTING)
BATCH M ACADEMIC BOARD
CMDA
1) Mother of a 3-year-old child complains baby scratches his buttocks and there are things that
appear to be like rice in the diaper. Likely diagnosis?
 Enterobium Vermicularis
 Strongyloides Stercoralis
 Malabsorption syndrome
 Taenia Solium
 Cannot recall



2) Which of these bests describes Epiglottitis?
 There is acute high-grade fever, sore throat and slowly progressive respiratory obstruction
 It is caused by Hemophilus influenza type b and respiratory syncytial virus
 Diagnosis is by laparoscopy in the ICU
 Following throat examination in the Emergency Paediatric Unit, patient should be started on
Antibiotics
 The radiologic thumb sign means there are complications



3) Which is least likely to cause liver cirrhosis?
 Hep A
 Hep B
 Hep C
 Hep D
 Hep E



4) A 5-year-old boy weigh 14kg and height is 90cm without oedema. Which of these bests
describes him?
 Normal weight and height
 Stunted
 Underweight
 Obese
 Marasmus



5) Which of the following is the about giardia labia?
 Inhabits the ileum
 Trophozoites are seen in man
 It causes travellers’ diarrhoea
 It associated with bloody mucoid stool
 Infection is symptomatic

, BATCH M MID POSTING RECALL (SENIOR POSTING)
BATCH M ACADEMIC BOARD
CMDA
6) Which of the following congenital infection MOST LIKELY cause intracranial calcifications?
 Toxoplasmosis
 Cytomegalovirus
 Syphilis
 Rubella
 Herpes



7) Clotting factor not involved in intrinsic pathway
 VII
 XI
 IX
 VIII
 X



8) Age range for physiologic anaemia
 1 month
 2 months
 3 months
 4 months
 5 months



9) Which of these is not true about compilations of anorexia Nervosa?
 Electrolyte imbalance
 Cardiac arrhythmias
 Death rate is 20%
 Hypothermia
 Body weight of 15%< something



10) Which is correct concerning klumpke’s paralysis
 C5-C6
 Arm abduction and inability to use grasp reflex
 Ass with shoulder dystocia
 Ass with low birth weight
 Waiter’s tip deformity

(answer should be between B and D)



11) Concerning the management of enuresis