DNB Pediatrics Theory Question Paper June 2021

DNB theory question paper for final exam held by National Board of Examination in June 2021 .

Links to model answers are given where available.

1. Csf flow |  Neurology
2. Antenatal diagnosis NTD |  Neurology
3. MR campaign | Social pediatrics
4. Ethical committee role within an institution |  Evidence-based medicine
5. Plagiarism | Evidence-based medicine
6. Odds ratio and limitations | Statistics
7. Meta-analysis | Statistics
8. Medical evaluation of a child with sexual abuse | Field of pediatrics
9. Components POCSO act | Social pediatrics
10. Psychosocial impact of Covid-19 in children | Infectious diseases
11. MIS-C classification and treatment | Infectious diseases
12. Sustainable development Goals in children | Social pediatrics
13. Glucose homeostasis | Endocrinology
14. Approach to hypoglycemia in 1-year-old | Endocrinology
15. Pancreatic function test | Endocrinology
16. Calcium homeostasis |  Endocrinology
17. Carbohydrate metabolism- name defects in each step | GI and Hepatology
18. Nurturing care for early development care | Nutrition
19. Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak | Statistics
20. Pathogenesis of edematous malnutrition | Nutrition

1. Minimally invasive surfactant therapy | Neonatology
2. Management of BPD | Neonatology
3. Composition of human milk | Neonatology
4. Human milk banking | Neonatology
5. Evaluation of obesity | Nutrition
6. Diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea | Growth development and behavior ( Sleep)
7. Diagnosis and treatment of migraine | Neurology
8. Super refractory status epileptics and its management. | Neurology
9. Tabulate the classification of malnutrition by WHO. Management of a 1-year-old child with severe acute malnutrition and acute diarhoea. | Fluid and electrolytes
10. Medical management of acute kidney injury and indications of dialysis. | Nephrology
11. Diagnostic criteria of SIADH | Fluids, and electrolyte 
12. Conjugate vaccines. | Vaccinology
13. Casualty assessment in AEFI | Vaccinology
14. Hereditary thrombotic predisposition. | Vaccinology 
15. Vaccination in a child with cancer chemotherapy. | Vaccinology
16. Screening test for ASD | Cardiology
17. Management of a child with nocturnal enuresis. | Urology

1. Risk of acid suppression drugs | Pharmacology
2. Functional abdominal pain - Rome classification | GI and Hepatology
3. Management of chickenpox in adolescents | Infectious diseases
4. Management and complication of pertussis | Infectious diseases
5. Management of acute rheumatic fever with carditis | Cardiology
6. Penetrating ocular trauma in toddler | The Eye
7. Approach to excess ferrous sulfate ingestion in a child | Pediatric drug therapy
8. Neurocardiogenic - syncope diagnosis and differential diagnosis | Neurology
9. Lead poisoning diagnosis | Environmental Health
10. Empyema diagnosis and management | Respiratory system
11. Short stature - enlist causes and evaluation of 9 yr old boy with short stature | Growth Development and Behaviour
12. ECG differences in tachyarrthymias | Cardiology
13. Traumatic brain injury management | Neurology
14. Difference between extrahepatic biliary atresia and idiopathic neonatal hepatitis | GI and Hepatology
15. Disruptive behavioral disorders in school children | Behavioral disorders
16. Strategy to reduce screen time | Misc
17. Management of neonate born to HBsAg positive mother | Neonatology
18. Contact dermatitis | The Skin
19. Next-generation sequencing | Genetic disorders

1. DEXA in children | Endocrinology
2. Recent advances in insulin  | Endocrinology
3. Continuous blood sugar monitoring | Endocrinology
4. Role of cryptosporidium in children with diarrhea | Infectious diseases
5. WHO reduced osmolar ORS | Fluid and electrolytes
6. CRISPR gene editing in children | Human genetics
7. Brain stem reflexes in brain death | Neurology
8. Laboratory derangement in Fanconi syndrome | Nephrology
9. Point of care diagnosis infection in children | Infectious diseases
10. Tabulate differential diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis | Infectious diseases
11. Type of paralysis in Guillain Barre syndrome and its variants and subtypes | Neuro-muscular
12. Management of a child with % burns | Emergency medicine
13. Monoclonal Antibodies in rabies post-exposure prophylaxis | Vaccinology
14. Role of vitamin D apart from bone growth in children | Nutrition
15. Vitamin A prophylaxis in children | Nutrition
16. Universal newborn hearing screening | Neonatology
17. High flow nasal cannula oxygen delivery in children | Misc/Resp
18. Dengue vaccine | Vaccinology
19. Renal artery stenosis diagnosis and management | Nephrology
20. Assessment of pain in children | Drug therapy