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Followings are features of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
A Low plasma chloride
B Raised blood urea
C Low plasma bicarbonate
D Hyperkalaemia
E Raised haematocrit
The mitral valve
A Possesses two cusps
B Is closely related to the aortic valve
C Guards the right atrioventricular orifice
D Has no papillary muscle attachments
E Lies on the posterior wall of the left ventricle
Causes of mitral valve regurgitation
A Myocardial infarction
B Rheumatic heart disease
C Atherosclerosis
D Calcific aortic stenosis
E Senile degeneration
Prolonged vomiting due to pyloric stenosis results in
A Metabolic alkalosis
B Hyponatraemia
C Hyperchloraemia
D Hyperkalaemia
E Hypoproteinaemia
Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
A Becomes symptomatic usually after 3 weeks of age
B Shows double tract sign in barium meal X-Ray
C Is more common in female
D Causes bilious vomiting
E Is featured by pylorus thickness > 4mm
Pathophysiological changes in a patient with pyloric stenosis are
A Blood volume depletion
B Decreased serum sodium concentration
C Metabolic alkalosis
D Respiratory alkalosis
E Alkaline urine
Severe pyloric stenosis is accompanied by
A A fall in the effective blood volume
B A fall in the concentration of plasma sodium
C A rise in PaCO2
D Hypotonic urine
E Hyperkalaemia
Pyloric stenosis is classically characterized by
A Metabolic alkalosis
B Hyperchloraemia
C Hyperkalemia
D Hypernatrmia
E protienaemia
Regarding infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
A Palpable in the epigastrium is clinically diagnostic
B Radiographic contrast shows 'string sign'
C Patients develop alkalosis
D Present just after the birth
E Ultrasound is less sensitive tools for diagnosis
In hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
A Serum chloride level is low
B Serum bicarbonate level is high
C Jaundice may present
D Serum potassium level is normal
E Metabolic acidosis is present

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