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2472 Surgery

A newborn presents with an early onset of dyspnea with chest retractions, expiratory grunting and cyanosis following an uneventful normal preterm labor. On examination no cardiac murmurs are heard and the lungs appear clear. On a plain X-ray there is evidence of prominent pulmonary vascular markings and fluid lines in the fissures. The cyanosis improves with minimal oxygen. The most probable diagnosis is:

AMeconium aspiration syndrome
BFetal aspiration syndrome
CTransient tachypnea of the newborn
DHyaline membrane disease
Surgery
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2475 Surgery

A thirty years old male presents to the emergency department with symptoms of epigastric pain radiating to back that wakes him up a tonight and is relieved by consuming food. He gives history of similar pain in the past which was diagnosed as perforated duodenal ulcer and treated with omental patch surgery on two occasions. Pain before and after surgery has been controlled with proton pump inhibitors and analgesics. The likely diagnosis on this occasion is:

ADuodenal ulcer
BGastric ulcer
CAtrophic gastritis
DChronic pancreatitis
Surgery
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