Free Neonatology practice for NEET PG and INI-CET Pediatrics, with a written explanation on every question.
8 questions · Free explanations
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Q1 · APGAR Score
NEET PGEasyExplanation
The APGAR score assesses Appearance (colour), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace (reflex irritability), Activity (muscle tone), and Respiration. Blood glucose is not part of it. It is recorded at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.
Q2 · Neonatal Resuscitation
NEET PGMediumExplanation
If a newborn remains apnoeic or gasping after warming, drying, and stimulation, positive pressure ventilation is the key intervention — effective ventilation reverses most neonatal bradycardia. Chest compressions follow only if the heart rate stays below 60 despite adequate ventilation.
Q3 · Physiological Jaundice
NEET PGEasyExplanation
Physiological jaundice appears after the first 24 hours, peaks around day 3 to 5, and resolves within a week or two. Jaundice within the first 24 hours is always pathological, such as from haemolysis, and needs urgent evaluation.
Q4 · Kernicterus
HardExplanation
Kernicterus results from unconjugated (fat-soluble) bilirubin crossing the blood-brain barrier and depositing in the basal ganglia, causing choreoathetoid cerebral palsy, deafness, and gaze palsy. Phototherapy and exchange transfusion prevent it.
Q5 · Respiratory Distress Syndrome
NEET PGMediumExplanation
Respiratory distress syndrome results from surfactant deficiency, mainly in preterm infants, causing alveolar collapse and impaired gas exchange. Antenatal corticosteroids and postnatal surfactant replacement are the mainstays of prevention and treatment.
Q6 · Newborn Prophylaxis
EasyExplanation
Intramuscular vitamin K at birth prevents vitamin K deficiency bleeding (haemorrhagic disease of the newborn), as neonates have low vitamin K stores and immature clotting-factor synthesis.
Q7 · TORCH Infections
MediumExplanation
Congenital CMV and toxoplasmosis cause microcephaly, intracranial calcifications, and chorioretinitis. CMV calcifications are typically periventricular, while toxoplasmosis calcifications are more diffuse. Both are TORCH infections.
Q8 · Neonatal Sepsis
HardExplanation
Group B Streptococcus, along with E. coli, is a leading cause of early-onset neonatal sepsis, usually acquired from the maternal genital tract during delivery. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk.
Neonatology sits within Pediatrics, which carries the same syllabus in both exams. This set runs to 8 questions, each tagged Easy, Medium or Hard, 2 of them at Hard, and 4 drawn from previous-year papers.
Answer first, then read the explanation even on the ones you got right — the reasoning is where Neonatology marks are actually won, and it is what separates a recalled fact from a question you can solve in a new form. Once the Easy set feels comfortable, filter to Hard to find the gaps Pediatrics examiners keep returning to.
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Neonatology sits within Pediatrics, which appears in the same form in both syllabuses. Growth, development, neonatology and paediatric clinical medicine, including the immunisation schedule that appears almost every cycle.
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