4. Station 2
• What is the grade of asthma severity in a
child having:
• Symptoms of airflow obstruction > once a
day.
• Night time symptoms > once a week.
• PEF – 60-80% of personal best with >30%
of diurnal variation.
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6. Station 3
• What would be the pulmonary score/
severity of asthma exacerbation in a 7 year
old child with a respiratory rate of 35,
terminal expiratory wheeze and mild
increase in work of breathing:
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• What would be the approximate normal
value of PEFR of a subject standing 120
cms. tall?
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11. Answer Station 5
• 200 Litres/min.
• Formula for approximate normal PEFR for
a given height:
• PEFR ( L/min) = [ ht. ( in cms ) – 80] x 5
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13. Answer Station 6
• Vital capacity and its subdivisions and
expiratory (or inspiratory) flow rate.
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14. Station 7
• 3 findings in this
CXR:
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15. Answer Station 7
• Multiple fractured ribs on the right side.
• B/L pneumothorax.
• Air in the soft tissue of neck.
• Scoliosis
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16. Station 8
• Resistance to penicillin in streptococcal
pneumonia is mediated by:
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17. Answer Station 8
• Penicillin binding proteins with altered
affinity for penicillin.
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18. Station 9
• The most important indirect marker of PCP
(P. carinii) pneumonia:
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19. Answer Station 9
• Hypoxemia (i.e., a PaO2 < 80 mm of Hg in
room air).
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20. Station 10
• Chest radiograph findings typical of PCP
pneumonia:
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21. Answer Station 10
• Interstitial infiltrates beginning in the
perihilar region and spreading to the
periphery. Apices spared until later in the
disease.
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22. Station 11
• Predominant pathogenetic feature,
responsible for a broad variable presenting
manifestations and complications in Cystic
Fibrosis:
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23. Answer Station 11
• Dysfunction of epithelial surfaces.
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24. Station 12
• Unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome is:
• (a) also known as
• (b) associated with
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25. Answer Station 12
• (a) Swyer James syndrome.
• (b) Adenovirus infecton
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26. Station 13
• Silo Fillers disease is caused by:
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27. Answer Station 13
• Inhalation of the oxides of nitrogen.
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29. Answer Station 14
• History of entering a silo within 4 weeks (usually
within 24-100 hrs) of its being filled.
• And 2 or more of following symptoms:
• - dyspnoea
• - wheezing
• - cough
• - nausea
• - choking or fatigue.
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30. Station 15
• Most common cause of lung abscess in
children:
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31. Answer Station 15
• Aspiration of infected material
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32. Station 16
• Pleural effusion is said to be purulent when
leukocytes are --------.
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42. Station 21
• This film is:
• inspiratory/expiratory
• normal/overinflated
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43. Answer Station 21
• Inspiratory with mild overinflation.
• Explanation - A good inspiratory film
should have the anterior end of the fifth or
sixth rib meting the middle of the
diaphragm.
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