66q: use of disodium cromoglycate as a preventive measure has been found to be useful in ?
a. intrinsic asthma
b. exercise induced asthma
c. chronic bronchitis
d. farmer's lung
answer: both a and b .
67q: in bronchial asthma glucocorticoids
a. act as potent bronchodilators
b. reduce airway inflammation
c. inhibit degranulation of mast cells
d. block the action of humoral mediators
answer: b . reduce airway inflammation .
68q: farmer's lung is caused by exposure to ?
answer: thermophilic actinomyces .
69q: the diagnostic criteria for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis would include all of the following except ?
a. peripheral eosinophilia
b. central bronchiectasis
c. bronchial asthma
d. culture of aspergillus fumigatus from the sputum
answer: d . culture of aspergillus fumigatus from the sputum is not a diagnostic criteria .
70q: recognised features of asbestosis does not include ?
a. calcification of pleura
b. egg shell calcification of hilar lymph nodes
c. clubbing of features
d. restrictive pattern of ventilatory defect shown by pulmonary function
answer: c . clubbing of fingers .
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