Pulmonology

1. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

2. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

3. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

4. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

5. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

6. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

7. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

8. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

9. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

10. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

11. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

12. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

13. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

14. Hypercarbia is associated with:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

16. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

17. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

18. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

19. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

20. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

21. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

22. Asbestosis is not related to:

23. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

24. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

25. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

26. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

27. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

28. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

29. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

30. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

31. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

32. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

33. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

34. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

35. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

37. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

38. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

39. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

40. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

41. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

42. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

44. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

45. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

46. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

47. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

48. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

49. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

50. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by: