Pulmonology

1. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

2. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

3. Hypercarbia is associated with:

4. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

5. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

6. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

7. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

8. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

9. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

10. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

11. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

12. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

14. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

17. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

18. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

19. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

20. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

21. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

22. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

23. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

24. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

25. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

26. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

27. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

28. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

29. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

30. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

31. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

32. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

33. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

36. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

37. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

38. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

39. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

40. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

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

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

43. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

44. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

45. Brassy cough is seen in:

46. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

47. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

48. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

49. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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