Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

3. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

4. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

5. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

6. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

7. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

8. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

9. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

10. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

11. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

15. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

16. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

18. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

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

20. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

21. Hypercarbia is associated with:

22. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

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

25. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

27. Which is false regarding emphysema?

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

30. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

32. Emphysema is associated with all except:

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

34. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

35. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

36. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

37. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

38. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

39. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

42. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

43. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

45. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

46. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

47. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

48. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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