Pulmonology

1. Brassy cough is seen in:

2. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

5. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

6. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

8. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

10. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

11. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

12. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

17. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

20. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

21. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

22. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

23. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

24. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

26. All are features of hypercapnia except:

27. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

28. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

30. Which is false regarding emphysema?

31. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

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

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

34. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

35. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

36. Emphysema is associated with all except:

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

39. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

40. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

41. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

42. Viral pneumonia may have:

43. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

44. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

45. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

46. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

47. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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