Pulmonology

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

2. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

3. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

4. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

5. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

7. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

9. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

10. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

11. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

12. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

13. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

15. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

16. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

18. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

24. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

27. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

28. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

30. Which is false regarding emphysema?

31. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

32. Viral pneumonia may have:

33. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

34. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

36. All are features of hypercapnia except:

37. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

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

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

40. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

41. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

43. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

45. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

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

47. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

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

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