Pulmonology

1. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

5. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

6. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

7. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

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

16. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

17. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

19. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

22. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

24. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

25. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

26. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

27. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

28. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

31. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

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

36. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

37. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

38. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

40. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

41. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

45. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

46. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

48. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

49. Brassy cough is seen in:

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