Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

6. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

8. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

11. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

12. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

14. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

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

17. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

19. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

22. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

23. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

26. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

37. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

42. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

44. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

47. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

48. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

49. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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