Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

4. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

5. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

6. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

8. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

11. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

14. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

16. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

18. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

20. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

21. Emphysema is associated with all except:

22. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

26. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

29. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

30. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

33. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

35. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

36. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

38. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

39. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

40. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

41. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

42. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

46. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

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

48. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

49. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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